💡 New questions. New sources. New ways of doing European history The ADG Annual Graduate Conference returns on 14-15 September, bringing together early-career scholars to discuss its latest research on the history of European integration. +info: loom.ly/CZLlOe4 📍@eui-eu.bsky.social ⬇️

🇪🇺 30 years ago, Émile Noël passed away Secretary-General of the European Commission and also President of the @eui-eu.bsky.social. He was a quiet architect who helped steer the EU project from its early decades and whose legacy speaks for him. Explore his archives in loom.ly/mVJWkas

🇪🇺 #OnThisDay in 1954, Alcide De Gasperi passed away. Italian politician and EU pioneer, De Gasperi devoted his life to public service and believed that a united Europe was key for a lasting peace. Explore his life and legacy at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social: loom.ly/2ngTBsU

🏔️ What connected a small Austrian alp village to European integration? Otto Molden In 1945, he founded the European Forum Alpbach, a meeting place for debate, democracy, and European ideas. 📜 Find out more about his life through his personal fonds in @eui-euarchives.bsky.social: loom.ly/Jc03GR8

📆The Historical Archives of the European Union and the European University Institute will be closed for summer break from 1-16 August, inclusive. 🗃️All on-site services will resume on Monday, 17 August. 🖥️Take advantage of our online database: https://loom.ly/m6xU-js ⛱️🌲Enjoy the break!

🧳 Passport packed? Today's summer travels across Europe often feel effortless. But the idea of border-free movement has a longer history even before Schengen. Check this and enjoy your holidays 👇

EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre@eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📖 Did you know that… the first European passports were issued by the ECSC in the 1950s? They are one of the earliest tangible steps towards European unity and symbolise a new era of movement across EU borders.

🎓Long before Erasmus, Europeans were already debating a European university Among the initiatives that emerged from these debates was the @collegeofeurope.bsky.social in Bruges, which opened its doors in 1950. 📜Explore the history of European integration through the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social

🇪🇸🇵🇹🇪🇺 This year marks the 40th anniversary of Spain and Portugal’s EU accession in 1986 The road formally began with this letter from Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez requested the opening of negotiations. 📜Discover more about the history of European integration at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social

⚽Still recovering from the #WorldCup final? Here's a football flashback from the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social In 1999, the EUI football team travelled to Antwerp to take part in the first European University Championship Football. 😉History preserved the photo, (un)fortunately not the score #EUI50

🇪🇺 Today marks the anniversary of Simone Veil's inaugural speech as President of the European Parliament. Following the first direct European elections in June 1979, she became the first woman elected to its presidency. 📜 Read the full speech at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/B_6-Fxs

⚽ Before #Bosman, there was Donà v Mantero Nearly 20 years before the #Bosman ruling, in 1976 the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social delivered the Donà v Mantero landmark judgement that helped lay the foundations of modern sports law and free movement in football. 📜 Learn more in loom.ly/jNfu6s8

More records = More sources for understanding Europe’s past This year, the @ec.europa.eu, @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social, @ema.europa.eu and many others deposited new archival files at the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social If you are researching EU’s history, explore our fonds: loom.ly/Z1K3Sa0

📘 The economic policeman of the planet Our Scientific Coordinator @flaviacanestrini.bsky.social traces the history of US sanctions policy since the 1970s, focusing on Iran and showing how financial tools have enabled the US to project power beyond its borders. Read more in loom.ly/MFFUXyM

All aboard! 65 years ago, the @eib.org financed one of its earliest railway projects, supporting the electrification of the North–South route in Germany. A step toward economic integration and international connectivity in postwar Europe. Next stop: @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/7mw8EAE

What was the “prehistory” of the @eib.org? The foundations were laid on this day in 1956, during the Intergovernmental Conference that agreed to create a financial instrument to support European economic integration. Discover more in @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/P9rwXh8

Towards a European common passport In 1981, the EC agreed on a uniform passport format to strengthen European identity and ease movement. With its distinctive burgundy cover, it marked a first step towards a deeper integration. Explore the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social for more loom.ly/R5QAKE4

🎓 Getting ready for the #EUI Degree Conferring Ceremony 2026 Join us in celebrating the achievements of our #PhD researchers! 🔴 Watch the livestream starting at 15.00 CEST today 🎥 loom.ly/ENWwZRE 👏 #PhDone #PhDlife #AcademicLife @eui-eco.bsky.social @eui-law.bsky.social

Between cooperative and adversarial EU politics An article by our own Luciano Bardi and Jacopo Cellini analyses interparty relations in the European Parliament from 1952 to 2024, with a particular focus on the European People’s Party Read it 🔓 #OpenAccess 👉 loom.ly/ZbQOpCA 📚 #FridayReads

On a small prison island in 1941, a vision for Europe was born…

Historical Archives of the European Union@eui-euarchives.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📜 Did you know? For 5 years, the HAEU education programme has returned to Ventotene, connecting one of the few surviving copies of the Ventotene Manifesto with the people of the island where it was written. This year, children, residents and the Mayor took part. Read more: https://loom.ly/wkpCmWQ

📜 Did you know? For 5 years, the HAEU education programme has returned to Ventotene, connecting one of the few surviving copies of the Ventotene Manifesto with the people of the island where it was written. This year, children, residents and the Mayor took part. Read more: https://loom.ly/wkpCmWQ

📂 News from the Deposits! Now available for consultation at the HAEU: the archives of Jacques Delors’ Cabinet from the Delors II Commission (1989–1993). These newly accessible files shed light on pivotal events in European integration history. More here: https://loom.ly/_LMJhXA #EUHistory

🧑‍🤝‍🧑🇪🇺 Free movement means social security rights across EU 55 years ago in 1971, EEC Regulation 1408/ ensured workers moving across Europe didn’t lose their social security rights. Explore the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social to learn more about the European social citizenship loom.ly/tEfF69s

Elettra Bargellini (@eui-law.bsky.social bsky.social), @flaviacanestrini.bsky.social (@eui-history.bsky.social), and I (@eui-sps.bsky.social) organised this event to discuss historical precedents to today’s challenges to the rules-based #order and the implications for #Europe’s future:

🇪🇺🤝United States of… Europe? Already in 1953, young European federalists gathered in Rome calling for shared citizenship, government, and parliament. Explore the Mouvement Fédéraliste Européen and a debate that lies at the heart of European integration 👉 @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/Q3263EU

Europe’s memory lives in voices, too Did you know that @eui-euarchives.bsky.social sky.social holds more than 900 oral history interviews from EU politicians and officials? 🎧 Explore the original recordings and written transcripts from the people who shaped European integration 👉 loom.ly/B_Mbulg

European public goods and EU spending This article by @manumourlon.bsky.social revisits long‑term debates on what to spend at EU level, highlighting the central role of political considerations in shaping public expenditure. 👉 Read it #OpenAccess: loom.ly/Vpdf2SU #FridayReads

🏛️ How does architecture shape European politics? Join our last research seminar on June 3 to explore architecture as an actor in European political, diplomatic, and administrative history. 🕘 9:30-13:00 🌐Hybrid Register 👉 loom.ly/3SMkX8g

✨Very interesting conference coming up to celebrate the opening of the European Cultural Foundation's historical archives at the HAEU! 📅 10 June, 9:00–14:00 📍 Villa Salviati + Zoom ℹ️ https://loom.ly/vuHVcoI #EuropeanCulture @euroculture.bsky.social

Gendered career pathways in the European Commission This article (@pierrealayrac.bsky.social, @husseinkassim.bsky.social et al.) examines whether women have equal career opportunities as men to access top EC roles, revealing significant underrepresentation. Read it 👉 loom.ly/uXb19A0 #FridayReads

How did the EU use foresight to face global technological competition? Our new visiting fellow Dimitri Zurstrassen (LUISS Guido Carli University) explores EU industrial policy responses to Japan–US technological rivalry (1970s–1990s). Welcome! Become our next visiting fellow 👉 loom.ly/u_hjJE4