Author: Francesca Piana

Francesca Piana is a post-doctoral fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation. She is currently based in the history department of the University of Michigan. Her research interests concern the history of forced migrations, international organizations, transnational movements and NGOs, women, and gender in the modern period.

Francesca Piana

Francesca Piana is a post-doctoral fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation. She is currently based in the history department of the University of Michigan. Her research interests concern the history of forced migrations, international organizations, transnational movements and NGOs, women, and gender in the modern period.

Essay One-Shots

A hundred years apart: An intimate history of Italian migration to the US

May, 2015 / By Francesca Piana

“…Here being my Italy – Where memories spring like geysers, Crying at me where I place my feet; Italy which […]

Fiction One-Shots

Snowflake, snowdrops, and other stories

May, 2014 / By Francesca Piana

They whisper snowflake, at times. Others, white bitch. Streets of Harlem. Squinting eyes wandering, looking beyond brownstone facades and

What do SWISS MOUNTAINS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, and THE BOSPHORUS have to do with history and refugee studies?

February, 2014 / By Francesca Piana

When I introduce myself as an historian, I am usually met with any one of a number of different reactions.