Events

For the second consecutive year, the Società per l’Enciclopedia delle donne APS is launching the annual short story competition “Peccato di scrittura”, curated by Monica Randi. This year's theme is “Us and our bodies”.

Eighty years after women's first vote in Italy, a city-wide event across nine cultural venues in Milan, from October 1 to November 15, 2026, retraces the long road toward the right to vote through images and installations.

On Thursday, October 29 at 5:00 PM, the Fondazione Corrente at via Carlo Porta 5 in Milan will host the presentation of the reprint of Lea Melandri's book Una visceralità indicibile. La pratica dell’inconscio nel movimento delle donne degli anni Settanta (FrancoAngeli, 2026).

On Thursday, October 29 at 6:30 PM, at Fondazione Corrente, Via Carlo Porta 5, Milan, there will be a presentation of the book by Matteo Fiorani Il raccoglitore nella segale. Marco Lombardo Radice, storia di una fantasia (Donzelli, 2026).

On November 18–19, 2026, Palazzo Reale hosts two days of study promoted by the Municipality of Milan and the Archivio del Lavoro. Two anniversaries are being celebrated: 120 years since the General Confederation of Labor (CGdL) and 80 years since Italian women first voted. The conference traces the history of women workers in trade unions, where women were able to delegate, vote, and represent well before 1946.