Doctoral programme We encourage our Ph.D. researchers to think beyond boundaries Read more Doctoral programme
Research & Teaching A vibrant intellectual community of study interactions and work exchanges Read more Research & Teaching
People Professors, fellows, Ph.D. researchers and administrative staff of the Department Read more People
Summer School Summer School - Decentring Europe: Doing History Otherwise, 1500-present Read more Summer School
Read more 10 June 2026 Conference Department of History Coming to Conclusions Workshop I: From the International to the Planetary Read more
Read more 10 June 2026 Lecture Department of History Colonial Veterans and the ‘Tensions of Empire’ in the Interwar World Read more
Body modification and the making of the modern self, with Chiara Lacroix In this #MyEUIResearch video, Chiara Lacroix asks why we experience our bodies the way we do, and traces how the modern idea of the body as something to shape and improve has its own history. Read more Body modification and the making of the modern self, with Chiara Lacroix
The first ‘influencers’: Emma Schwak on the history of opulence Who taught the new rich how to be rich? In this #MyEUIResearch story, Emma Schwak traces how luxury objects, fashion magazines, and early taste-makers shaped elite identity in post-Revolutionary Paris. Read more The first ‘influencers’: Emma Schwak on the history of opulence
Trading posts and power: Maarten Draper on the Asian origins of capitalism In this #EUIResearch interview, Maarten Draper discusses CAPASIA, a history ERC-funded project studying more than 200 European trading posts across Asia aimed at rethinking the origins of global capitalism. Read more Trading posts and power: Maarten Draper on the Asian origins of capitalism
History without borders: 50 years of studying the past in new ways at the EUI As the EUI marks 50 years, the #uniquelyEUI series opens with the Department of History, where three scholars reflect together on research legacies, dialogue across generations, and what it means to study history without borders at the EUI. Read more History without borders: 50 years of studying the past in new ways at the EUI