John Foot is Professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Bristol, UK. He is the author of several books, including Italy's Divided Memory (2011), Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2007) and Milan since the Miracle (2001). He is also the co-editor, with Stephen Gundle, of Paul Ginsborg and the Historiography of Modern Italy: Revolutions, Revolt and Resistance (2024). John Foot was awarded the British Academy's prestigious Serena Medal in 2019 and he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
