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Enrico Acciai

Phd

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-9872

  • Emil Holms Kanal 6, 2300 København S

20142020

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Primary fields of research

Italian History

Spanish History

Transnational and Global Studies

Transnational War Volunteering

Anarchism

Antifascism

CV

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2019- to present: Associate Professor, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen

2018-19: Visiting Research Fellow, School of History, University of Leeds

2018-19: Adjunct Professor, Vicepresidenza della Scuola di Scienze Politiche, Università di Bologna

2016-18 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, School of History, University of Leeds

2015: PostdoctoralFellow, Centro Alti Studi Euaristos

2014-15: Research Fellow, Istituto Storico della Resistenza in Toscana

2013-14 Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute 

2011-12: Postdoctoral Fellow, Departamento de Historia Moderna y Contemporanea, Universidad de Cantabria

2011: Research Fellow, Dipartimento di istituzioni linguistico-letterarie, comunicazionali e storico-giuridiche dell’Europa, Università degli Studi della Tuscia

2010-11: Research Fellow, Fondazione Luigi Salvatorelli

2010: PhD Research Fellow, École des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques (EHEHI), Casa de Velazquez

2008: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Fellow, Departamento de Geografia, Historia y Filosofia, Universidad Pablo de Olavide                                        

EDUCATION:

2010: PhD, Modern European History, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Doctor Europeaus

2005: Laurea(BA+MA), magna cum laude, Modern History, Università degli Studi di Firenze                                                         

Knowledge of languages

English, Italian, Spanish, French

Current research

I'm working on the research project Foreign Fighters: Past, Present and Future

Abstract:

For two centuries, between the French Revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the model for military mobilization was closely intertwined with the nation-state and conscription. But, as the distinguished Israeli historian Nir Arielli writes, non-state mobilization did not disappear from the scene. In fact, the phenomenon of western foreign fighters is once again on the increase, as the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine and Syria remind us. To what extent, then, is it possible to conceptualize a global history of transnational war volunteering?

Historiography rarely concerns itself with investigating the capacity that war volunteering has to endure and persist across time. We intend to examine the continuation not only of memories and ideals passed down from one generation of fighters to another, but also the ability of foreign fighters and their networks to reactivate themselves as soon as a new conflict begins. In that direction volunteering during the Spanish Civil War and the European resistance movements formed part of a longer tradition, dating back to the 19th century.

Foreign Fighters: Past, Present and Future carefully examines the time-span from the antifascist struggles of the 1930s to the present. Crucially, this project is not only about history. It wants to engage with the present as well as the future. Thus, the project’s ambition is also to offer key conceptual registers to better comprehend the rapid emergence of foreign fighters in contemporary conflicts.

The research project has been funded by the Carlsberg Foundation to the tune of DKK 2,6 million and will be carried out by board member Professor Morten Heiberg and Dr. Enrico Acciai.

Teaching

Office hours: Friday 10 - 12

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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