School Renaissance through School Exhibitions. The Case of the 9th Italian Pedagogical Congress and the 1874 School Exhibition

As part of an international reflection on the circulation of pedagogical ideas and teaching practices in 19th-century exhibitions, this study focuses on the pedagogical congresses held in post-unification Italy to stimulate debate on schooling. Based on printed and previously unexplored archival sources, it examines the 9th Italian Pedagogical Congress, held in Bologna in 1874 alongside a school exhibition, to explore the educational themes discussed and the material culture of schooling on display, between continuity and innovation.