Rory Steele Author

Bruno Mascitelliis Associate Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. Before joining academia, Mascitelli worked for Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) in Italy for over 17 years. He completed his PhD at Melbourne University in 2005. He has co-authored with Simone Battiston «The Italian expatriate vote in Australia» (2008) and «Il Globo: 50 years of an Italian newspaper in Australia». His research interests include Italian-Australian Studies, Italian politics and International business.
Rory Steele graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Modern Languages. He joined the Australian Diplomatic Service in 1969 and served overseas in Accra (Ghana), Seoul (South Korea), Cairo (Egypt), and Geneva (Switzerland). He was Australian Ambassador to Iraq from 1986 to 1988, and subsequently Assistant Secretary, Strategic Assessments Branch, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He served as Australian Ambassador to Italy from 1997 to 2001.
Simone Battistonis the Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian at Swinburne University of Technology. Battiston came to Australia in 2000. He is a history graduate from the University of Trieste (Italy). He completed his PhD in Italian Migration Studies at La Trobe University in 2004. He has published widely on the issue of Italian expatriate voting and he has co-authored along with Bruno Mascitelli «The Italian expatriate vote in Australia» (2008). His research interests include Italian-Australian Studies, labour history and migration and trade.