Abstract

ABSTRACTOn December 10, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the liquidation of the Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient (IsIAO). What is going to happen to the library, the archives, the photos and map collections, the paintings and other pieces of art, ethnographic materials, and other museum items that used to belong to the IsIAO? In the following pages, I sketch the history of the IsIAO and its institutional antecedents, provide a summary description of its holdings and their current predicament, and discuss some of the reasons behind the IsIAO's crisis.

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