Rassegna storica del Risorgimento

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Vita dell'Istituto
Limoli, Robert Lopez* John Cammctt, Roland Sarti, David Herh'hy, Ezio Cappadocia, L. Glazier, Vincent Dardi, Emiliouc Nocthcr, John Ruth, John Baughninu, James Powell, John Kirsch, William Salamene, Shepard Clough, Frederio Lane, S. William Halpcrin, Luciano Iorizzo, Howard R. Marraro, N. Holsten.
Thc meeting was called to order by President Frederic Lane ai. 4:45 p. m. With, the approvai of ali mcmbers the reading of the minutes of the 1962 meeting was suspcnded, sirice they were prìnted in the Society's Newsletter issued earlier tliis year. There were no correctìons suggested so that the minutes were approved as pnblished.
The Executive Secretary rcad a message of grcetiugs to the Society which he had received from Professor Alberto Maria Ghisalberti, President of the Istituto per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano. Rome, ltaly. In thanking Professor Marraro for bis work and activitics on bcbalf of the Society, Professor Lane, with the approvai of the entire inein-bership, authorized Professor Marraro to express to Professor Ghisalberti the deep ap-preciation of the Society for bis continued interest in our work. Professor Marraro in vi ted the mcmbers to sign bis or ber name on a shect of paper which will contain the message to he sent to Professor Ghisalberti.
Professor Catherine Boyd, Chairman of the Prizc Coramittee, announced that the winner of the Prizc Essay Award was Dr, Ronald S. Consolo for bis paper entitlcd Libya, Italian Nationalism and the Revolt against Giolitti . Dr. Cunsolo was present to receive the award.
President Lane announced that in the future, essays for the prizc contest may he submitted to Septembcr lst of the year, not Jane 3Odi, as has been the practice in the past.
Professor Boyd also announced that the Society's Citation for a published work during the year preceding July 1, 1963, of extraordinary merit and for distinguished achievement in Italian history was awarded to Professor Lauro Martiues for bis hook entitled The Social World of the Fiorentine Humanisis. Princeton University Press, pp. X419. Because of the absencc of Professor Martines, the Citation will he mailed to him at bis addrcss in ltaly 99 Via S. Niccolò, Firenze, ltaly.
A long discnssion foUowed concerning the terms and conditions on which the Merit Citation is to be awarded in the future. Professor Grew stated that it would give the award committee greater flexibility in making its selection if the period of publication could be extended to the last five years instead of during the last year. Professor Lopez suggested that sincc the historical fields are too far apart to compare one work against another, it may be better to authorize the committee to make two awards in certain years, if two Works are considered equally worthy; whcreas, in other years, no award need be made if no work is found adequate enough on which to bestow the citation. Professor Boyd stressed the diffidikies that confronted this year's committee and sug­gested that it may he well to award the citation one year for a work on Italian history hefore 1600 and the following year for a work on Italian history after 1600. In order to formulate concrete plana for future situation awards, Professor I lolst.cn raoved to empower the Awards Committee to make a selection for 1964 and to develop a criterion for future selcctions. The motion was carried unanimouly.
Professor Powell suggested the possibility of holding a second meeting each year, hcsides the one held in conjunctàon with the American Historical Association. Conside-rable concern was expressed over the possiblc attendanee at a second meeting if one were deeided upon. The possibility of holding a second meeting of our Society together with other historical or li ter ry groups in the eastern section of our country was also viewed v/iih concern. The keynote seemed to be that we should proceed with considerale caution in this ni ai: ter. A cominittec was appointed to study the questura further and to submit its views for a second meeting to he held in 1965. The Committee consista of Professor James Powell (Chairman), Charles Dclzell, David llcrlihy, and Paul W. Schrocder.
Professor Salomone urged the Society not to commit itsulf to an extra meeting each year, bui that an extra meeting be held on appropriate occasions which may he every two, throe, or more years and that a college or university set as host to the Society. Pro-