Historical Archives of the European Union

Deadline coming up! The European Court of Auditors and the European University Institute offer up to two research grants of €5000 each to enable early career researchers to conduct research here at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) in Florence, Italy. Postgraduate students (master’s and doctoral candidates), postdoctoral students, and early career academics who have completed their master's degree or doctorate within the past ten years and who currently hold an academic post are eligible to apply. Applicants should be preparing a thesis, dissertation, or scholarly article relating to EU public finance or EU policy in any of the disciplines of human and social sciences (e.g. law, political science, economics, sociology, public administration and history). Research projects presented by postgraduate students or postdoctoral researchers should preferably be directly related to their master’s or doctoral field of research. Read more and apply by 7 October! https://lnkd.in/ezq3CrDm #grants #CFA #archivalresearch #archives #publicpolicy #EUpolicy #EUbudget #history #politicalscience #law #politicaleconomy

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS Alcide de Gasperi Seminar in the History of European Cooperation and Integration, Twentieth Century to the Present 🗓️ Deadline for proposals: 5 December 2024   The Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy invites proposals to present papers during its 2025 seminar series on the History of European Cooperation and Integration.   The seminar welcomes paper proposals from PhD and early career researchers (no more than 5 years after PhD completion) on any aspect of European cooperation and integration, broadly conceived, twentieth century to the present. We particularly welcome papers that make use of newly available primary sources and innovative methodologies. The Alcide De Gasperi seminar is an ideal setting for the presentation of work-in-progress. Selected participants will be asked to submit a short paper in advance (5000 words) a week before their presentation, for circulation among the participants. Selected participants will present their work during the seminar for 15 minutes, followed by comments from a discussant, before opening the floor to a wider discussion. The Alcide De Gasperi seminar is organised in hybrid mode (in presence at the EUI and on Zoom) in order to facilitate participation and is open to anyone after registration. Applicants should send a brief 500-words abstract of their proposal, and a short CV by 5 December 2024 to [email protected]. Selected applicants will be informed at the latest in January 2025.   In most cases, the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre will cover the travel and accommodation costs of the selected participants.

New publication! We are pleased, on #WorldDayforAudiovisualHeritage, to share our latest short book and online exhibit entitled 'The Art of Integration: 40 Posters Promoting Europe.' The project, drawing on materials from the Fabio Di Gioia collection at the HAEU, illustrates the promotion of European integration through the creative visual medium of posters. Read more and browse the book and online exhibition: https://loom.ly/W4cfKUY #AudiovisualHeritage #WDAH #audiovisual #AudiovisualHeritageDay

Event tomorrow! In summer 2024, Europeans from 27 countries elected 720 Members of European Parliament, and Ursula Von der Leyen was re-elected President of the European Commission. What sort of agenda can Europeans expect from their representatives? We are happy to host, with the EP Former Members Association, a high-level workshop taking stock of the 2024 European elections and contextualizing them within the EP's history. Join us for this event on 17-18 October at the European University Institute. Read more and register: https://lnkd.in/dVk9cB-x #Europeanpolitics #democracy #EU #EuropeanUnion #EUhistory #elections

📢 Alcide De Gasperi Centre event tomorrow, 17 October at 11:00! Join us with historian Jacopo Cellini as he presents his book project on the early life of Alcide De Gasperi, Italian statesman and convinced Europeanist. Register and participate in presence or online: https://lnkd.in/d7VpK4MU #biography #intellectualhistory #HabsburgEmpire #nationalism

📣 New inventory! Take a look back and celebrate #EURegionsWeek 2024! 🎉 The European Committee of the Regions transferred its first group of historical archives to the HAEU in Florence this year. These documents have been described and inventoried in the HAEU’s online database and are now available for consultation in the Archives’ reading room. The opening of the documents coincides with the European Week of Regions and Cities, taking place in Brussels and across the European Union from 7-10 October. We're happy to help celebrate this #EU institution so vital in representing the needs of citizens at the European level. Read more: https://loom.ly/ynBQDMU

❓ Will the newly elected European Parliament take a sharp right turn? “It’s not likely,” explains Professor Luciano Bardi, part-time professor at the EUI’s Alcide De Gasperi Centre for Research on the History of European Integration (ADG). “The numbers, and the ideology, won’t permit it.” Bardi, a political scientist, teamed up ADG research fellow and historian Dr Jacopo Cellini to write 'Inter-party Relations in the European Parliament 1952–2024: Between Cooperative and Adversarial Politics', recently published by the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. Read more about their findings, where they combine historical research with political science to predict likely alliances among the newly elected members of European Parliament. ➡ https://lnkd.in/dzFn5cBJ #Europeanpolitics #EuropeanParliament #Europeanparties #multidisciplinaryresearch European University Institute

📸 We're happy to share some images and news about the Alcide De Gasperi Centre's fifth Annual Graduate Conference on the History of European Integration, held at the European University Institute earlier this month. 🌍 The early career participants had the chance to discuss their work-in-progress on European integration with peers and senior academics from all over Europe. 📌 Read more and don't forget: the call for the next annual conference will be launched in early spring 2025. https://lnkd.in/dQVFfEin #research #dissertation #earlycareeracademics #history #Europeanhistory #Europeanintegration #graduateschool #professionalisation #mentoring

🧭 New inventory to navigate! We are pleased to announce the publication of the fonds deposited by the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR). The ICPR was set up in 1950 to study pollution in the Rhine river, standardise research methods, and implement water protection measures across the participating countries. In 1976, the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the European Union, joined the ICPR. The fonds may be interesting for research as they shed light on the organisation of a successful international effort to promote the protection of the environment. Read more about the new inventory: https://lnkd.in/dCEy7GWc

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