Italy is one of the great migrant nations of modern times. Millions left Italy after Unification and during the World Wars. To date, Italo-Scottish history has only partly been written and Italo-Scottish heritage has never been systematically archived or publicly shared. The Italo-Scottish Research Cluster aims to make this rich heritage available and useable.

Acknowledgements

Preliminary work on the ISRC was funded through a one-off donation by the John Di Ciacca Fellowship in Italian Diaspora Studies (2011 to 2012) as part of the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund. Over the following two years, Stage One of the project was funded through a Large Research Grant by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

We thank all those who have encouraged and supported our work over the years, including the Italian Consulate General and the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh, The National Archives of Scotland, the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the Italian Embassy in London.