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• 01 mar 2018

  Rome

  Call for papers - Religion

  The effects of World War I on the christian churches

  11 November 1918 saw the end of the First World War, known at the time as the “Great War” (1914-1918) for its global scale, extreme destructivity and unseen casualty rates. On the one hand, wars evoke heroism and patriotism and bring people and groups to alter their mental boundaries and abilities. On the other hand, wars also elicit hatred, envy and violent behaviour, the settling of hidden accounts, the abandonment of ethical standards, and deep divisions and confrontations between families and societies. Since effects of the first world conflict were enormous and the shock waves were felt for years and generations to come, the question arises about the impact of the Great War on religion and the established churches.

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• 06 avr 2017

  Rome

  Miscellaneous information - Europe

  Creating an interactive biographical database of Italian anti-fascist volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

  Le base de données biographique et interactif des volontaires antifascistes italiens dans la guerre civile espagnole

  Présentation publique de Oggi in Spagna, domani in Italia, un projet de base de donnés biographique interactive dont le but est la reconstruction des trajectoires des environ 4500 antifascistes italiens qui ont participé à la guerre civile espagnole.

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• 07 avr 2015

  Rome

  Call for papers - Modern

  Libya in Transition

  Elites, Civil Society, Factionalism and State Reshaping

  Today’s Libya symbolizes the complexity of the transformations which have been modifying and reshaping the southern shore of the Mediterranean since 2011. The current Libyan transition, which is characterized by institutional fragility and has its own historical, political, and economic specificities is, however, part of major and wider dynamics of change that are related to more than a single Arabic country. The Conference therefore aims to discuss the process of Libyan transition from comparative perspectives.

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