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Transnational War Volunteering: From Garibaldi To The Cold War
School of History – Leeds Humanities Research Institute, University of Leeds 10 - 11 July 2018 10th July: School of History, Michael Sadler Building,...
Foreign Fighters and Multinational Armies, Paris 28 June 2018
Dr Enrico Acciai and Dr Nir Arielli will take part in an international conference at the Center for History (Sciences Po, Paris) on Foreign Fighters...
Liminality, identity and resistance
On March the 5th (see the "Events" section for details), Prof. Ismee Tames will deliver a paper titled “Liminality, identity and resistance”, this is a...
Why do people volunteer to fight in foreign wars?
Nir Arielli was interviewed by the Yorkshire Post: Why do people volunteer to fight in foreign wars? A new book by a Leeds academic examines...
From Byron to bin Laden A History of Foreign War Volunteers
We are excited to announce that Harvard University Press has just published the latest book by Dr Nir Arielli! What makes people fight and risk...
New book on Anita Garibaldi
The Italian editor Einaudi just published a new book on Anita Garibaldi by Silvia Cavicchioli. More Info
CFP: Transnational War Volunteering: From Garibaldi to the Cold War
In the second half of the nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century supporters of Giuseppe Garibaldi volunteered their services and took part in...
New book by Enrico Acciai
The Italian Editor Effigi has just published the latest book written by Enrico Acciai (together with the Ilaria Cansella): http://www.cpadver-effigi.com/blog/storie-di-indesiderabili-e-di-confini-i-reduci-antifascisti-di-spagna-nei-campi-francesi/ This book deals with the...
From the Spanish Civil War to WWII
From the Spanish Civil War to World War II. Trajectories of transnational antifascist volunteers School of History, University of Leeds, Michael Sadler Building, room 3.11...