Going further. Furio Jesi, the young man with a multifaceted talent.

Forty-five years after his passing, his classmates at the Vittorio Alfieri High School in Turin wish to remember Furio Jesi, a genius with many interests — a Germanist and Egyptologist, poet, historian, anthropologist, scholar of myth, and critic of right-wing culture — whose work continues to attract renewed editorial and academic interest.
To renew his memory and rediscover the relevance of his teachings, a meeting will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at the Alfieri High School in Turin, Corso Dante 80, from 4 to 7 p.m. His daughter Sofia Jesi will be present.

Program

Institutional Greetings
Introduction and chair: Gianna Montanari, classmate (Political Association).
Testimony by Vittorio Diena, classmate and friend.

Speakers

Maurizio Pirro (Università di Milano)
Furio Jesi germanista

Andrea Cavalletti (editor of new editions of Furio Jesi’s books / IISG-Italian Institute of Germanic Studies)
Furio Jesi, myth and the science of myth

Enrico Manera (Gioberti High School, Turin/Istoreto)
Critique of myth, right-wing culture, and essentialism in Furio Jesi.

Curated and supported by Furio Jesi’s classmates, the students of the Alfieri High School engaged in the School-Work Training program Library 2.0 and Stories of a Modern Past, the Politica association (www.politicaassociazione.it) and the Fnism – Turin (National Federation of Teachers).

The flyer is available