The aim of this talk is to outline the relationships between certain regions of the Italian peninsula and the presence and influence of the Arab-Islamic world over hte centuries, right up to the present day.

Marco Demichelis (Torino, 1979) is Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in History of Islamic World and Islamic Thought within the LILEC, the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Modern Cultures at the Alma Mater University of Bologna.