Department of History and Civilization (HEC)
The Department of History and Civilization focuses primarily on the history of Europe, from the late medieval and early modern period to the present, in a transnational and global context. It takes a broad approach to the study of history that includes social and economic analysis as well as the history of cultural and intellectual transfers.
Selected collection: HEC Open Access Publications
In 2015, the Alcide de Gasperi centre was established to promote research and support young researchers in the use of primary sources in the history of European integration.
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HEC Working Papers
HEC Working Papers series (ISSN 1725-6720)
Recent Submissions
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Title:Carnal knowledge and imperial power : race and the intimate in colonial rule Author(s):BARTHÉLÉMY, Pascale; SAADA, Emmanuelle; BUDASZ, Daphne Aurélie
; STOLER, Ann LauraDate:2023Citation:Monde(s), 2023, Vol. 24, pp. 133-159Type:ArticleAbstract:L’ambition de ce dossier est d’effectuer un pas de côté par rapport à une histoire de la race, souvent saisie au niveau des représentations scientifiques, littéraires et photographiques, pour s’intéresser à la manière dont ...
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Title:For a pole, it all was a great abomination : grassroots homonationalism and state homophobia à la Polonaise : a history lesson from a place between East and West Author(s):KARCZEWSKI, Kamil Date:2023Citation:Sexuality and culture, 2023, Vol. 27, pp. 1996-2015Type:ArticleAbstract:The article historicizes social and state practices that Jasbir Puar dubbed “homonationalism.” It argues against simplistic applications of the term to the relations between “western” and “eastern” European countries. ...
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Title:Extracts from the encyclopédie Author(s):THOMSON, Ann Date:2023Citation:David THOMAS (ed.), Christian-Muslim relations : primary sources 1700-1914, London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, Vol. 3, pp. 87-90Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:'Extracts from the Encyclopédie" consists of five extracts concerning Islam from Diderot and d’Alembert’s 'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts et des métiers' (1751-1772), translated into English ...
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Title:Materialistic theories of mind and brain Author(s):THOMSON, Ann Date:2023Citation:Wolfgang LEFÈVRE (ed.), Between Leibniz, Newton and Kant : philosophy and science in the Eighteenth Century, Cham : Springer, 2023, Boston studies in the history and philosophy of science ; 341, pp. 197-225Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:The chapter discusses three main issues of the mind-body problem as discussed by materialistic physicians and philosophers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: (1) The question of how to conceptualize matter that ...
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Title:The English 'Universal History''s treatment of the Arab world Author(s):THOMSON, Ann Date:2023Citation:Intellectual history review, 2023, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 475-490Type:ArticleAbstract:The Universal History, which had a complicated publishing history from the 1730s to the 1780s, was a commercial undertaking by a group of London booksellers, aimed at satisfying curiosity for reliable information about the ...
