The exhibition

Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis

The exhibition Da Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis a Luigi Einaudi: The Legacy of the Political Economy Laboratory in the Collections of the Norberto Bobbio Library, traces back the history of the Laboratory of Political Economy "Cognetti de Martiis" and of some of its most influential students by drawing on sources of different documentary and historical nature that are mainly preserved in the holdings of the "Cognetti de Martiis" Section of the "Norberto Bobbio" Library.

In particular, in addition to the original nucleus of the library of the Laboratory of Political Economy, the personal fonds of Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis, Pasquale Jannaccone and Vincenzo Porri were studied.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on 29 November 2023, on the occasion of the VIII Einaudi Lecture, on the ground floor of the Norberto Bobbio Library at Luigi Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin and will remain open during library opening hours (Monday-Fraiday: 08.30-19:00, Saturday 08:30-13:00)  until 26 January 2024.

The exibition is curated by Cristina Cavallaro of the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Turin, is sponsored by the Centre for the Historical Studies of the University of Turin (CSSUT) and is organized with the collaboration of the Luigi Einaudi Foundation of Turin and the Historical Archives of the University of Turin.

The virtual exhibition

The virtual exhibition takes up the themes of the physical exhibition and adapts them for the web. The eight showcases of the physical exhibition retrace the history of the Laboratory of Political Economy (showcases 1-3), the contribution of Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis (showcase 4) who was the founder of the Laboratory, Luigi Einaudi's commitment to the Laboratory and to the Laboratory's library (showcases 5 and 6), and the work of the economists Pasquale Jannaccone and Vincenzo Porri (showcase 7) and, finally, the contribution of Cognetti de Martiis' students after the II World War (showcase 8). The panels illustrating each showcase are reproduced within the collection Exhibition Panels.

In the virtual exhibition the eight showcases of the physical exhibition are conceptually grouped into 4 collections: