Dr SIMONE BATTISTON
Head of Group, Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian
GradCert (TLHEd), Swinburne University of Technology; PhD (Migration Studies), La Trobe University; Laurea cum laude in History, Università degli Studi di Trieste; Diploma of Franchising, MIB School of Management
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Dr Simone Battiston is the Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian at Swinburne. This position is partly sponsored by the Fondazione Cassamarca, which is associated with the bank Cassamarca Unicredit Group operating in the province of Treviso in Italy, in order to support the activities undertaken in the areas of Italian, European Studies and International Business at Swinburne.
He is a history graduate from the University of Trieste (Italy). He completed his PhD in Italian Migration Studies at La Trobe University in 2004 and has published widely in the issues of Italian expatriate voting, history and memory of mosaicists and migrant workers, Italian political parties abroad, and migration and trade.
Teaching Areas
- European Union
- Comparative European Politics
- The Making of and Post War Italy
- Business Italian
- Work Experience in Europe
- Treviso International Studies Program (Coordinator)
- Languages, Cultures, and International Studies (Head of Group)
Professional Membership
- The Australian & New Zealand Journal of European Studies (ANZJES), Editorial Board Advisor
- Connor Court Publishing, Editorial Board Advisor
- Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia (CESAA), Treasurer
- Australian Historical Association (AHA), member
- Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI), member
- Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS), member
Research Interests
- Italian-Australian community history
- Voting rights of diasporas and processes of identify formation among migrant minorities
- Labour, business and trade history
- Migrant workers and migrant political organisations
- International business, trade and politics in the Italian context
Publications
Books
Battiston, S. 2010, I mosaicisti raccontano. Storia e memoria di un mestiere in Friuli (1920-1950), Portogruaro: Nuovadimensione.
Mascitelli, B., Steele, R. & Battiston, S. 2010, Diaspora Parliaments: How Australia faced the Italian challenge, Ballan, Vic: Connor Court Publishing.
Mascitelli, B. & Battiston, S. 2008, The Italian expatriate vote in Australia: democratic right, democratic wrong, or political opportunism?, Ballan, Vic: Connor Court Publishing.
Edited Volumes
Mascitelli, B. & Battiston, S. (eds) 2009, Il Globo: Fifty years of an Italian newspaper in Australia, Ballan, Vic: Connor Court Publishing.
Battiston, S. & De Lange, J. (eds) 2006, Community engagement in a multicultural society: smokescreens and mirrors?; Proceedings of a seminar held at the Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, Preston, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 2005, Preston, Vic: Darebin Ethnic Communities Council (DECC) and the City of Darebin.
Book Chapters
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2011, 'Towards a common model of expatriate voting rights? The case of Italian, Greek and Irish nationals abroad', in Lobo, M., Marotta, V. & Oke, N. (eds), Intercultural relations in a global world, Common Ground Publishers, Champaign, Ill., pp. 109-122.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2011, 'Rappresentanza e voto in Oceania', in Tintori, G. & Balsamo, E. (eds), Rappresentanza e voto italiano all'estero, (forthcoming).
Battiston, S. 2009, 'How the Italian-Australian left and its press viewed Il Globo', in Mascitelli, B. & Battiston, S. (eds), Il Globo: Fifty years of an Italian newspaper in Australia, Ballan, Vic: Connor Court Publishing, pp. 74-93.
Refereed Journal Articles
Battiston, S. 2009, 'La federazione si sviluppa e si consolida. Il partito comunista italiano tra gli emigrati italiani in Australia (1966-1973)', Studi Storici, 50(2): 555-571.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B., 2009, 'Challenging the Australian government approach towards expatriate voting: The case of Italy', Australian Journal of Political Science, 44(3): 513-519.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2008, 'The challenges to democracy and citizenship surrounding the vote to Italians overseas', Modern Italy, 13(3): 261-280.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2007, 'Migration, ethnic concentration and international trade growth: the case of Italians in Australia', People and Place, 15(4): 20-30.
Battiston, S. 2005, 'Salemi v MacKellar revisited: drawing together the threads of a controversial deportation case', Journal of Australian Studies, 84(New Talents issue): 1-10.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Mascitelli, B. & Battiston, S. 2011, 'Immigrant entrepreneurs in Italy's south: The new drivers of growth in an economically depressed area?, 8th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ERE) Conference, Melbourne, 1-4 February.
Mascitelli, B. & Battiston, S. 2010, 'The dreaded [Italian] voting abroad issue has returned': The shifting Australian Government policy towards expatriate voting', Australian Political Association (APSA) Conference, Melbourne, 27-29 September.
Mascitelli, B. & Battiston, S. 2008, 'The challenges and dilemmas embedded in the Italian expatriate vote: The Case Study of Italians Overseas', Global Business And Technology Association (GBATA) Conference, Madrid, Spain, 8-12 July.
Research Reports & Other Publications
Battiston, S. 2011, 'Portogruaro-Treviso, via Melbourne', in. Moss D. & Moliterno G. (eds), Italy under the Southern Cross, Perth: Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS), pp. 191-193.
Barisan, L., Mascitelli B., & Battiston S. 2008, 'The enology pearl from 'Little Venice'', IC – Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Perth magazine, 1: 43-44.
Mascitelli, B. & Battiston, S. 2007, 'Veneto: Italy's runaway train of trade', IC – Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Perth magazine, 2: 15-17.
Ruzzene, D. & Battiston, S. 2006, Italian-Australians: from migrant workers to upwardly mobile middle class: a study of occupational mobility among Australians of Italian background, 1971-2001. Macleod, Vic: Italian Australian Institute.
Battiston, S., Mascitelli, B., and van Ernst, B. (eds) 2006, 'Dual Citizenship and Transnational Voting Rights: an Australian perspective', in Gatt-Rutter, J. & Genovesi, P. (eds), Italian Australian Institute Papers, Macleod, Vic: Italian Australian Institute, pp 1-25.
Battiston, S. 2005, 'Creating a level playing field: Local government pilot program homes in on ethnic groups', Best Practice Grantmaking Quarterly, 13: 25-26.
Battiston, S 2004, 'Activist's Court Case Disputed Fair-go Policy', The Age, 13 April, p 12.
Battiston, S. 1999, 'Storie d'emigrazione, storie di vita' ('Migrant stories, life histories'), in Spilimbergo terra tra i fiumi, Treviso: Europrint, pp 86-89.
Conference Papers
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2009, 'Towards a common model of expatriate voting rights? The case of Italian, Irish and Greek nationals abroad', International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations, Deakin University, Melbourne, 19-20 November.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2009, 'The novelty of the Italian expatriate vote and the response of the Australian government', Fifth Biennial ACIS Cassamarca Conference of Italian Studies, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 18-21 February.
Battiston, S., Mascitelli, B., and Muthaly, S. 2009, 'Findings of a survey on the 2006 Italian expatriate vote in Australia', Fifth Biennial ACIS Cassamarca Conference of Italian Studies, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 18-21 February.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2008, 'The challenges and dilemmas embedded in the Italian expatriate vote: The Case Study of Italians Overseas', Global Business And Technology Association (GBATA) Conference, Madrid, Spain, 8-12 July.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2007, 'Italy, Europe and the Stability and Growth Pact', Forth Biennial ACIS Cassamarca Conference of Italian Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, 10-13 July.
Battiston, S., Mascitelli, B., & Zucchi E. 2007, 'Italy and the Italian economy: Berlusconi's legacy and the challenges for the Prodi centre-left government, New Europe, New Governance, New Worlds Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, 12-14 April.
Battiston, S. 2007, 'La Federazione si sviluppa e si consolida. Il PCI tra gli emigrati italiani in Australia, 1966-1973', Forth Biennial ACIS Cassamarca Conference of Italian Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, 10-13 July.
Battiston, S. 2007, 'The Italian Communist Party in Australia: origins and early development, 1966-1973', Australasian Association of Communist and Post Communist Studies Conference, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 29-30 January.
Battiston, S. & Mascitelli, B. 2006, 'New voting rights for the European Diaspora of Italian background: an exportable model?', European Diasporas in Australia Conference, Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia (CESAA) and Victoria University, Melbourne, 28 April.