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This ERC-funded project explores the role of Southern European countries in shaping contemporary regimes of international humanitarian aid between 1945 and 1990 humaneuromed.unifi.it

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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A fantastic day of insightful presentations and great discussions! Bringing together scholars from across Europe allowed us to explore how regional perspectives reveal unique models, transnational connections, and rich patterns of humanitarian action. #ERC #HumanEuroMed #AcademicEvent #UNIFI
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📢 South Eastern Europe in ERC projects: perspectives, challenges, scales (Oct 12, UNIRI)! Featuring Silvia Salvatici and Francesca Rolandi for HumanEuroMed. #ERC #HumanEuroMed #Research #SouthEasternEurope #AcademicEvent #UNIRI #Rijeka
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A great day of discussion on Italian cooperation in the 1980s. with @ssalvatici.bsky.social and @giotonolo.bsky.social Many thanks to all the participants and speakers for the stimulating day of discussion. #HumanEuroMed #ItalianCooperation #InternationalCooperation #History
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A few pictures from the seminar Mujeres, paz y acción humanitaria, held on September 11 at UC3M, with Silvia Salvatici, Alba Martín Luque. Stimulating discussion on women, peace, and humanitarian action.
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Join us tomorrow, Sept 11, at @uc3m.es for the seminar "Mujeres, paz y acción humanitaria"! 🌍✨ 🔹Silvia Salvatici (Univ. of Florence) on new geographies in humanitarian history 🔹 Alba Martín Luque (Univ. of Florence) on the origins of "Vacaciones en Paz" @ssalvatici.bsky.social
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Silvia Salvatici has published the article “Solidarity Networks across Southern Europe: Transnational Trade Union Campaigns for Political Prisoners” in the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs. @ssalvatici.bsky.social Read the article here: doi.org/10.7227/JHA....
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Solidarity Networks across Southern Europe: Transnational Trade Union Campaigns for Political Prisoners
This article explores the campaigns in support of political prisoners jointly developed by Italian, Spanish, Greek and Portuguese trade unions from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. Drawing on extensi...
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Grazia Sciacchitano, Ana Guardião, and Kalliopi Geronymaki have edited the Special Issue Humanitarianism in Times of Democratic Transition: Perspectives from Southern Europe, now published online ahead of print in the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs. doi.org/10.7227/JHA....
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Humanitarianism in Times of Democratic Transition: Perspectives from Southern Europe
Abstract This introductory article presents the key methodological and interpretative themes that stand at the core of the special issue ‘Humanitarianism in Times of Democratic Transition: Perspective...
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Giovanni Tonolo's latest article: "From the Italian Mezzogiorno to the Global South. The Case of Italconsult in Iran (1957-1958)" check it out here: www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1409/... @giotonolo.bsky.social
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From the Italian Mezzogiorno to the Global South. The Case of Italconsult in Iran (1957-1958)
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@graziasciacchitano.bsky.social presented her paper, “Disaster Relief under Franco: Aid, Politics, and International Engagement during the 1960s,” at the SHAFR Annual Meeting, held June 25–27, 2026, at The Ohio State University. #SHAFR2026
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Francesca Rolandi’s article, “Between Blocs: Socialist Yugoslavia as a Pragmatic Player in the International Refugee Regime,” is now available: 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfonline.bsky.social
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Between Blocs: Socialist Yugoslavia as a Pragmatic Player in the International Refugee Regime
This essay analyses how Yugoslavia’s unique geopolitical position between the blocs, after its 1948 split with Moscow, played out in its refugee policies. First, it investigates the way in which Yu...
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
@giotonolo.bsky.social “Anatomy of Aid: The EEC Hospital in Mogadishu (1958–1970)”, is now available open access — check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @conteurohistory.bsky.social
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Anatomy of Aid: The EEC Hospital in Mogadishu (1958–1970) | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Anatomy of Aid: The EEC Hospital in Mogadishu (1958–1970) - Volume 35
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@doratot.bsky.social has published "Challenging Socialist Solidarity: Yugoslav Perspective on Intra-Social ist Competition in Colonial and Post-Colonial Algeria (1959-1965)" available in open access here 👇 #socialistsolidarity #globalhistory edizioni.sns.it/prodotto/a-w...
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A World without Empire? Encounters and connections between African, European, and Soviet Communists, 1920s to 1970s - Edizioni della Normale
edited by Silvio Pons pp. 461 Scarica il PDF CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@graziasciacchitano.bsky.social has published "Turning Disaster into a Path for Development: Francoist Spain's Humanitarian Response to the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake" in @jds-disasters.bsky.social #disasterstudies #internationalhumanitarianism
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
✨ Productive start of 2026 📅 Today Grazia Sciacchitano is going to present her paper “From relief to resistance: the Norske Spaniakomiteen and Spanish republican exiles.” 🧑‍🏭 The workshop "Nordic Labour Internationalism in the 20th Century" takes place on 15–16 January at the University of Oslo.
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
✨ Reflecting on recent activities: 📅 On 28 November, Grazia Sciacchitano presented “Transnational Aid for Democracy: The PSOE’s Intervention in Pinochet Chile” at the Complutense University of Madrid during the Jean Monnet Chair HISTEU workshop “Europe and Human Rights in Historical Perspective.”
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
✊ Each December, Yugoslavia held nationwide humanitarian campaigns in support of global liberation struggles. 📄 Read more about 'Solidarity Weeks' and Yugoslav humanitarian internationalism in Dora Tot’s latest article published in the Journal of Contemporary History: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
🚨 Don't miss out! 🚨 Giulia Quaggio is hosting the seminar "Visual Histories of Protest: Popular Imaginaries and Democratic Transitions on Iberian Walls." 🗓 19th November at 3 PM (CET) 💻 Link to join us online: meet.google.com/ztp-bpoi-tvs
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🕊️ UN Disarmament Week, 24–30 October 🌍 Forty years ago, the Yugoslav League for Peace, Independence and Equality of Peoples issued this striking poster showing Earth as a white billiard ball - a warning that superpowers played a dangerous game with global peace. 📝 New research by Dora Tot
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Giovanni Tonolo has published “Try to Make a Fresh Start”: Dahomean Politicians Rethinking Oil Palm Development in the Late Colonial Period (1957–60)”👏 This publication, independent of our project, highlights the range of research in our team. Open-access article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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“Try to Make a Fresh Start”: Dahomean Politicians Rethinking Oil Palm Development in the Late Colonial Period (1957-1960) | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
“Try to Make a Fresh Start”: Dahomean Politicians Rethinking Oil Palm Development in the Late Colonial Period (1957-1960)
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Big news to start the week! 🎉 Our colleagues at the University of Manchester have officially launched the Humanitarian Archive Emergency project (supported by the Wellcome and Leverhulme Trusts) to save data and documents of humanitarian agencies. More here: 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...
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Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust Combine Support
Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust combine support for the Humanitarian Archive Emergency (HAE) project based at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at The University of Manchester in pa...
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🎙 Francesca Rolandi kicks off the new season of History on the Edge at INZ Ljubljana! 💬 "Humanitarianism, the Yugoslav Way: Cold War Divisions and Alternative Patterns to International Aid" 🗓️ Tomorrow, Sept 24 at 15:00 CET 📍 Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/86949706378
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
☀️ A busy summer for our team !! 📚🌍 Giovanni Tonolo spoke about 'Triangulating between the parastatal, the state and the peasantry: the case of SONADER in Dahomey (1961–1975)' at a workshop in Geneva (2 - 3 July) discussing social, labour, and development history of late and postcolonial Africa.
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
🎤👏 Francesca Rolandi and Ana Guardião this week delivered excellent presentations at the Prague conference "Refugee Protection in the Plural: East-Central European 'Unlikely Refuge' in Global Comparison." 🔗 Full program available at: www.unlikely-refuge.eu/2025/05/27/r...
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🚨 New from the HumanEuroMed team! 🚨 Giovanni Tonolo's latest article, "'Sodabi Calamity Number One': The Production of Palm Alcohol in Dahomey and its Repression, 1840–1975", is out now in the Journal of African History. Read it here 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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“Sodabi Calamity Number One”: The Production of Palm Alcohol in Dahomey and its Repression, 1840–1975 | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core
“Sodabi Calamity Number One”: The Production of Palm Alcohol in Dahomey and its Repression, 1840–1975 - Volume 66
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🚀 Exciting news! Giovanni Tonolo has been awarded the Prix FONSTI for the best postdoctoral presentation! 👏🎉 The award was presented last week at the Fondation Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Yamoussoukro during a conference organized by the University of Abidjan and the University of Geneva. 🏆
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
📀 Sponsored by the Portuguese Red Cross, the Timorese Children’s Choir recorded a special album as part of an international solidarity campaign during the East Timorese crisis 📝 Research by Ana Guardião @ Portuguese Red Cross Archives #EastTimor #RedCross #History #Humanitarianism
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
❗New Publication ❗ Excited to share that Francesca Rolandi has just published the article 'Yugoslavia is (not) a Refugee Country? Refugees between Transit and Integration in an Ever-Changing Socialist State' in Nationalities Papers. Read the open-access paper here: doi.org/10.1017/nps....
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Yugoslavia is (not) a Refugee Country? Refugees between Transit and Integration in an Ever-Changing Socialist State | Nationalities Papers | Cambridge Core
Yugoslavia is (not) a Refugee Country? Refugees between Transit and Integration in an Ever-Changing Socialist State - Volume 53 Issue 2
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
📜 🔍 Italian trade unions mobilising for Spanish political prisoners (1973) This poster is part of archival research investigating the entanglement between labour internationalism, humanitarianism, and the defence of human rights. #History #LabourInternationalism #Humanitarianism #Archives
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
📜 Work in progress! Researching Spanish international humanitarianism by exploring archival collections at the Pablo Iglesias Foundation and the Francisco Largo Caballero Foundation in Madrid.
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
❗New publication ❗ Ana Guardião's latest article has been published in Cold War History! 'Political beneficiaries of humanitarianism? The FNLA and the Angolan refugee crisis in the Congo (1960–1975)' is now available online. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1080/1468...
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Political beneficiaries of humanitarianism? The FNLA and the Angolan refugee crisis in the Congo (1960–1975)
During the Angolan decolonisation war, the humanitarian crisis prompted by hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing to the Congo was tackled by a multiplicity of actors, among them the Angolan Nat...
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HumanEuroMed @humaneuromed.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
!! The HumanEuroMed Team is now on BlueSky !! Follow us for updates on our latest research, publications, and discussions on the history of humanitarianism. 📝 A new publication is out now - more details coming up!
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