HumanEuroMed
Humanitarianism and
Mediterranean Europe: a Transnational and Comparative History
(1945-1990)
This is a five-year ERC Funded Project to investigate the role played by Southern European countries in shaping the contemporary regime of international aid. It examines the humanitarian undertakings of Portugal, Spain, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Greece since the end of the Second World War to the end of the Cold War, looking at the experience of different actors – such as institutions, administrators, experts, non-governmental organisations – in a comparative and transnational perspective.
Conference Paper. « Les plantations du palmier à huile de la SONADER au Dahomey/Bénin : une sociale (années 1960 et 1970) by Giovanni Tonolo, Colloque International Les Mutations Rurales en Afrique Pendant le Périodes Coloniale et Postcoloniale, Yamoussoukro, 24-25 mars 2025)
Conference Paper. “European Tribalism”: the EEC Hospital in Mogadishu (1958–1969) by Giovanni Tonolo, Hamburg 19-21 March 2025
New Article. Farmers and the European Common Agricultural Policy in the Delta of the River Po: stories from the Ente Delta Padano, 1962–73 by Kalliopi Geronymaki, just published online, European Review of HIstory
Lezione. Sicurezza alimentare e organizzazioni internazionali. Lezione di Silvia Salvatici. Corso di formazione della Fondazione Gramsci Emilia-Romagna, 6 Marzo 2025
New Article (Open Access). Yugoslavia is (not) a Refugee Country? Refugees between Transit and Integration in an Ever-Changing Socialist State, by Francesca Rolandi. Nationalities Papers. 2025;53(2).
New Article. Political beneficiaries of humanitarianism? The FNLA and the Angolan refugee crisis in the Congo (1960–1975), by Ana Guardião. Cold War History, 1-20.
New Article. Between Idealism and Pragmatism: The Cristian Churches' Humanitarian Aid to Biafra in and from Colonial São Tomé (1967-1970), by Ana Guardião. Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura, vol 24 no 2.
New Article. Viragens Humanitaristas para o Desenvolvimento: o Caso dos Refugiados Angolanos no Congo-Léopoldville, 1961-1975, by Ana Guardião, Ler História, vol 85.
Presentation. Humanitarianism and International Solidarity: Informal Networks and Political Mobilization for Western Sahara in Italy and Spain (1975-1991), by Matilde Miniati. Madrid, 18 December 2024.
International Workshop. Cyprus at the Crossroads of the Global Cold War, co-organsed by Kalliopi Geronymaki. French School of Athens, 3 December 2024.
Special Issue. Humanitarianism in the Age of Decolonization: A View from Southern Europe (2024). The International History Review, 46:6. Edited by Silvia Salvatici. Articles by A. Urbano, K. Geronymaki, D. Brydan, D. Tot, A. Guardião, A. Martín Luque, K. O'Sullivan.
Book Discussion. Alessandro Pes (co-author), Simona Berhe and Annalisa Urbano discuss about "L'Africa e l'espansionismo coloniale italiano nel ventesimo secolo". Chair: Silvia Salvati. Florence, 20 November 2024.
Conference Paper. Humanitarian Stories of the Partition. Diplomacy of Relief Operations During the First Turkish Invasion of Cyprus, by Kalliopi Geronymaki. London, 7 November 2024.
International Workshop. Humanitarianism and Southern Europe: New Perspectives in (Re)Thinking the Transitions to Democracy. Florence, 11-12 November 2024.
New Article. Humanitarianism’s Volunteers: The Italian Lay Missionary Movement in the Long 1960s, by Silvia Salvatici. Emotions: History, Culture, Society.
Lecture. Going East, Going West. Cultural relations and solidarity ties between Italy and Yugoslavia during the Cold War, by Francesca Rolandi. Belgrade, 23 October 2024.
Conference Paper. The myth of "Yugoslav exceptionalism" or the real advantage of Yugoslavia in approaching the "Third World"?, by Dora Tot. Belgrade. 17 October 2024.
New Website. Developing Humanitarian Medicine (DHM), a five-year research project based at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester.
Paper. L’Italia postcoloniale e gli aiuti internazionali, by Silvia Salvatici. Rome, 18-19 September 2024
Paper. Expertise, Development, and Natural Resources, by Giovanni Tonolo and Corinna Unger. Geneve, 2 September 2024.
Two-Session Panel. “Dealing in Solidarity” Liberation Movements’ Perspectives on International Aid. Papers by Ana Guardião and Alba Martín Luque. 31 August 2024.
New Publication. L'Italia repubblicana e gli aiuti internazionali (FUP, 2024) edited by Silvia Salvatici and Annalisa Urbano. Open Access.
Call for Papers. Cyprus at the Crossroads of the Global Cold War, École Française d’Athènes. Deadline for Abstracts: 15 September 2024.
New Publication. Mediterranean Solidarity. International Aid between Southern European Countries (1945-1990), edited by Grazia Sciacchitano, with contributions by Ana Guardião, Ruth Nattermann, Elena Serina, Silvia Salvatici, Kalliopi Geronymaki, Francesca Rolandi.
Presentation. Humanitarianism, the Yugoslav Way. Domestic Conceptualizations, Regional Solidarities, Global Ties, by Francesca Rolandi. Konstanz, 20 June 2024.
Conference. Socialist Humanitarianism in the Long Twentieth Century. Francesca Rolandi and Dora Tot present papers on the Yugoslav Humanitarian Aid Policy and International Solidarity. Manchester, 11 - 12 June 2024.
Keynote. The history of humanitarianisms: New geographies, approaches and actors, by Silvia Salvatici. Venice 23-24 May 2024
Conference Paper. A 'model' to save the Biafran children? Imperial and religious cooperation and the other pictures of the Nigeria-Biafran war (1968-1969), by Ana Guardião. Palermo, 22 May 2024.
Presentation. Refugees, Migrants, or Citizens? The Categorisation, Aid and “Integration” Policies shaping “Post-Colonial” Portugal, by Ana Guardião. Geneva, 6 May 2024.
Presentation. Refugees, Migrants, Citizens? Considering Populations Categorization after the End of the Portuguese Empire, by Ana Guardião. Gothenburg, 2-3 May 2024.
Presentation. Ideological commitment, pragmatism, discretion: Socialist Yugoslavia and refugees against the backdrop of geopolitical and domestic developments, by Francesca Rolandi. Ljubljana , 19 April 2024
Conference Paper. Refuge within contexted (post)imperial spaces: Refugee movements from the Kenyan, Algerian and Angolan independence wars (1951-1961), by Ana Guardião. Prague, 11-12 April 2024.
Call for Papers. Humanitarianism and Southern Europe: New Perspectives in (Re)Thinking the Transitions to Democracy, Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2024.
Conference Paper. A ‘Healthy’ Gateway to Global Markets: Yugoslav Medical Aid as a Commercialization Strategy in the Third World (1960s–1980s), by Dora Tot. Bucharest, 21 March 2024.
Presentation. 'Donor Country? The Postwar Presence of Greece in International Humanitarian Action and Diplomacy (1950-1976)', by Kalliopi Geronymaki. Athens, 20 March 2024.
Workshop. Italy and International Aid. Andrea Stocchiero and Silvia Salvatici, University of Florence, 15 March 2024. 11 am - 13 am.
Call for Abstracts. “Dealing in Solidarity” Liberation Movements’ Perspectives on International Aid, Annual Conference of the African Studies Association (UK), Oxford. Deadline: 29 March 2024
Presentation. Refugees from Albania and Yugoslavia’s ambivalent refugee policies: A mirror for wider societal developments?, by Francesca Rolandi. Graz, 9 February 2024.
Conference Paper. Branding the Non-Aligned Expert: Socialist Yugoslavia's Citizen Diplomacy in the Global South, By Dora Tot. Philadelphia, 2 December 2023.
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Talk. From recipients to donors? Southern European states and international aid, by Silvia Salvatici. Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, Manchester, 7 December 2023.
New Article (Open Access). 'The Tana-Beles Project in Ethiopia and the Making of Postcolonial Humanitarianism, 1938–1994', by Silvia Salvatici. The Historical Journal.
Conference Paper. Gli aiuti internazionali spagnoli al Cile di Pinochet, by Grazia Sciacchitano. Trondheim, 27 October 2023.
New Article (Open Access). "Researching post-independence Africa in regional archives", by Alexander Keese and Annalisa Urbano. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute.
Conference Paper. Geographies of Orthodox missionary humanitarian aid in Africa. The presence of the Churches of Greece and Cyprus (1950-1989), by Kalliopi Geronymaki. Athens 30-31 October 2023.
Conference Paper. Yugoslavia's 'Battle for Algiers': Intra-Socialist Competition in Colonial and Post-Colonial Algeria (1958-1965), by Dora Tot. Pisa 25-27 October 2023.
Talk. Aiuti internazionali e passato coloniale, by Silvia Salvatici. Festival Dialoghi di Pandora Rivista Quale sviluppo? Scegliere l'orizzonte, October 11, 5 pm, Sala Stabat Mater Biblioteca dell’Archiginnasio in cooperation with Fondazione Gramsci Emilia-Romagna
Workshop. The Past, Present, and Future of International Institutions?, organised by the UNDP Human Development Report Office, The Nuffield “Long Humanitarian Century” programme, and the Oxford Martin Programme on “Changing Global Orders", New York 17-18 October, participation of Silvia Salvatici
Conference Paper. Global Solidarity. The Ethics, Policies and Practices of INGOs, by Silvia Salvatici, Oxford 14-15 September 2023
New Chapter. 'Between War and Productivity: Facets of Agricultural Training and Land Restoration in the Villages of Northern Greek Macedonia from the Civil War to the AMAG, 1944-53', by Kalliopi Geronymaki.
Book Chapter. 'Transforming Agriculture and Rurality: The Common Agricultural Policy, Actors, National Adaptation and Responses to Policy Challenges', by Kalliopi Geronymaki and Carine Germond Carine.
New Article. 'Missing the Global Turn: Italy, the 1951 Refugee Convention, and the Belated Removal of the Geographical Limitation', by Silvia Salvatici. European History Quarterly
Book. Comparative research on Refugees, Human Rights and Humanitarianism during the decolonization process of Algeria, Angola and Kenya, by Ana Guardião.
ECAS 2023. Alba Martín Luque participates in the round-table Eastern Europe, Soviet Union and African Decolonization: New Perspectives. Cologne, 1 June 2023.
International Workshop. Mediterranean Solidarity. International Aid Between Southern European Countries (1945-1990). Florence, 30 May 2023.
Book Launch. Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and Africa, with the participation of Alba Martín Luque. University of Évora, 17 May 2023. Also on Zoom.
New Chapter. “We Have Made History”: Yugoslav Visual Solidarity with FRELIMO’s Struggle (1967–1975), by Alba Martín Luque. From the book Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and Africa
International Workshop. Humanitarianism, human rights and development during global decolonization (1945-1980). Coimbra, 12-13 April 2023
Workshop. With Stefano Picciaredda, Silvia Salvatici, Annalisa Urbano. Florence, Novoli Campus, 31 March 2022
International Conference. Anticolonial Struggle, Transnational Solidarity and Agency of Individual Actors. Lisbon, 26-27 January 2023.
International Workshop. Intersecting Colonial and Postcolonial Humanitarian Dynamics (1950-1980). Florence, 1 -2 December 2022.
Conference Paper. Volunteers of Humanitarianism. Italian Lay Missionary Movement in the long 1960s, by Silvia Salvatici. Geneve, Switzerland. 17-18 November 2022.
Round-table. Alba Martín Luque participates in the Seminar: Fotografia, Cinema: As artes do colonialismo. Funchal, 17 November 2022.
Workshop. HumanEuroMed discusses Night on Earth with Davide Rodogno. Firenze, Novoli Campus Building D5, Room 3.50, 4 - 6.30pm, 9 November 2022.
Workshop. Vaincre grâce au soin? Les services de santé du MPLA et du FNLA dans la guerre de libération de l’Angola (1961-1975). Paper co-authored by Ana Guardião and Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps (Universités de Fribourg et Genève). Fribourg, 1 November 2022.
Lecture. Ripensare la storia dell'umanitarismo internazionale: uno sguardo dal Sud d'Europa. By Silvia Salvatici. Padova, 17 October 2022.
New Article (Open Access). 'International Law of War, War Crimes in Ethiopia, and Italy's Imperial Misrecollection at the End of Empire, 1946–1950', by Annalisa Urbano. The Historical Journal.
Conference Paper. ‘Italy’s scholarship programmes for Somali students, 1956-1969’, by Annalisa Urbano at VI ASAI Biennial Conference. Urbino, 30 June 2022.
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 101019166)”
