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Wojciech Białożyt

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PhD Researcher in history at @eui-eu.bsky.social. History of the EU integration, societal actors, Eastern Europe. Forging the European legacy of Prof. Bronisław Geremek. More 👉 me.eui.eu/wojciech-bialozyt

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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I'll present my upcoming paper “The European Parliament's victory of 1989 – EP's outreach to Polish Solidarity union 1979-89” on Monday @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social event. Based on research at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. More: tinyurl.com/3sx8uarm @eui-history.bsky.social @manumourlon.bsky.social
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@gegry.bsky.social will look at Austro-Hungarian economic imperialism and economic space from the late 19th century to the 1930s @wbialozyt.bsky.social will examine the rationale, scope, and key protagonists of the European Parliament's outreach to the Solidarity union.
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Our first @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar of the academic year will take us, next Monday 19 October at 11:00, to explore two topics related to Central and Eastern Europe. As ever the seminar will be hybrid and you can register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Business and political mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century
In this Alcide De Gasperi seminar, Gábor Egry and Wojciech Białożyt share ongoing research on Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century.
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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🤔🇪🇺 Why does (EU) history matter to all? Join us in Florence for a public roundtable exploring how research on European integration can help us understand the challenges of today's world. 📅 14 September, 17:30 📍 @eui-stg.bsky.social 📝 Register: loom.ly/W5U6Bko
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Why (EU) history matters for today’s governance?
A multidisciplinary discussion on how and why research on European integration history can inform approaches to the many challenges of today
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In now about 10 days we will host @eui-eu.bsky.social our @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social Annual Graduate Conference in the history of European cooperation and integration. The programme is as rich as ever, and promises exciting discussions ⤵️
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Under the codename Project Panama, the firm used a hydraulic powered cutting machine to lop off books’ spines and then slice individual pages, which could then be scanned with industrial-grade imaging equipment before being discarded." novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...
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AI Firms Are Buying up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
The world’s biggest AI companies are buying antiquarian books en masse so they can be scanned to train their large language models (LLMs) before being destroyed.
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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🤔 Thinking about applying for a #PhD in History? 📣 Our fully funded PhD programme focuses on global connections within Early Modern and Modern European History 🗓️ Save the date: applications open in November 2026! 📚 Find out how to start the intellectual adventure of a lifetime 👉 loom.ly/pvk17dc
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Doctoral Programme in History and Civilisation
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Excited to present my upcoming paper “The European Parliament's victory of 1989 – EP's outreach and support to Polish Solidarity union 1979-1989” next week at @lsehy.bsky.social. The paper is based on research at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. @eui-history.bsky.social @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A l’occasione del cinquantesimo anniversario @eui-eu.bsky.social ho parlato a RaiNews di perché si studia la storia dell’integrazione europea qui a Firenze (@eui-euarchives.bsky.social), e della sua importanza per capire il nostro mondo: www.rainews.it/video/2026/0...
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Mourlon-Druol: "La storia dell'integrazione europea vive negli archivi dell'Istituto Europeo"
Dal 7 al 9 maggio tanti eventi tra Firenze e Fiesole per riflettere su passato, su presente e su futuro dell’Europa e sul ruolo dell'università
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar will be an exciting discussion about planning the future in twentieth century Europe, organised by Zoe Evrard and Margaret Pulk, with Alexander Aerts, @jonaselvander.bsky.social, @hugocanihac.bsky.social, Dimitri Zurstrassen and myself (1/2)
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Planning the future in 20th century Europe
The workshop will bring together visiting researchers and PhD candidates from the European University Institute, who will present and discuss their work-in-progress in the nexus of futures, politics, ...
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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
📅Event coming up! Join us with the Martens Centre on 9 March for a workshop revisiting the peace motivations of early European integration and exploring their relevance today. 📘 This discussion departs from a forthcoming edited volume by Alain Lamassoure. Info & register: loom.ly/hFyFoaA
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The European peace: the miracle, its causes, its limits
This workshop brings together authors and academics to discuss the central arguments of the forthcoming volume
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Le tournant de la rigueur: even in English, the expression describing the French government’s 1983 decision to devalue the French franc, stay in the EMS and reject the so-called alternative policy gains some traction. (1/4) www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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France’s 1983 turn: a political history
In this Cover to Cover seminar, Prof. Frédéric Bozo discusses his new book on François Mitterrand’s pivotal 1983 economic and monetary decisions that reshaped the French left and defined France’s trajectory within Europe.
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Recommended for historians and political scientists working on EU integration – the call is open for Visegrad Fund Grants for scholars from Central and Eastern Europe to consult the holdings of @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. Deadline: 27 April. Details 👉 tinyurl.com/y8p72tmt @eui-history.bsky.social
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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
📢 Call for applications IVF Research Grants 2026 at the Historical Archives of the EU are now open. 🗓 Deadline: 27 April 2026 🔗 loom.ly/egHlbls 👉 Spread the word! #ResearchFunding #ArchivalResearch #EuropeanIntegration #Visegrad4 #CzechRepublic #Hungary #Poland #Slovakia
Photo of a previous IVF fellow in the HAEU reading room.
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European Ombudsman @ombudsman.europa.eu · 06/02/2026
We have opened an inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence by external experts in the evaluation of EU funding proposals. We have asked @ec.europa.eu and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA): - if they set rules on the use of AI by evaluators - if evaluators are required to disclose AI use
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Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning AI use in evaluation of EU funding proposals
The inquiry will focus on whether the institutions concerned put in place sufficient safeguards regarding the use of AI by external experts evaluating pro...
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Next week, on Thursday 12 February, we will discuss how to use archival material in our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar. www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Shaping Archives into Evidence – an interactive discussion
Early career scholars Alice Zamai, Jonah J. Berger and Maria Sole Barbieri discuss challenges and strategies in archival research.
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The real da Vinci code. Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?
Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication
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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
How did big business shape the Single European Market? Join us for Grace Ballor’s talk on her new book Enterprise and Integration. Her research reveals how multinational business influenced European integration and economic governance. 📍 Villa Salviati & Zoom 🗓 15.01, 11:00h 🔗 loom.ly/hc7m_kM
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Cover to Cover Seminar: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market
In this Cover to Cover seminar of the Alcide De Gasperi Centre, Grace Ballor presents her forthcoming book
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Always a great joy to pass by an exhibition on Bronisław Geremek at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social which displays some of his archival materials deposited at the HAEU 🙂 @eui-history.bsky.social
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Europe’s electricity market (Severic Version) and US reactions to European banking coordination (Alice Zamai) will be the two topics we’ll explore in our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar on Thursday 4 December, 15:00 to 16:30. Join us in person or online: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Alcide De Gasperi Centre research seminar
Dr Séveric Yersin, historian and visiting fellow at the Alcide De Gasperi Centre, will discuss his draft article "The electricity market, the ‘grid’ and European integration, 1950-1960". EUI PhD candi...
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La Vie des idées @laviedesidees.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Disparu il y a quarante ans, Fernand Braudel a profondément marqué les sciences sociales en forgeant des concepts durables pour penser le capitalisme. Son œuvre continue d'éclairer les mutations de l'économie, ses rythmes, ses espaces et ses rapports de force.
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L'économie d'après Braudel
Disparu il y a quarante ans, Fernand Braudel a profondément marqué les sciences sociales en forgeant des concepts durables pour penser le capitalisme. Son œuvre continue d'éclairer les mutations de l'économie, ses rythmes, ses espaces et ses rapports de force.
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Bronisław Geremek
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Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire @rdvhistoire.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
[PODCAST] L'historien Jacques Le Goff retraçait en 2008 les grandes strates historiques de l'Europe. Soulignant l'importance de la lenteur historique, il en appelait à une construction patiente de l'Union européenne. 👉 urlr.me/e36Qrm
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Join us next Monday for an @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social (hybrid) seminar with exciting presentations by @migrutinovic.bsky.social (Yugoslavia-EEC relations, 1980s) & Jonah Berger (early steps towards creation of a European foreign service, 1990s). Registration here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Alcide De Gasperi Centre research seminar
Fernand Braudel Fellow Dr Milan Igrutinović will present his work on the interplay between the former Yugoslavia and the EEC in the 1980s, while EUI PhD candidate Jonah J Berger will discuss his resea...
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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🇪🇺 Opening soon: Pierre Werner – A life dedicated to Luxembourg and Europe An exhibition celebrating one of the architects of Economic and Monetary Union, inaugurated by Viviane Reding, former vice-president of @ec.europa.eu 🗓️ Monday, 10 November at 14.30 📌Badia Fiesolana 🔗Join us: loom.ly/Wt-S8DI
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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
📣 Applications for our fully-funded #PhD programme are now open! 👉 loom.ly/pvk17dc ⏰ Apply by 15 January 2026! What to know more? Meet us on our: 🌐Virtual Open Day - 2 December 2025 👉 loom.ly/sp5lOKM 🎓 #PhDlife #academicsky #history #skystorians
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Doctoral Programme in History and Civilisation
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Looks like a busy time ahead for archivists of @eui-euarchives.bsky.social with the arrival of papers of the European Economic and Social Committee 🙂 👇 @eui-history.bsky.social
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This year's Graduate Conference in the History of European Integration closed last week. We discussed the environment, institutional change or the EEC's external relations, among many other themes. Here's a short report on it. Looking forward to next year's edition! www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
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New connections, new directions: the Annual Graduate Conference at the EUI
Lively debates, fresh ideas, and budding scholarly networks animated Villa Schifanoia on 12 September 2025, as the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre hosted it
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family’s origins news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language origins — Harvard Gazette
Parent emerged over 4,000 years ago in Siberia, farther east than many thought, then rapidly spread west, study finds.
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The European papers of Prof. Geremek have been made available at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. It was accompanied by a seminar that discussed research paths of East-West collaborations before 1989 and 2004/07 enlargements @eui-history.bsky.social @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social More 👉 shorturl.at/iP49A
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Seminar honours contribution of Bronisław Geremek to European integration
The inventory of the archives of Bronisaw Geremek is now available for consultation in the database of the Historical Archives of the European Union The openi
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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Are you an #earlystageresearcher working on the history, role and impact of Christian Democracy in the process of European integration? Apply for the EPP archival research grants @eui-euarchives.bsky.social 👉 loom.ly/ajmGKEA 📆 Apply by 31 July 2025
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Archival research grants on Christian Democracy and European integration
The HAEU and the Group of the European Peoples Party in the European Parliament will award up to three grants in 2025 for the consultation of primary sources
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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🗃️ New private archives at the HAEU! Learn about the private archives of Bronisław Geremek, a leading figure in Polish #democracy, #solidarity and #accession to the #EU, recently deposited at the HAEU by his family. 📆 9 June 🕑 14:00 - 17:30 📍Sala Alcide De Gasperi, Villa Salviati ℹ️ loom.ly/iquO7OY
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EU Eastern enlargement: key protagonists and historical research perspectives
This seminar explores the 2004 Eastern enlargement, shaped by transformative political and social changes in Eastern Europe, with a special focus on the role of Professor Bronisław Geremek. The archiv...
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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Researching the EU Eastern enlargement If you are in Florence on 9 June, join a seminar in honour of Professor Bronislaw Geremek 👉 loom.ly/vdDGrhQ The seminar will explore the Geremek fonds @eui-euarchives.bsky.social and analyse the multi-faceted East-West collaborations before and after 1989
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
INVITATION: on 9 June, @eui-euarchives.bsky.social hosts "EU Eastern enlargement: key protagonists and historical research perspectives. A seminar in honour of Prof. B. Geremek". Details & registration 👉 shorturl.at/eSJlW @manumourlon.bsky.social @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Very happy to be admitted to the PhD Programme in history at @eui-eu.bsky.social to research on external outreach of Solidarity movement to the European Economic Community and key member states 1980-1989. Looking forward to joining @eui-history.bsky.social in September @eui-alumni.bsky.social
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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📣 Spread the word! The Historical Archives offers six International Visegrad Fund #research #grants to early career scholars from Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership countries, for research at the HAEU. ℹ️ www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=... #CFA #archivalresearch
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Recommended from my experience - the call is open for the Int. Visegrad Fund Grants for early-stage scholars from Central & Eastern Europe to consult the holdings of @eui-euarchives.bsky.social. Details 👉 tinyurl.com/23rm8mtk. @eui-history.bsky.social @inthiseui.bsky.social @eui-alumni.bsky.social
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Wojciech Białożyt @wbialozyt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Greatly experienced Amb. Fried attempts to uncover nuances and make sense of recent Trump actions on Ukraine 👇 @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
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What to make of the unfolding Trump strategy on Ukraine
Trump's call with Putin and his secretary of defense's comments with NATO counterparts stirred controversy. But the unfolding strategy could be the basis for a decent outcome for Ukraine.
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Andreas Stadler @andreasstadler.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Wonderful film about the European University Institute Florence & its contemporary Polish History, incl a remarkable recognition for the great historian & politician Bronislaw Geremek who I interviewed for the Vienna daily newspaper in 1990. @patriziananz @EUI_EU polonia.tvp.pl/84120139/pol...
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Polscy badacze we Florencji
Florencja, miasto sztuki i historii, ukazuje swoje mniej znane oblicze – akademickie i międzynarodowe. Reportaż „Polscy badacze we Florencji” przenosi widzów do Europejskiego Instytutu Uniwersyteckieg...
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