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Summer School Summer School - Decentring Europe: Doing History Otherwise, 1500-present Read more Summer School
Read more 19 October 2026 Seminar series Joint event Business and political mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century Read more
Read more 19 October 2026 Lecture Department of History An Early Modern Institution in a Modern Age? Interpreting the Habsburg Sanitary Cordon on the Dalmatian-Ottoman Border Read more
Read more 20 October 2026 Lecture Department of History Lecture series - Firenze Globale. Viaggi, scambi e conoscenze nei secoli XVI e XVII Read more
Why history needs an intersectional perspective At the 2026 Yves Mény Annual Lecture Professor Benno Gammerl explored how intersectional perspectives and individual life stories can complement established narratives of German contemporary history and help us better understand the present. Read more Why history needs an intersectional perspective
EUI co-curates Global Florence, an exhibition on a merchant's voyage around 1600 From 9 October 2026 to 9 January 2027, the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence hosts ‘Global Florence: The World of Francesco Carletti, c. 1573-1636’. Co-curated by EUI Professor Giorgio Riello, the exhibition follows one merchant's voyage around the world through 69 objects. Read more EUI co-curates Global Florence, an exhibition on a merchant's voyage around 1600
The future of Europe: Margaret Pulk on the Commission’s forgotten futurists Can the future be turned into a research problem? In this #MyEUIResearch story, Margaret Pulk traces how the European Commission experimented with futures research, and what happened when policymakers and futurists had different ideas about what it could deliver. Read more The future of Europe: Margaret Pulk on the Commission’s forgotten futurists
Rethinking US sanctions in a globalised world, with Flavia Canestrini In this #EUIResearch interview, Max Weber Fellow Flavia Canestrini explores how the United States redesigned its sanctions policy to reconcile the demands of a globalised economy with its geopolitical ambitions. The interview reflects on what this shift reveals about the evolution of US power. Read more Rethinking US sanctions in a globalised world, with Flavia Canestrini