From the 1980s EU archives - with the @ec.europa.eu planning to send books to a library in Poland, this beautiful conversation took place between an EC official and a Polish diplomat 😜 👇 #EUHistory #ColdWar

I'll present my upcoming paper “The European Parliament's victory of 1989 – EP's outreach to Polish Solidarity union 1979-89” on Monday @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social event. Based on research at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. More: tinyurl.com/3sx8uarm @eui-history.bsky.social @manumourlon.bsky.social

@gegry.bsky.social will look at Austro-Hungarian economic imperialism and economic space from the late 19th century to the 1930s @wbialozyt.bsky.social will examine the rationale, scope, and key protagonists of the European Parliament's outreach to the Solidarity union.

Our first @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar of the academic year will take us, next Monday 19 October at 11:00, to explore two topics related to Central and Eastern Europe. As ever the seminar will be hybrid and you can register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Business and political mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century

In this Alcide De Gasperi seminar, Gábor Egry and Wojciech Białożyt share ongoing research on Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century.

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🤔🇪🇺 Why does (EU) history matter to all? Join us in Florence for a public roundtable exploring how research on European integration can help us understand the challenges of today's world. 📅 14 September, 17:30 📍 @eui-stg.bsky.social 📝 Register: loom.ly/W5U6Bko

Why (EU) history matters for today’s governance?

A multidisciplinary discussion on how and why research on European integration history can inform approaches to the many challenges of today

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In now about 10 days we will host @eui-eu.bsky.social our @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social Annual Graduate Conference in the history of European cooperation and integration. The programme is as rich as ever, and promises exciting discussions ⤵️

"Under the codename Project Panama, the firm used a hydraulic powered cutting machine to lop off books’ spines and then slice individual pages, which could then be scanned with industrial-grade imaging equipment before being discarded." novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...

AI Firms Are Buying up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them

The world’s biggest AI companies are buying antiquarian books en masse so they can be scanned to train their large language models (LLMs) before being destroyed.

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🤔 Thinking about applying for a #PhD in History? 📣 Our fully funded PhD programme focuses on global connections within Early Modern and Modern European History 🗓️ Save the date: applications open in November 2026! 📚 Find out how to start the intellectual adventure of a lifetime 👉 loom.ly/pvk17dc

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Excited to present my upcoming paper “The European Parliament's victory of 1989 – EP's outreach and support to Polish Solidarity union 1979-1989” next week at @lsehy.bsky.social. The paper is based on research at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. @eui-history.bsky.social @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social

A l’occasione del cinquantesimo anniversario @eui-eu.bsky.social ho parlato a RaiNews di perché si studia la storia dell’integrazione europea qui a Firenze (@eui-euarchives.bsky.social), e della sua importanza per capire il nostro mondo: www.rainews.it/video/2026/0...

Mourlon-Druol: "La storia dell'integrazione europea vive negli archivi dell'Istituto Europeo"

Dal 7 al 9 maggio tanti eventi tra Firenze e Fiesole per riflettere su passato, su presente e su futuro dell’Europa e sul ruolo dell'università

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Our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar will be an exciting discussion about planning the future in twentieth century Europe, organised by Zoe Evrard and Margaret Pulk, with Alexander Aerts, @jonaselvander.bsky.social, @hugocanihac.bsky.social, Dimitri Zurstrassen and myself (1/2)

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🔮 Can we study the history of Europe’s futures? On May 15, our research seminar will bring together scholars to explore different disciplinary approaches to futuring Europe. ✍️Register: loom.ly/9MtRCf8 Check the full programme👇

📅Event coming up! Join us with the Martens Centre on 9 March for a workshop revisiting the peace motivations of early European integration and exploring their relevance today. 📘 This discussion departs from a forthcoming edited volume by Alain Lamassoure. Info & register: https://loom.ly/hFyFoaA

Le tournant de la rigueur: even in English, the expression describing the French government’s 1983 decision to devalue the French franc, stay in the EMS and reject the so-called alternative policy gains some traction. (1/4) www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Recommended for historians and political scientists working on EU integration – the call is open for Visegrad Fund Grants for scholars from Central and Eastern Europe to consult the holdings of @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. Deadline: 27 April. Details 👉 tinyurl.com/y8p72tmt @eui-history.bsky.social

📢 Call for applications IVF Research Grants 2026 at the Historical Archives of the EU are now open. 🗓 Deadline: 27 April 2026 🔗 https://loom.ly/egHlbls 👉 Spread the word! #ResearchFunding #ArchivalResearch #EuropeanIntegration #Visegrad4 #CzechRepublic #Hungary #Poland #Slovakia

We have opened an inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence by external experts in the evaluation of EU funding proposals. We have asked @ec.europa.eu and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA): - if they set rules on the use of AI by evaluators - if evaluators are required to disclose AI use

Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning AI use in evaluation of EU funding proposals

The inquiry will focus on whether the institutions concerned put in place sufficient safeguards regarding the use of AI by external experts evaluating pro...

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Next week, on Thursday 12 February, we will discuss how to use archival material in our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar. www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

The real da Vinci code. Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?

Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication

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How did big business shape the Single European Market? Join us for Grace Ballor’s talk on her new book Enterprise and Integration. Her research reveals how multinational business influenced European integration and economic governance. 📍 Villa Salviati & Zoom 🗓 15.01, 11:00h 🔗 loom.ly/hc7m_kM

Always a great joy to pass by an exhibition on Bronisław Geremek at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social which displays some of his archival materials deposited at the HAEU 🙂 @eui-history.bsky.social

Europe’s electricity market (Severic Version) and US reactions to European banking coordination (Alice Zamai) will be the two topics we’ll explore in our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar on Thursday 4 December, 15:00 to 16:30. Join us in person or online: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Disparu il y a quarante ans, Fernand Braudel a profondément marqué les sciences sociales en forgeant des concepts durables pour penser le capitalisme. Son œuvre continue d'éclairer les mutations de l'économie, ses rythmes, ses espaces et ses rapports de force.

L'économie d'après Braudel

Disparu il y a quarante ans, Fernand Braudel a profondément marqué les sciences sociales en forgeant des concepts durables pour penser le capitalisme. Son œuvre continue d'éclairer les mutations de l'économie, ses rythmes, ses espaces et ses rapports de force.

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[PODCAST] L'historien Jacques Le Goff retraçait en 2008 les grandes strates historiques de l'Europe. Soulignant l'importance de la lenteur historique, il en appelait à une construction patiente de l'Union européenne. 👉 urlr.me/e36Qrm

Join us next Monday for an @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social (hybrid) seminar with exciting presentations by @migrutinovic.bsky.social (Yugoslavia-EEC relations, 1980s) & Jonah Berger (early steps towards creation of a European foreign service, 1990s). Registration here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

🇪🇺 Opening soon: Pierre Werner – A life dedicated to Luxembourg and Europe An exhibition celebrating one of the architects of Economic and Monetary Union, inaugurated by Viviane Reding, former vice-president of @ec.europa.eu 🗓️ Monday, 10 November at 14.30 📌Badia Fiesolana 🔗Join us: loom.ly/Wt-S8DI

📣 Applications for our fully-funded #PhD programme are now open! 👉 loom.ly/pvk17dc ⏰ Apply by 15 January 2026! What to know more? Meet us on our: 🌐Virtual Open Day - 2 December 2025 👉 loom.ly/sp5lOKM 🎓 #PhDlife #academicsky #history #skystorians

Doctoral Programme in History and Civilisation

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European University Institute@eui-eu.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027! 📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort! Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd #EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity

Looks like a busy time ahead for archivists of @eui-euarchives.bsky.social with the arrival of papers of the European Economic and Social Committee 🙂 👇 @eui-history.bsky.social

This year's Graduate Conference in the History of European Integration closed last week. We discussed the environment, institutional change or the EEC's external relations, among many other themes. Here's a short report on it. Looking forward to next year's edition! www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

New connections, new directions: the Annual Graduate Conference at the EUI

Lively debates, fresh ideas, and budding scholarly networks animated Villa Schifanoia on 12 September 2025, as the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre hosted it

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Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family’s origins news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language origins — Harvard Gazette

Parent emerged over 4,000 years ago in Siberia, farther east than many thought, then rapidly spread west, study finds.

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The European papers of Prof. Geremek have been made available at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. It was accompanied by a seminar that discussed research paths of East-West collaborations before 1989 and 2004/07 enlargements @eui-history.bsky.social @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social More 👉 shorturl.at/iP49A

Seminar honours contribution of Bronisław Geremek to European integration

The inventory of the archives of Bronisaw Geremek is now available for consultation in the database of the Historical Archives of the European Union The openi

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