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Roxane Bonnardel Mira @roxanebm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Je suis heureuse d'avoir pu lire, pour La Vie des dées, Identità bugiarde de Serena Luzzi, une passionnante immersion sur les chemins d'Europe centrale à travers la trajectoire de Gustav Kaiser Bedolzky, un "vagabond" qui a défié, tout au long de sa vie, le contrôle des mobilités autrichien.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We are closing today’s workshop with a panel on material dimensions of gun control, featuring papers from Dr Brian Ngwenya and Prof. @matteomillan.bsky.social, moderated by Dr @azzab.bsky.social

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dr @azzab.bsky.social is presenting his GlobArms project

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Roxane Bonnardel Mira @roxanebm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

C'est aussi la rentrée pour l'ERC @euguns.bsky.social ! La semaine prochaine, nous explorerons avec les membres de COLVET les politiques d'armement et de désarmement des anciens combattants et des travailleurs colonisés, dans les métropoles et les empires européens.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“The world at present apparently wants both the war system and peace.” So observed H.C. Engelbrecht and F.C. Hanighen in "Merchants of Death" (1934). Their words captured a central contradiction of the interwar years. #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea #armshistory

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

And, last but not least in the presentation of our team, Beatrice Bezzon! She is an administrative project officer at the University of Padua, where she oversees the financial and administrative management of EU-funded research projects, including EU-GUNS. #euguns #unipd #dissgea #dissgea_unipd

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

On February 20, the EU-GUNS and GlobArms projects co-organised a workshop on self-defence and private security, which was co-funded by the Franco-Italian University. #euguns #globarms #gunhistory #europeanhistory #frenchhistory #italianhistory #sorbonne #unipd #dissgea #dissgea_unipd

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Our colleague, @roxanebm.bsky.social, is now talking about firearms in French households and female self-defence.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Our last panel is chaired by the head of our project, @matteomillan.bsky.social, and includes papers from Laura Schettini and our team member, @roxanebm.bsky.social. The topics are firearms in French households as well as women's self-defence in France and Italy. #euguns #globarms #unipd #sorbonne

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Our next panel, which is chaired by Alexandre Frondizi and includes papers from Éric Fournier, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues and Laurent Gayer, focuses on handguns and revolutionary self-defence as well as private security companies in the city of Rennes. #euguns #globarms #sorbonne #unipd #frenchhistory

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Now our colleague, @azzab.bsky.social from the GlobArms project, is talking about private security guards in French industrial companies at the beginning of 20th century #globarms #euguns #frenchhistory #europeanhistory #unipd #sorbonne

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Today's conference, entitled "Le Prix de L'Autodéfense" (The Price of Self-Defence) and organised in cooperation with @sorbonne-universite.fr, opens with an introduction from the organisers, @roxanebm.bsky.social and @azzab.bsky.social, and is followed by a paper from @arnaudhoute.bsky.social .

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Roxane Bonnardel Mira @roxanebm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Ce vendredi 20 février aura lieu une journée d'étude franco-italienne sur l'histoire de l'autodéfense, de la sécurité privée et des usages des armes à feu dans les espaces privés. Elle aura lieu à la Sorbonne et est ouverte à tous et toutes sur simple inscription. 🇮🇹🇫🇷

Affiche de la journée "Le prix de l'autodéfense"

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

EU-GUNS & GlobArms are not slowing down and coming to you with a new event! In cooperation with @arnaudhoute.bsky.social from @sorbonne-universite.fr, @roxanebm.bsky.social, @azzab.bsky.social and @matteomillan.bsky.social are organising a symposium on self-defence and private security in FR and IT.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We're back with our series of staff introductions, and @martinjx2.bsky.social is up next! Born and raised in Stockholm, he studied history at the universities of Uppsala, Edinburgh and Gothenburg...

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Blake Brown @rblakebrown.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New article: "Closing the Knowledge Gap: Identifying Research Priorities for Firearm-Related Injury and Mortality in Canada" in the latest issue of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

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Closing the knowledge gap: identifying research priorities for firearm-related injury and mortality in Canada, HPCDP: Vol 46(1), January 2026

Our objective was to identify knowledge gaps and research priorities to inform a national research agenda to prevent firearm-related injury and death.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We return to Padua feeling enriched and inspired, and eager to continue our research and collaboration with other scholars in the fields of gun studies and gun/arms history. Make sure to follow our work here and on our website (euguns.eu)! #aha2026 #euguns #globarms #gunhistory #armshistory

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EU-GUNS and GlobArms explore the history of firearms, gun control, and port policing in Europe from the late 19th to the 20th century.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

What a day at the AHA! The EU-GUNS folks put together three outstanding panels on US-Europe gun history. So good!

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Our colleague, @roxanebm.bsky.social, is now talking about self-defence and banal transgressions of gun laws in France between the 1900s and 30s. #aha2026 #euguns #gunhistory

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

@azzab.bsky.social is now talking about his project GlobArms, which examines the strategies employed by public and private law enforcement agencies to monitor, regulate and suppress the trade, distribution and smuggling of firearms across European ports between 1890 and 1939. #globarms

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The head of the GlobArms project, @azzab.bsky.social, has just had his article on French shooting societies in Third Republic France (1871-1914) published with the journal Contemporanea. #globarms #gunhistory #Frenchhistory #euguns

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Andrea Azzarelli @azzab.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I’m very pleased to share that, in the journal Contemporanea, I’ve just published an article on the history of French Shooting Societies, spaces where marksmanship, politics, and identity intersected from the 19th century onward. Feel free to get in touch for more information!

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Last but not least, members of the ERC EU-GUNS project are presenting their research on gun culture and history in France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Italy. Here: Assumpta Castillo Cañiz and @roxanebm.bsky.social #gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Here: Mathias Foit and @martinjx2.bsky.social

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Prof. Jennifer Carlson has joined us online to present her project on gun violence and gun control in the U.S. #gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Prof. Giacomo Macola is talking about the domestication of the gun in nineteenth-century Central Africa #gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Now Dr @jenniferwellington.bsky.social is talking about war trophies and souvenirs #gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Dr Arnau Fernandéz Pasalados is now talking about the circulation of weapons and irregular warfare in Spain in the years 1936-1952 #gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Prof. Sven Reichardt is giving a talk about the use of guns by fascist paramilitaries in Italy and Germany #gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The second day of the workshop "New Perspectives on the History of Firearms" has begun with Prof. @matteomillan.bsky.social's introduction into the ERC EU-GUNS project. #gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

@azzab.bsky.social is now talking about the Italian arms trade abroad #gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea

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Roxane Bonnardel Mira @roxanebm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

In the first session of the afternoon, @camilleriana.bsky.social explores the question of gun licences for colonial soldiers and veterans in East Africa.

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Roxane Bonnardel Mira @roxanebm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

@historyned.bsky.social then discussed the role of German arms dealers in shaping the entrepreneurial imperial expansion

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Roxane Bonnardel Mira @roxanebm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

And we finish this exciting conference with our host @azzab.bsky.social's presentation on the international trade of italian Vitterli rifles surplus, focusing on the italian-chinese connection

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The workshop "New Perspectives on the History of Firearms" begins now! The organisers, @azzab.bsky.social and @matteomillan.bsky.social, have welcomed the audience. If you're in Padova, feel free to join us at Palazzo Liviano! (Pzza Capitaniato 7) #gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgeaunipd

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Roxane Bonnardel Mira @roxanebm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

@azzab.bsky.social and @matteomillan.bsky.social's conference starts today! @rblakebrown.bsky.social inaugurates the workshop with a microhistorical investigation on a Toronto-based arms retailer.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

1) On December 15, Prof. Blake Brown (@rblakebrown.bsky.social) from St Mary’s University (Canada) will deliver a guest lecture as part of Prof. Matteo Millan’s course „Politica e violenza in età contemporanea”, entitled „Canadian gun culture and firearm regulation, 1867-1935”.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

2) On December 18-19, we will host the workshop „New Perspectives on the History of Firearms: Global Markets, Gun Control and Gun Cultures in the Contemporary World” (click here for more information: www.dissgea.unipd.it/eu-guns-glob...)

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We are very excited to share the news that a friend of the EU-GUNS & GlobArms projects and a former member of @matteomillan.bsky.social previous ERC project, Alessandro Saluppo, has just published his monograph on armed associations and political violence in Edwardian Britain (1901-1914).

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

It's time to introduce our expert on the British gun history, Anna Moro! Anna is a PhD student in History at the University of Padua. #euguns #unipd #dissgea_unipd #dissgea

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

To reach a global customer base, Fabrique Nationale, the Belgian gunmaker renowned for producing the Browning brand, translated its advertising materials early on outside of Belgium. #euguns #eugunssnippets #europeanhistory #gunhistory

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Today we present the PI of our other project, @azzab.bsky.social! Andrea Azzarelli directs GlobArms, a study of policing firearms trafficking in Italy, France, and the UK. #globarms #unipd #dissgea #dissgea_unipd

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

In the last third of the 19th century, major technological changes transformed the world of small arms. The invention of bolt-action rifles and, more importantly, smokeless powder meant that governments had to adopt new military rifle models to avoid falling behind in the arms race.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The next person from our team we would like to present is Assumpta Castillo Cañiz! She earned her PhD from the University of Padova in 2021 with a dissertation on political violence and armed associations in pre-World War I Europe, as part of the ERC project “The Dark Side of the Belle Époque”.

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

A rifle’s journey often extends far beyond the battlefield it was built for. This image shows members of the Ulster Volunteer Force in Ireland marching in 1914 amid rising tensions over Home Rule. Among their weapons were likely Vetterli-Vitali rifles... #globarms #unipd #dissgea #europeanhistory

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Meet our expert on the German gun history, Mathias Foit! He is a graduate of the University of Wrocław, Poland, and the Free University of Berlin, where he defended his doctoral thesis. #euguns #unipd #dissgea_unipd

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

And sometimes, archival research yields surprises! This pistol was manufactured and registered in 1911 by the Basque firm Esperanza y Unceta. Known as the “Victoria,” it is an adapted copy of the popular Browning 1906 model. #euguns #eugunssnippets #unipd #dissgea #spanishhistory

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

We continue presenting members of our fantastic research team - today, it's our expert on France, @roxanebm.bsky.social! Roxane Bonnardel Mira is a graduate of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and University of Tours (France), where she obtained her PhD. #euguns #unipd #dissgea_unipd

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Luca Bertolani Azeredo @luca1994.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

We are happy to present the conference which will take place in Naples, 6 and 7 March 2026, on "Violence and Empire" Here is attached the CFP including a list of themes we are interested into Deadline for proposals November 16, authors will be notified by January 9

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EUGUNS @euguns.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Produced from 1899 by the Fabrique Nationale in Liège, Belgium, the “Browning” pistol (model 1900) marked a true turning point in the European market for personal defence weapons. With its innovative and compact design, which made it easy to conceal under everyday clothing...

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