Title:Organizing Diversity: Determining National Categories in the Russian Empire and the USSR (1897-1939)
Author(s):CADIOT, JulietteDate:2000Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Recording statistics on nationalities in the Russian Empire and the USSR was thought to be an especially difficult task till the late 1930s. By studying preparations for the general censuses of 1897, 1926 and 1939, we can ...
Title:Ottomans into Illyrians : passages to nationhood in 20th century Albania
Author(s):JAZEXHIU, OlsiDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation surveys specific episodes in the process of Albanian national formation. Its aim is to contest the official narrative of Albanian historiography which portrays the creation of the Albanian state and the ...
Title:Our Man in Rome: Henry VII and his Italian Ambassador
Author(s):FLETCHER, CatherineDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:1527. Gregorio 'The Cavalier' Casali is Henry VIII's man in Rome. An Italian freelance diplomat, he charmed his way into the English service before he was twenty. But now he faces an almighty challenge. Henry wants a divorce ...
Title:Outline of a Theory of the Person for Historical-Biographical Study
Author(s):SKODO, AdmirDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Looking at the way the person is studied and conceptualized in the humanities in general, and in historical-biographical studies in particular, many shortcomings become visible, which in my view prompts a serious ...
Title:Pamiec fabularyzowana. Powojenne poprawki w "Szkicach piórkiem" Andrzeja Bobkowskiego
Author(s):MIKOLAJEWSKI, LukaszDate:2011Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:Ever since its publication in 1957 Andrzej Bobkowski’s literary diary from occupied France, "Szkice piórkiem", was an object of controversy: did its author correct it ex-post and add new text while preparing it for ...
Title:Pamiec fabularyzowana. Powojenne poprawki w Szkicach piórkiem Andrzeja Bobkowskiego
Author(s):MIKOLAJEWSKI, LukaszDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Ever since its publication in 1957 Andrzej Bobkowski’s literary diary from occupied France, "Szkice piórkiem", was an object of controversy: did its author correct it ex-post and add new text while preparing it for ...
Title:Paolo Sarpi between Jean Bodin and Thomas Hobbes: A case study on the "political animal" in early modern Europe
Author(s):KAINULAINEN, JaskaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The aim of my thesis is to present an intellectual biography of Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623) by researching three different but intertwining sides in his intellectual activities: natural philosophy, religion and politics. My ...
Title:The Party as a New Utopia: Reshaping communist identity after Stalinism
Author(s):KOLAR, PavelDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article examines the transformation of communist identity in the eastern bloc after 1956, showing both moments of decline as well as attempts to reforge it. It explores how communist identity was negotiated and reshaped ...