On the occasion of the 150 years' anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Italy the DDS organise several activities and events in 2010 and 2011.
Double conference Sources and History. 150 years of relations:
Conferenza: «Quando le carte parlano. Le relazioni estere della Svizzera alla luce dei documenti diplomatici». 5 maggio 2011, Biblioteca cantonale, Bellinzona. PDF
Reporting
Please find a collection of all audio recordings of the conference from november 26, 2010, at infoclio.ch
Conference report on H-Soz-u-Kult and news on radio: RSI, Rete Uno, Radiogiornale, 28.11.2010, 12:30.
Interview with Sacha Zala on swissinfo.ch: L'Italia chiama, Berna risponde… con prudenza.
Report on the conference «Quando le carte parlano», on 5 may 2011 in the Giornale del popolo.
Bibliography
Marina Cattaruzza and Sacha Zala, «La Svizzera», in: Bibliografia dell’Età del Risorgimento, Olschki Editore: Firenze 2003, S. 1449-1478.
Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland: Bilateral Relations, Italy.
Documents on Italy: dodis.ch/G77.
Archives
Archiv für Zeitgeschichte, Zurich
Archives de Montreux, Clarens
Archivio Prezzolini-Biblioteca cantonale Lugano, Lugano
Heritage Foundation SBB, Berne
Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich
Schweizerisches Wirtschaftsarchiv SWA, Basel
State Archive of Valais, Sion
Swiss Federal Archives, Berne
Didactic material
An Italian-Swiss research committee, headed by the director of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland, has compiled didactic material on the relations of the two countries. This didactic project «Italia-Svizzera: la storia dal 1861 al 2011» was supported by the Swiss embassy in Rome and by the General Management of International Relations of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research of the Italian Republic on the occasion of the celebrations for the Italian unity.