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
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
...of self-defence practices as well as the legal and cultural framework of legitimate defence. This will allow him to reflect on the perceptions of insecurity among propertied and bourgeois classes facing the uncertainties brought about by capitalist modernisation. #euguns #unipd #dissgea
In researching the case of gun culture and gun control in Sweden, he aims to leverage his interest in analysing leisure, sports, geography and violent conflict to produce new and exciting research. #euguns #unipd #dissgea #dissgea_unipd
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
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
Prof. Giacomo Macola is talking about the domestication of the gun in nineteenth-century Central Africa
#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea
Now Dr @jenniferwellington.bsky.social is talking about war trophies and souvenirs
#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea
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
Prof. Sven Reichardt is giving a talk about the use of guns by fascist paramilitaries in Italy and Germany
#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea
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
@historyned.bsky.social is now talking about German international arms dealers from the Empire to the Nazis
#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
@azzab.bsky.social is now talking about the Italian arms trade abroad
#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
Right now, @camilleriana.bsky.social is talking about firearms in the colony of Italian East Africa.
#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
Now @roztan.bsky.social is talking about paramilitarism and revolutionary efforts in the late Ottoman period in the Balkans #gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
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
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
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
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
EU-GUNS/GlobArms are collaborating with another project on the history of arms, “Linking Arms: Central Europe's Weapons Sector, 1954 – 1994”. We organised our first joint workshop last January. In March, we shared a panel at ESSHC in Leiden #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea #recetvienna #gunhistory
Our colleague and team member, Assumpta Castillo Cañiz, has just published an article on the policies of civil armament and disarmament in Spain (1868-1936), the first article published as part of the EU-GUNS project #euguns #unipd #dissgea #gunhistory #spanishhistory @ayer-revista.bsky.social
Meet the team of EU-GUNS & GlobArms, two new and exciting research projects at the University of Padua on the social and cultural history of firearms. In the next few weeks, we will present the profiles of each researcher. Stay tuned for more! 😎 #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea #gunhistory
a short essay in which Marco Orlandi #DiSSGeA #MobiLab and I present the project of a #virtualtour of the collection of students' coats of arms at Palazzo del Bo @unipd.bsky.social #Padova.
#HistoryOfUniversities #Heraldry #Mobility