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Department of History

We investigate the global, comparative, and transnational history of Europe since 1400

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How early modern women resisted sexual violence

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, this #EUIResearch interview features Giada Pizzoni, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in the EUI History Department, exploring how early modern Mediterranean women confronted sexual violence in sacred spaces.

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The Department of History focuses primarily on the history of Europe, from the late medieval and early modern period to the present, in a transnational and global context.

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Tracing transnational fascism with Julià Gómez Reig

In this #MyEUIResearch video, History researcher Julià Gómez Reig reflects on his personal connection to Spain’s past and explains how his doctoral research rethinks fascism as a transnational phenomenon that shaped global politics in the 1920s and still resonates today.

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From first-gen PhD to international historian: Alanna O’Malley’s EUI story

Alanna O’Malley is an international historian and former PhD from the EUI History department during 2007 – 2012. She is currently a professor at Leiden University and soon to move to Erasmus University in the Netherlands. In this interview Alanna shares insights of her unique experience at the EUI.

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EUI Alumna Christine Dupont and the making of the House of European History

Christine Dupont is a historian and curator at the House of European History in Brussels. She played a key role in shaping the vision of the museum and defining its mission from the ground up. Christine completed her PhD in History at the European University Institute (EUI) from 1997 to 2001.

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Villa Salviati

Pedestrian access: Via Bolognese 156 / Via Faentina 261
Car access: Via Salviati 3B

50139 Firenze (FI)

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