Luca Bertolani Azeredo

@luca1994.bsky.social

PhD student | Political Violence & Paramilitarism in Modern Ireland | Historian of Violence | Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Naples, Italy)

Things are about to get real! (𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 2026) I just wanted to update a few people (the acknowledgment section is over three pages long) who I have met during the past four years This was done ONLY thanks to your help, support, and friendship

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We are happy to present the conference which will take place in Naples, 6 and 7 March 2026, on "Violence and Empire" Here is attached the CFP including a list of themes we are interested into Deadline for proposals November 16, authors will be notified by January 9

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Second day of the Scuola Superiore Meridionale PhD Workshop. Starting with Pavel Demchenko: "Merchants, privileges, customs: the disputed integration of the Ostsee provinces in the Russian Empire during the eighteenth century". Discussant Alexey Kraykovskiy (University of Genova) Chair Ettore Costa

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What a group! Padua meets Vienna/Prague: New perspectives on gun history, EU-GUNS meets LINKING ARMS. Today's papers will discuss the moving of arms, their political and social role from a large temporary and geografical perspective!

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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” [George Orwell, 1984] They call it "democratic debate" but it is just some facades to work on a restructure of the past, its memory, and its educational role.

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This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.