Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe
Research partners: the Modern European History Research Centre at Oxford University, the History Department of the University of Edinburgh, the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) in Amsterdam, Bielefeld University, and the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.
Funding bodies: the British Academy, British Council, Research Development Fund / John Fell Fund, Oxford University, the European University Institute.
Aims and objectives: to stimulate discussions about ways in which current archival research and new comparative and trans-national approaches can transform and enrich our understanding of political violence in twentieth-century Europe.
Collaboration: A series of four workshops, the first on Terrorism in twentieth-century Europe (30 Sept-1 Oct 2005); the second on genocide (1-2 September 2006); the third on war (29 September-1 October 2006); and a fourth on revolution and counter-revolution (5-6 May 2007).
Outcomes: Publication of papers from the Terrorism workshop in a special issue of (i>European Review of History (September 2007) and an edited book (currently under review by Cambridge University Press).
