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CFA: Rome Summer Archive Seminar 2021

Location Rome, Italy Open Date Oct 03, 2021 Deadline Nov 30, 2021 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time   Description This seminar. is designed to introduce Ph.D. students from across the humanities to the unique primary sources available in Rome. Working hands-on with materials in the city’s archives and libraries, students will be exposed to the…
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SIHS Article Prize for Modern Italian History: Dr. Brian J Griffith (2021)

Congratulations to Dr. Brian J Griffith for winning the 2021 SIHS Article Prize for Modern Italian History for his article “Bacchus among the Blackshirts: Wine Making, Consumerism and Identity in Fascist Italy, 1919-1937,” published in Contemporary European History in November 2020. The following is the award committee’s official citation for Dr. Griffith’s award, along with…
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Honorable Mention for SIHS Article Prize for Modern Italian History: Glauco Schettini (2021)

Congratulations to Glauco Schettini for winning the honorable mention for the 2021 SIHS Article Prize for Modern Italian History for his article “Confessional Modernity: Nicola Spedalieri, the Catholic Church and the French Revolution, c. 1775–1800,” published in Modern Intellectual History in September 2020. The following is the award committee’s official citation for Schettini’s award, along…
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SIHS Article Prize for Medieval and Early Modern Italian History: Dr. Michael Martoccio (2021)

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Martoccio for winning the 2021 SIHS Article Prize for Medieval and Early Modern Italian History for his article “The Art of Mercato: Buying City-States in Renaissance Tuscany,” published in Past & Present in August 2021. The following is the award committee’s official citation for Dr. Martoccio’s award, along with an interview…
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CFA: Research Fellow on AIDS in Western Europe at University of St Andrews

The School of History seeks suitably qualified applicants with excellent command of spoken and written Italian and experience in the use of Oral History methodologies for the position of Research Fellow (full-time, fixed-term for one year). The successful applicant will contribute to an AHRC-funded project led by Dr Nikolaos Papadogiannis on transnational sexual health activism…
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