Today we present the PI of our other project, @azzab.bsky.social! Andrea Azzarelli directs GlobArms, a study of policing firearms trafficking in Italy, France, and the UK. #globarms #unipd #dissgea #dissgea_unipd

In the last third of the 19th century, major technological changes transformed the world of small arms. The invention of bolt-action rifles and, more importantly, smokeless powder meant that governments had to adopt new military rifle models to avoid falling behind in the arms race.

The next person from our team we would like to present is Assumpta Castillo Cañiz! She earned her PhD from the University of Padova in 2021 with a dissertation on political violence and armed associations in pre-World War I Europe, as part of the ERC project “The Dark Side of the Belle Époque”.

A rifle’s journey often extends far beyond the battlefield it was built for. This image shows members of the Ulster Volunteer Force in Ireland marching in 1914 amid rising tensions over Home Rule. Among their weapons were likely Vetterli-Vitali rifles... #globarms #unipd #dissgea #europeanhistory

Meet our expert on the German gun history, Mathias Foit! He is a graduate of the University of Wrocław, Poland, and the Free University of Berlin, where he defended his doctoral thesis. #euguns #unipd #dissgea_unipd

And sometimes, archival research yields surprises! This pistol was manufactured and registered in 1911 by the Basque firm Esperanza y Unceta. Known as the “Victoria,” it is an adapted copy of the popular Browning 1906 model. #euguns #eugunssnippets #unipd #dissgea #spanishhistory

We continue presenting members of our fantastic research team - today, it's our expert on France, @roxanebm.bsky.social! Roxane Bonnardel Mira is a graduate of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and University of Tours (France), where she obtained her PhD. #euguns #unipd #dissgea_unipd

We continue presenting members of our fantastic research team - today, it's our expert on France, @roxanebm.bsky.social! Roxane Bonnardel Mira is a graduate of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and University of Tours (France), where she obtained her PhD. #euguns #unipd #dissgea_unipd

Produced from 1899 by the Fabrique Nationale in Liège, Belgium, the “Browning” pistol (model 1900) marked a true turning point in the European market for personal defence weapons. With its innovative and compact design, which made it easy to conceal under everyday clothing...

I should definitely learn how to smile for photos! @euguns.bsky.social

We promised to introduce our team, and we begin today with our PI, @matteomillan.bsky.social ! Matteo Millan has held research positions at the universities of Oxford and Dublin and has received two ERC grants. While he was initially interested in fascism and political violence...

Gun licencing is one of the oldest and most traditional methods of gun regulation. Italy and Spain were among the first modern European states to follow a nationwide system of firearm permits issued by local authorities.

In 1912, twin brothers Eric and Vilhelm Carlberg competed in the Olympics in central Stockholm. Today, the shooting range has been converted into a recreational park, but the firing point is still visible as a slight elevation. #euguns #eugunssnippets #swedishhistory #olympichistory #gunhistory

How was public order established in Italy during the liberal period from 1861 to 1914? How did policies aimed at controlling subversive and criminal activities influence the development of the Italian state?

In early 20th-century Britain, middle-class women took up jujitsu, adapted everyday objects like umbrellas into tools of self-defence, but also acquired gun models marketed especially to women. #euguns #eugunssnippets #gunhistory #britishhistory Source: A.W. Gamage Ltd.: General Catalogue 1911

EU-GUNS and GlobArms are going to Chicago! We have been accepted to the next American Historical Association's Annual Meeting, where we will present our research on European arms control and gun culture and share a panel with established scholars of gun history. Yay!

Venerdì a Padova! @matteomillan.bsky.social @euguns.bsky.social

EU-GUNS/GlobArms are collaborating with another project on the history of arms, “Linking Arms: Central Europe's Weapons Sector, 1954 – 1994”. We organised our first joint workshop last January. In March, we shared a panel at ESSHC in Leiden #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea #recetvienna #gunhistory

Newspaper readers in the 1910s felt they were living in an "age of the revolver", as investigated, for example, by the historian Dominique Kalifa. One of the aims of the EU-GUNS project is to study "the age of the revolver" and its consequences for ordinary people #euguns #eugunssnippets #gunhistory

Our colleague and team member, Assumpta Castillo Cañiz, has just published an article on the policies of civil armament and disarmament in Spain (1868-1936), the first article published as part of the EU-GUNS project #euguns #unipd #dissgea #gunhistory #spanishhistory @ayer-revista.bsky.social

Meet the team of EU-GUNS & GlobArms, two new and exciting research projects at the University of Padua on the social and cultural history of firearms. In the next few weeks, we will present the profiles of each researcher. Stay tuned for more! 😎 #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea #gunhistory