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Title: The Unexplored Giant: Use histories of Italian oratorio around 1700 Author(s): VAN DER LINDEN, Huub Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The musical genre of Italian oratorio—unacted, sung drama in two parts on a hagiographic, biblical, or moral plot—witnessed a great boom of interest in the priod around years around 1900 and the decades around 1700. During ...
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Title: Casanova's Histoire de ma vie in Twentieth Century Cinema (Adaptation, Interpretation, Reception from Volkoff to Fellini) Author(s): GUBAREVA, Marita Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Casanova’s memoirs have inspired an incredible number of books, commentaries, and creative reinterpretations. While the reception of this text in literature has been analyzed in many studies, relatively little attention ...
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Title: The Jews of Modern Egypt: Schools, family, and the making of an imagined bourgeoise, 1880s-1950s Author(s): MICCOLI, Dario Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation will investigate the emergence of an Egyptian Jewish bourgeoisie and its multi-layered imaginary in the period that goes from the 1880s up to the 1950s. More precisely, the research will aim to clarify ...
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Title: Prehistoria Patria: National identities and europeanisation in the construction of prehistoric archaeology in Spain (1860–1936) Author(s): LANZAROTE GUIRAL, José María Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis analyses the construction of prehistoric archaeology in Spain from a transnational perspective. Drawing influence from several historiographical fields, such as history of science and nationalism studies, I ...
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Title: Essays on Stability of the Classical Gold Standard: Money supply, international capital mobility and symmetry of business cycles Author(s): LESSIG, Jyrki Johannes Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The three essays of the thesis have the common topic of monetary integration and financial instability in Europe during the period of precious metal standard in the second half of the 19th century. The first essay discusses ... -
Title: Demons in the Classroom: Academic discourses and practices concerning witchcraft at the protestant universities of Rinteln and Halle Author(s): CORCORAN, Andreas Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Early Modern Professors of Law in the Holy Roman Empire were more than mere teachers. In judicial matters they were called upon to judge and speak justice / especially in witch-trials. This study focuses on bridging ...
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Title: Immagini di un mito tropicale: rappresentazioni visive del Borneo tra grafica e fotografia Author(s): CHIARELLI, Cosimo Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Il piccolo regno di Sarawak, nella parte settentrionale dell’isola del Borneo, occupa un posto del tutto speciale nell’immaginario esotico Vittoriano. Grazie alla sua posizione geografica, alla ricchezza naturalistica, ...
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Title: The Retreat From a Market Economy in East-Central and Southeast Europe, 1918-1928: Comparative perspectives on Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia Author(s): MILETIC, Aleksandar R. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The dissertation before you is designed as a contribution to studies of phenomena that have been described either as the “recasting” of 19th century capitalism, or as the “deglobalization” of the global economy after 1914. ...
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Title: Official Policy and Local Responses: Jews in Wrocław and L'viv: a comparative perspective, 1945 to 1970s Author(s): KAZEJAK, Izabela Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation examines the process of re-establishment of Jewish communities in two cities: in Wroclaw, a city that passed after 1945 from Germany to Poland, and in L’viv, a city that passed from Poland to Soviet ...
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Title: Laws of Return? Co-ethnic immigration to West Germany and Israel (1948-1992) Author(s): PANAGIOTIDIS, Jannis Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation examines the phenomenon of co-ethnic immigration to West Germany and Israel between 1948 and 1992. Its core object of study is the legal and institutional arrangements for co-ethnic immigration in both ...
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Title: War Remembrance in the Republic of Moldova: Commemoration, state-formation and belonging Author(s): POPA, Gabriela Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The thesis examines the practices and spaces of Second World War commemorations following the fall of the Soviet Union. Drawing on the case of the Republic of Moldova, it addresses two dimensions of the topic: the temporal ...
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Title: Storia di una sconfitta: le Brigate Rosse e la Gauche Prolétarienne di fronte alla globalizzazione Author(s): ALBANESE, Matteo Antonio Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Perché due gruppi dal background simile come le Brigate Rosse e la Gauche Prolétarienne che condivisero molte scelte politiche e di repertori d'azione quali il sequestro politico ebbero una storia così divergente? Perché ...
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Title: Negotiating Europe: EU promotion of Europeanness and non-institutional actors since the 1950s Author(s): CALLIGARO, Oriane Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The concept of Europe is a strong symbolic underpinnings of European integration. Europe functions as a mobilizing metaphor, a sign of recognition that indicates belonging to a community in formation. At the institutional ...
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Title: Beyond Bilateralism: Spanish-Italian relations and the influence of the major powers, 1943-1957 Author(s): DEL HIERRO LECEA, Pablo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The aim of this work is to study Spanish-Italian diplomatic relations in the period 1943-1957. However, and in spite of the fact that the question of Spanish-Italian diplomatic relations between 1943 and 1957 will remain ...
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Title: L'impero di carta : Hugo Blotius, Hofbibliothekar nella Vienna di fine Cinquecento Author(s): MOLINO, Paola Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The thesis deals with the first organisation and uses of the Imperial library in Vienna between 1575 and 1604. At the core of this work there is the cultural and political experience of the first librarian, the Dutch scholar ...
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Title: Una nueva cristalización social: Las élites urbanas y el Estado en Valladolid y Magdeburgo (ca. 1770-1870) Author(s): LUENGO SÁNCHEZ, Jorge Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis aims to examine the process of elite formation in a provincial European town in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Spanish town of Valladolid is the case study chosen for this purpose, and it has been compared ...
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Title: Social choreography of the Viennese waltz : the transfer and reception of the dance in Vienna and Europe, 1780-1825 Author(s): KORHONEN, Joonas Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: As its title, the social choreography of the Viennese waltz, suggests, the thesis can be situated in the research tradition that studies dance history from sociocultural and sociopolitical point of views. In this work, ...
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Title: On Finland's Economic Growth and Convergence with Sweden and the EU15 in the 20th Century Author(s): KOKKINEN, Arto Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Finland is one of the few examples of poor countries’ absolute GDP per capita convergence in the 20th century: One hundred years ago it was a poor agrarian country with GDP per capita less than half of that of the United ...
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Title: Violence and Politics in the German Revolution 1918-19 Author(s): JONES, Mark William Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This dissertation explores the history of the German Revolution of 1918-19 through the prism of violence. It is based upon extensive research which draws upon the contents of military and judicial archives, diaries, and ...
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Title: Ottomans into Illyrians : passages to nationhood in 20th century Albania Author(s): JAZEXHIU, Olsi Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: 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 ...
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