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Wednesday 24 March 2021 12.30 - 13.45
V-2 SPE02 The ERC Funding Opportunities for the Field of Social Science History
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Network: Chair: Margaret Hunt
Organizer: Flavia Cumoli Discussant: Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
Nandini Chatterjee : Forms of Law in the Early Modern Persianate World, 17th-19th Centuries
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Flavia Cumoli : Introduction and Presentation of the ERC Granting Opportunities for Potential Applicants in the Field of Social and Economic History
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Matteo Millan : The Dark Side of the Belle Époque. Political Violence and Armed Associations in Europe before the First World War
This paper examines the violent practices perpetrated by volunteer citizen militias in Italy from the 1860s to 1915, focusing on two case studies: the Citizens of Order of Turin and the Citizens’ Patrols of Bologna. Originally established to provide support and manpower to ordinary police forces during crime waves, the ... (Show more)
This paper examines the violent practices perpetrated by volunteer citizen militias in Italy from the 1860s to 1915, focusing on two case studies: the Citizens of Order of Turin and the Citizens’ Patrols of Bologna. Originally established to provide support and manpower to ordinary police forces during crime waves, the two militias had very different outcomes. The Turin militia became a private company and adapted itself to the context of the new security market that emerged from the early 20th century onwards. On the contrary, the Citizens’ Patrols of Bologna became a stronghold of armed counter-revolutionary reaction against the working classes. It will be argued that the militias’ development was strictly related to the changing conditions of the political and social sphere, which was characterised by a huge increase in mass participation from the end of the 19th century. The paper’s approach is threefold. First, it looks at the legal framework within which such militias could operate, in terms of juridical status, concession of gun licenses and quasi-police functions. Second, the paper analyses the militias’ practices and political cultures, with a focus both on ordinary daily duties and interventions in case of major disorders. Third, the progressive shifts of such groups from supporting the state to promoting vigilante attitudes will be considered, with particular attention to the period immediately before Italy entered the Great War in May 1915. The conclusion sketches the militias’ long-term legacies in terms of challenging state legitimacy and the so-called state monopoly over physical violence. By investigating the violent practices of volunteer citizen militia in Italy from the 1860s to 1915 the paper does not simply aim to examine a understudied topic but also to cast light on how such groups contributed to undermine state legitimacy and authority in a period characterised by a huge increase of mass participation in political and social life. (Show less)

Alanna O'Malley : Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within, The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South
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