Gaetano Salvemini (1873–1957) is one of the most influential intellectuals of Italian and European twentieth-century history. As 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of Salvemini's birth, this special issue of Modern Italy aims to attract the attention of an international readership and contribute to filling the gap in scholarly publications in English, offering a tool to approach Salvemini's intellectual production and biography. We have chosen to focus on four aspects of Salvemini's life that we consider particularly suitable for introducing his personal trajectory and the evolution of his thinking, adopting a transnational approach: his interpretation of the Great War and the Adriatic question; his antifascist exile in Great Britain and, from 1934, in the United States; and the publication of his most important studies on Fascist Italy. The choice of these topics aims to shed light on Salvemini's contacts and stimulating exchanges with foreign scholars, his international experiences, and how these transformed his ideas on Liberal and Fascist Italy.

加埃塔诺·萨尔维米尼（Gaetano Salvemini，1873-1957）是意大利和欧洲二十世纪历史上最有影响力的知识分子之一。2023 年是萨尔韦米尼诞辰 150 周年，这期《现代意大利》特刊旨在吸引国际读者的关注，并有助于填补英文学术出版物的空白，提供了解萨尔韦米尼的知识生产和传记的工具。我们选择以跨国的方式重点关注萨尔维米尼一生的四个方面，我们认为这四个方面特别适合介绍他的个人轨迹和思想演变：他对第一次世界大战和亚得里亚海问题的解释；他在英国进行反法西斯流亡，并自 1934 年起流亡美国；并出版了他关于法西斯意大利的最重要的研究。选择这些主题的目的是为了揭示萨尔维米尼与外国学者的接触和交流、他的国际经历，以及这些经历如何改变了他对自由主义和法西斯主义意大利的看法。