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:Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj and the Serbian Identity between Poetry and History
Author(s):ALEKSOV, BojanDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The recent violent outburst of Serbian nationalism has attracted significant interest in the ever-growing field of nationalism studies. In addition, the so-called ‘cultural turn’ has engaged scholars in the reappraisal of ...
Title:Literature in the Construction of ‘Cuban Identity’, 1823-1845
Author(s):AGUILERA-MANZANO, José MaríaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The main aim of this article is to discuss some of the characteristics of the identity project constructed by the Cuban liberal autonomists’ group during the transition from the Ancien Régime to liberalism. This faction ...
Title:Motor vehicles vs. dollars: selling socialist cars in neutral markets. Some evidence from the ŠKODA Auto case.
Author(s):FAVA, ValentinaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The paper analyses the relationship of Škoda Auto with its dealers in the neutral countries in the years from 1948 to 1964.
The takeover by the Czechoslovak Communist Party in 1948 and the rising tensions of the Cold War ...
Title:Moving Elites: Women and Cultural Transfers in the European Court System
Author(s):CALVI, Giulia; CHABOT, IsabelleDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI HECAbstract:The overall evaluation of the formation of political decision-making processes in the early modern period is being transformed by enriching our understanding of political language. This broader picture of court politics ...
Title:Narratives of the Servant
Author(s):SCHULTE, Regina; HANTZAROULA, PothitiDate:2001Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI HEC
Title:Nationalism and Modernity
Author(s):MULLER, Johannes U.; STRATH, BoDate:1999Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI HEC