èStoria 2027 – 23rd International History Festival

èStoria 2027 - 23rd edition of the International History Festival Theme: "Work" Gorizia, 24-30 May 2027

Since 2005, in May, Gorizia has hosted èStoria - International History Festival, the largest Italian event dedicated to history.

The event aims to be a hub for historical and historiographical discussion and debate, addressing the major shifts that have shaped the course of history, from its origins to the present day. During the Festival, tens of thousands of visitors flock to the city to attend meetings with historians, writers, artists, journalists, and leading figures in national and international cultural life, who address significant topics from past and present history.

Over the years, the Festival has hosted, among others: Alberto Angela, Alessandro Barbero, Zygmunt Bauman, Eva Cantarella, Jared Diamond, Frank Dikötter, Dario Fo, Margherita Hack, Gerhard Hirschfeld, Paul Kennedy, Claudio Magris, Paolo Mieli, David Quammen, Franz Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy, and Tatiana Yankelevich. 2027 will be the year of "Work," a theme that will be explored, as usual, by intertwining history with literature, cinema, music, art, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, economics, and other subjects.

èStoria annually awards the “èStoria Prize,” a recognition of the commitment to historical dissemination by particularly skilled and publicly appreciated academics, writers, artists, journalists, witnesses, and scholars. Award recipients include Alberto Angela, Alessandro Barbero, Carlo Ginzburg, Sergio Romano, Emilio Gentile, Benedetta Craveri, Federico Rampini, and Aldo Cazzullo.

The Festival is conceived and organized by Adriano Ossola and the cultural association èStoria of Gorizia, under the supervision of an authoritative scientific committee currently chaired by Paolo Mieli.