Announcements
04.06.2025 - 06.06.2025 Institute of History of Mediterranean Europe (ISEM) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

The Institute of History of Mediterranean Europe (ISEM) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), in collaboration with the IN-HOPPE network (International Network–Historical and osteoarchaeological Past Populations Exploration), is organising a congress on reactions and emotions in the face of epidemics in the pre-industrial age.

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Reviews
Rev. by Jakub Szumski, Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena

This book is an attempt to reinterpret the history of the region by including the impact of global forces. Written concisely by political scientists, it covers a wide range of countries over three centuries. Rather than retelling the region’s history as a whole, the authors aim to reflect on long-term trends, patterns, and mechanisms.

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Journals

Uncovering Non-Official Expectations of Independence in Africa
Ed. by Ngozi Edeagu and Dmitri van den Bersselaar

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Articles
By Jens Jäger, Historisches Institut, Universität zu Köln

Interpol – or rather the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) [1], as it was known until 1956 – was the only international organization to fall entirely into German hands after 1933. In contrast to the Nazi policy towards international organizations, which was generally ambivalent if not hostile [2], the new leaders of the German police took a keen interest in the ICPC.

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Conference Reports
12.10.2023 - 14.10.2023 Cristian Cercel, Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies, Tübingen; Dietmar Müller, Leipzig University
By David Borchin, Institut für Interdisziplinäre Studien und Forschungen, Lucian-Blaga-Universität-Sibiu
 
01.04.2025 - 31.03.2029, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA)
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