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Open-access encyclopedia of European history featuring hundreds of articles written by scholars, published by Sorbonne Université. https://ehne.fr/en
💻 In the 1970s, Europe tried to build its own “Airbus of IT” to challenge IBM: the UNIDATA project.
A bold dream… that quickly turned into failure.
🤝 An editorial series on #EU history in collaboration with @laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social 👇
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The Paneuropean Union was founded in 1926 by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi.
His reasoning was geopolitical: the goal was to safeguard Europe’s existence between 2 greater powers, the US and the USSR.
🤝An editorial series in collaboration with @laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social 👇
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There is still no unified European or international #memory of the #Armenian #genocide, and the activist struggle for #recognition is still both ongoing and relevant
✍️ by Boris Adjemian (@crh.ehess.fr )
🤝A series on #EU's history in collab. with
@laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social
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How did #environmental concerns, #industrial interests and the desire for European integration contribute to defining technical #standards ?
👉See our new article online ✍️ by Alice Milor
🤝A series on #EU's history in collaboration with
@laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social
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Did you know that the #Armenian genocide of 1915-1916 "played a decisive role in Rafael Lemkin’s formulation of the concept of #genocide (1944)" ?
👉Learn more about this #history with our new article online, ✍️ by Boris Adjemian (AGBU Nubar Library - @crh.ehess.fr )
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With the #heatwave we had this #summer, it's time to take a closer look at the #history of air #pollution and ways to fight it at the #international level!
👉 New article online, by @Alexandre Lauverjat
🤝A series on #EU's history in collab. with
@laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social
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What was a "devious" #woman in the 19th century and how was she portrayed?
👉Discover this #history with our new article online ✍️by Célia Honoré ( Ecole des Arts de la Sorbonne - @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social ) #gender #norms #arts
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👋To what extend has #social Europe been built up over time? Are we talking about European Welfare States or #Welfare Europe?
👉Discover this #history with a new article online, ✍️by Sandrine Kott!
🤝A series on #EU's history in collaboration with
@laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social
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Flying away this summer ?
Discover the #history of #Airbus, "From a Flying Bus to the Symbol of #Industrial Europe"
✍️by David Burigana (Università degli Studi di Padova) & Léonard Laborie (@cnrs.fr)
🤝A series on #EU's history in collab. with
@laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social
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#PrideMonth continues!
Discover the #history of same-sex #marriage, which is older than we often think.
✍️ by @regschlag.bsky.social (@ehess.fr - IRIS - @assomnemosyne.bsky.social - @campuscondorcet.bsky.social )👇
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Is it possible to transpose the notion of #sovereignty to a #European level?
👋See "Europe and the Nation after WW2", a new article ✍️by Christine Manigand (@sorbonnenouvelle.bsky.social) !
🤝An editorial series in collab. with
@laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social #EU #history
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👋Can Europe share a common Constitution ?
A new article online✍️ by Christine Manigand (@sorbonnenouvelle.bsky.social)
🤝An editorial series in collab. with
@laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social (Jean Monnet Chair /
@sorbonne-universite.fr )
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👋This is #Pridemonth!
👉 See our article on #queer #history, thanks to Konstantinos Eleftheriadis.
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During the Bloody Week of May 21-28, 1871, “#women fought like lionesses” to defend the Parisian insurrection
👉 An article about #gender and political #violence, ✍️by historian Fanny Bugnon ( @univrennes2.bsky.social )
#genderhistory #politics #history
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#Onthisday in 1944, a convoy of Jews and Gypsies left the Westerbork transit camp for Auschwitz. Among people on board, Anna Maria Settela Steinbach, a young #Sinti girl who was murdered at #Auschwitz-Birkenau. #Holocaustremembrance #otd
✍️ by Sylvie Lindeperg
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🌈 On this International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, see our article on "Gay Rights and LGBTQI Movements in Europe"
✍️ by @regschlag.bsky.social ( @lab-iris.bsky.social @campuscondorcet.bsky.social @ehess.fr @assomnemosyne.bsky.social)
#IDAHOTB 🌈
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On May 17&18, 1982, a conference held in Bonn marked a major step in the creation of the European Women’s Lobby #EU #Womenhist #EWL
👉 See Claire Lafon’s explanations !
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👋New article online!
In the 1920's, "💬the Spirit of #Geneva left behind a real legacy that is more than just a memory"
✍️ by Christian Birebent #LoN #history
🤝An editorial series in collab. with @laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social (Jean Monnet Chair - @sorbonne-universite.fr)
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👋As a new #Pope is about to be elected, find out what arbitration power the Pope has had in the modern world over time!
An article✍️by historian Albane Pialoux (@lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social).
#religioushistory #diplomacy #Vatican
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👋New article online !
Discover how #Native Americans and #Black slaves influenced #Christianism in #EarlyModernTimes
👉See 'The Creolization of Christian Worship'✍️by Eric Roulet (ULCO – HLLI)
#religioushistory #16thcentury #creolization #NativeAmericans #Blackslaves
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🕵️♀️ To what extent did European nations truly benefit from modern espionage?
Was the information they gathered actually useful?
Or was the pursuit of intelligence driven more by curiosity — or even obsession? 👇
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👋New article online !
Were City Dwellers Afraid of the Dark in the 18th Century?
✍️by Sophie Reculin ( @irhisulille.bsky.social )
#culturalhistory #city #night #18thcentury
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👋New article online!
Curious to know why animal rights’ activism has been a question of gender throughout history ?
Discover Fabien Carrié's explanations (@upecofficiel.bsky.social - LIPHA ).
#history #animals #gender #activism
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Mamadou Racine Sy was the first Black soldier in the service of France to attain the rank of captain (in 1883) and to be named an Officer of the Legion of Honor (in 1888). He was a notable exception during the colonial period 👇
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💬 "The originality of Western printing stemmed from its connection to capitalism and technological development, with important merchants who invested in this new art, such as Johann Fust." 👇
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⁉️ Is war emancipatory for women?
War can blur traditional gender roles, yet it also brings terrible hardships.
It is not, or is rarely, the direct cause of egalitarian transformations, such as European women’s acquisition of civil and political equality 👇
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👋New article online!
Did you know that the #International Working Men’s Association... was founded in London in 1864... and counted a few working #women’s groups? #internationalism #labor #history
✍️by Fabrice Bensimon ( @crhxix.bsky.social - @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social )
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💬 “In contrast to the notion that security can be achieved through a balance of power, collective security relies on creating an imbalance of power. However, it never produced the results its advocates had hoped for.” 👇
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👋New article online!
Did you know that "during the #Renaissance, the appearance of #monsters increased greatly... Their #stories were translated, spreading across #Europe..." ?
✍️by Anaïs Fontaine ( @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social )
#EarlyModern #CulturalStudies
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An outright denial of the reality of mental disorders in the army can be partly explained by the slow development of psychiatric medicine. In societies dominated by a virile-military model, it can also be attributed to the fear and scorn these conditions inspire 👇
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