Andrea Azzarelli

And, last but not least in the presentation of our team, Beatrice Bezzon! She is an administrative project officer at the University of Padua, where she oversees the financial and administrative management of EU-funded research projects, including EU-GUNS. #euguns #unipd #dissgea #dissgea_unipd

On February 20, the EU-GUNS and GlobArms projects co-organised a workshop on self-defence and private security, which was co-funded by the Franco-Italian University. #euguns #globarms #gunhistory #europeanhistory #frenchhistory #italianhistory #sorbonne #unipd #dissgea #dissgea_unipd

Our colleague, @roxanebm.bsky.social, is now talking about firearms in French households and female self-defence.

Our last panel is chaired by the head of our project, @matteomillan.bsky.social, and includes papers from Laura Schettini and our team member, @roxanebm.bsky.social. The topics are firearms in French households as well as women's self-defence in France and Italy. #euguns #globarms #unipd #sorbonne

Our next panel, which is chaired by Alexandre Frondizi and includes papers from Éric Fournier, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues and Laurent Gayer, focuses on handguns and revolutionary self-defence as well as private security companies in the city of Rennes. #euguns #globarms #sorbonne #unipd #frenchhistory

Now our colleague, @azzab.bsky.social from the GlobArms project, is talking about private security guards in French industrial companies at the beginning of 20th century #globarms #euguns #frenchhistory #europeanhistory #unipd #sorbonne

Today's conference, entitled "Le Prix de L'Autodéfense" (The Price of Self-Defence) and organised in cooperation with @sorbonne-universite.fr, opens with an introduction from the organisers, @roxanebm.bsky.social and @azzab.bsky.social, and is followed by a paper from @arnaudhoute.bsky.social .

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Ce vendredi 20 février aura lieu une journée d'étude franco-italienne sur l'histoire de l'autodéfense, de la sécurité privée et des usages des armes à feu dans les espaces privés. Elle aura lieu à la Sorbonne et est ouverte à tous et toutes sur simple inscription. 🇮🇹🇫🇷

EU-GUNS & GlobArms are not slowing down and coming to you with a new event! In cooperation with @arnaudhoute.bsky.social from @sorbonne-universite.fr, @roxanebm.bsky.social, @azzab.bsky.social and @matteomillan.bsky.social are organising a symposium on self-defence and private security in FR and IT.

We're back with our series of staff introductions, and @martinjx2.bsky.social is up next! Born and raised in Stockholm, he studied history at the universities of Uppsala, Edinburgh and Gothenburg...

Closing the knowledge gap: identifying research priorities for firearm-related injury and mortality in Canada, HPCDP: Vol 46(1), January 2026 Our objective was to identify knowledge gaps and research priorities to inform a national research agenda to prevent firearm-related injury and death.

New article: "Closing the Knowledge Gap: Identifying Research Priorities for Firearm-Related Injury and Mortality in Canada" in the latest issue of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

We return to Padua feeling enriched and inspired, and eager to continue our research and collaboration with other scholars in the fields of gun studies and gun/arms history. Make sure to follow our work here and on our website (euguns.eu)!
#aha2026 #euguns #globarms #gunhistory #armshistory

What a day at the AHA! The EU-GUNS folks put together three outstanding panels on US-Europe gun history. So good!

Our colleague, @roxanebm.bsky.social, is now talking about self-defence and banal transgressions of gun laws in France between the 1900s and 30s.
#aha2026 #euguns #gunhistory

@azzab.bsky.social is now talking about his project GlobArms, which examines the strategies employed by public and private law enforcement agencies to monitor, regulate and suppress the trade, distribution and smuggling of firearms across European ports between 1890 and 1939. #globarms

The head of the GlobArms project, @azzab.bsky.social, has just had his article on French shooting societies in Third Republic France (1871-1914) published with the journal Contemporanea.
#globarms #gunhistory #Frenchhistory #euguns

I’m very pleased to share that, in the journal Contemporanea, I’ve just published an article on the history of French Shooting Societies, spaces where marksmanship, politics, and identity intersected from the 19th century onward.

Feel free to get in touch for more information!

Last but not least, members of the ERC EU-GUNS project are presenting their research on gun culture and history in France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Italy.

Here: Assumpta Castillo Cañiz and @roxanebm.bsky.social

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

Here: Mathias Foit and @martinjx2.bsky.social

Prof. Jennifer Carlson has joined us online to present her project on gun violence and gun control in the U.S.

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

Prof. Giacomo Macola is talking about the domestication of the gun in nineteenth-century Central Africa

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

Now Dr @jenniferwellington.bsky.social is talking about war trophies and souvenirs

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

Dr Arnau Fernandéz Pasalados is now talking about the circulation of weapons and irregular warfare in Spain in the years 1936-1952

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

Prof. Sven Reichardt is giving a talk about the use of guns by fascist paramilitaries in Italy and Germany

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

The second day of the workshop "New Perspectives on the History of Firearms" has begun with Prof. @matteomillan.bsky.social's introduction into the ERC EU-GUNS project.

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea

@azzab.bsky.social is now talking about the Italian arms trade abroad

#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea

In the first session of the afternoon, @camilleriana.bsky.social explores the question of gun licences for colonial soldiers and veterans in East Africa.

@historyned.bsky.social then discussed the role of German arms dealers in shaping the entrepreneurial imperial expansion

And we finish this exciting conference with our host @azzab.bsky.social's presentation on the international trade of italian Vitterli rifles surplus, focusing on the italian-chinese connection

The workshop "New Perspectives on the History of Firearms" begins now! The organisers, @azzab.bsky.social and @matteomillan.bsky.social, have welcomed the audience.

If you're in Padova, feel free to join us at Palazzo Liviano! (Pzza Capitaniato 7)

#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgeaunipd