Title:Inventing Russian History: ‘Reflections on Russia’ – an unearthed essay by Yakov Ivanovič Bulgakov (1743-1809)
Author(s):VELIZHEV, MikhailDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper analyzes the anonymous article “Reflections on Russia, or Some Remarks on Russians Civil and Moral Status Until Peter I’s Reign” published in 1807 in the Moscow literary magazine “Messenger of Europe”. ‘Reflections’ ...
Title:The Italian Role in the Construction of the Concept 'Pole-Catholic'
Author(s):JUREK, LidiaDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In considering the concept of 'Pole-Catholic', it might well be asked not if it had real grounds but in what circumstances it was constructed. Although the Polish national identity in its current shape was “Catholicized” ...
Title:Italians in India, 1860-1920: Trades, traders, trading networks
Author(s):VIOLA, AntonellaDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This work deals with the economic and commercial activities of Italian traders in British India from the 1860s to the 1920s. When confronted with the problem of selecting which type of traders I had to include in my study ...