Faculty Member, Department of History
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Francesco Cassata is the author of "Building the New Man. Eugenics, Racial Science and Genetics in Twentieth-Century Italy" (CEU Press, 2011); " 'La Difesa della razza'. Politica, ideologia e immagine del razzismo fascista" (2008); "Le due scienze. Il 'caso Lysenko' in Italia" (2008); "Molti, sani e forti. L'eugenetica in Italia" (2006); "Il fascismo razionale. Corrado Gini fra scienza e politica" (2006); "A destra del fascismo. Profilo politico di Julius Evola" (2003).
His main areas of interest include history of eugenics, history of genetics, history of science in economics, history of racism, history of fascism.
His current research project concerns the Italian geneticist Adriano Buzzati-Traverso and the development of molecular biology in Italy.
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