The Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano will unveil tomorrow, Tuesday 16 January 2024 at 10 am, at the Library of the classical and scientific high school “Francesco Sbordone” in Naples, the commemorative plaque for the historian Raffaele Ajello and the philosopher Gerardo Marotta.
The initiative is part of the activities of the fourth edition of the Olympics and Acropolis of Knowledge promoted by the Pietrasanta Polo Culturale ETS association with the Sbordone high school.
The meeting will be introduced by the school principal Laura Colantonio and moderated by the president of the Pietrasanta association Raffaele Iovine, a student of Ajello.
After the institutional greetings of the president of the third Municipality Fabio Greco, the children of Raffaele Ajello and Gerardo Marotta, Roberta Ajello and Massimiliano Marotta, will speak, followed by a conference with speeches by: Candida Carrino, director of the State Archives of Naples; Ileana Del Bagno president of the association "Raffaele Ajello"; Arturo Martorelli Member of the Executive Council of the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies; Dario Luongo Professor of History of Medieval and Modern Law Parthenope University of Naples; Francesco Di Donato Professor of History of Political Institutions Federico II University of Naples; Marco Nicola Minetti Professor of History of Medieval and Modern Law University of Foggia; Renata Pilati Professor of History and Philosophy.
The Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano will speak at the conclusions and unveiling of the commemorative plaque.
Raffaele Ajello passed away on March 30, 2020. Professor Emeritus of History of Italian Law at the Faculty of Law of the Federico II University of Naples, he was one of the greatest Italian historians of the 900th century. Ajello was well known to both lay audiences and laypeople, not only for numerous monographs but also for three book series he edited, which included works by himself and his school. A scholar of the history of the judiciary in Southern Italy, of Enlightenment reformism, and of legal culture in the Middle Ages and early modern times, Ajello is considered one of the leading figures in the renewal of Italian legal historiography in recent decades.
Gerardo Marotta passed away in Naples on January 25, 2017. He graduated in Law with a thesis in Philosophy of Law. A scholar of history, literature, and philosophy, he was close to the Italian Institute for Historical Studies, founded by Benedetto Croce. He first founded the Cultura Nuova association, which he directed until 1953, organizing events and conferences for young people that attracted all the leading figures in Italian culture. Then, in 1975, he founded the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, of which he served as President until his death. Marotta donated his personal library to the institute, with over 300 volumes, the fruit of thirty years of passionate research.
