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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol
@manumourlon.bsky.social
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Economic, financial and business history, sociology of elites, digital methods | Professor of History of European Cooperation and Integration at the EUI | Non Resident Fellow, Bruegel | www.e-mourlon-druol.com

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Jun 3
Is Europe's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) a neoliberal project? In this new article in @conteurohistory.bsky.social, I examine this (hotly) debated question.

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Accidental Neoliberalism: Democratic Accountability in the Making of the Euro, 1957–92 | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Accidental Neoliberalism: Democratic Accountability in the Making of the Euro, 1957–92
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Reposted by Steve Peers, Geert Van Calster, Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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European Ombudsman @ombudsman.europa.eu · 4d
We have opened an inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence by external experts in the evaluation of EU funding proposals.

We have asked @ec.europa.eu and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA):
- if they set rules on the use of AI by evaluators
- if evaluators are required to disclose AI use
Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning AI use in evaluation of EU funding proposals
The inquiry will focus on whether the institutions concerned put in place sufficient safeguards regarding the use of AI by external experts evaluating pro...
www.ombudsman.europa.eu

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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 5d
🕵️Working with archives can be messy

Fragmentation, opacity, missing sources: on 12 February our research seminar looks at how PhD researchers work through archival challenges and what this means for historical research.

Join us and share your archival survival stories.

🔗 Register: loom.ly/fRkEtOY

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 6d
The seminar will be chaired by Leonardo Bruni and Aurora Lucretia Hamm.

All welcome, at 14:00, sala del Camino and online.

You can register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Shaping Archives into Evidence – an interactive discussion
Early career scholars Alice Zamai, Jonah J. Berger and Maria Sole Barbieri discuss challenges and strategies in archival research.
www.eui.eu

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 6d
Alice Zamai, Jonah J. Berger, Maria Sole Barbieri and myself will share examples of problems we encountered in our research and how these were (hopefully) overcome. This will be followed by a discussion with participants, focused on any specific challenges they (you) may want to raise.

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 6d
Next week, on Thursday 12 February, we will discuss how to use archival material in our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar.

www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Shaping Archives into Evidence – an interactive discussion
Early career scholars Alice Zamai, Jonah J. Berger and Maria Sole Barbieri discuss challenges and strategies in archival research.
www.eui.eu

Reposted by Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · 11d
📂 New archives online!
The @ema.europa.eu made its first archival transfer to the HAEU in 2025.
🗃️The records document its creation, governance & early work on medicines regulation, and are now available for online consultation.
ℹ️ https://loom.ly/p5eHrYc
Photo of the European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam, used with permission of the EMA.

Reposted by Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · 18d
🎓From Erasmus to the European University Institute: education as a pillar of EU integration

Ahead of the #InternationalDayofEducation, explore how mobility, knowledge exchange, and academic cooperation have shaped Europe through the research guide by @eui-euarchives.bsky.social.

📖 loom.ly/9oN_F_s
[A good start: choose the European Circuit. Student mobility with transferable credits – Erasmus]. Source: European Commission / HAEU, NDG-101

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 18d
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A Pan-European Economic Space with the European Community at Its Core: The EC’s Goals, Actions and Achievements in Pan-European Fora in the 1970s | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
A Pan-European Economic Space with the European Community at Its Core: The EC’s Goals, Actions and Achievements in Pan-European Fora in the 1970s - Volume 35
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Sabine Pitteloud @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social · 19d
Davos gave us globalism and now offers a front-row seat to its collapse.
With Grace Ballor, we examine both its historical momentum and weaknesses.
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In an issue on the post-neoliberal order by @quinnslobodian.com @llchristyll.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social

Reposted by Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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Sabine Pitteloud @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social · 21d
💥The Cambridge Companion to the History of Multinationals and Society💥

co-edited with Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School
Pre-order here:
resolve.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

With timely contributions, including from @dr-frost.bsky.social @pierreunil.bsky.social and many more!

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 25d
Voilà…

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 25d
oui oui, bien sûr, ce qui est absurde pour moi est surtout la mention de la guerre froide, complètement gratuite, sensationnaliste, et inutilisée dans le reste de l'article. Hormis pour mentionner 1993... qui inviterait justement au débat :)

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · 25d
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Jan 9
"Comme je rentrais dans des années que j'ai vécues, j'ai pensé que je pouvais compter sur ma mémoire. Grand mal m'en a pris, parce qu'en fait, la mémoire transforme tellement les choses que tout ce que je croyais vrai était faux."

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Pierre Lemaitre : "Le plaisir de la lecture, c'est celui d'être manipulé pour la bonne cause"
Pierre Lemaitre, écrivain, présente son nouveau roman “Les belles promesses” (Calmann Lévy).
www.radiofrance.fr

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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · Jan 8
How did big business shape the Single European Market?

Join us for Grace Ballor’s talk on her new book Enterprise and Integration. Her research reveals how multinational business influenced European integration and economic governance.

📍 Villa Salviati & Zoom
🗓 15.01, 11:00h
🔗 loom.ly/hc7m_kM
Cover to Cover Seminar: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market
In this Cover to Cover seminar of the Alcide De Gasperi Centre, Grace Ballor presents her forthcoming book
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Jan 8
Next Thursday 15 January at 11am, Grace Ballor will come to present her new book Enterprise and Integration in our first Cover to Cover seminar of the year, with Daniela Felisini discussing it.

Join us in person or online: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Cover to Cover Seminar: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market
In this Cover to Cover seminar of the Alcide De Gasperi Centre, Grace Ballor presents her forthcoming book
www.eui.eu

Reposted by Camille Lefebvre

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Jan 6
A few more days left to apply! ⤵️
eui-eu.bsky.social European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Nov 1
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!

📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences

Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!

Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd

#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Dec 28
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Sous les volcans éteints du Massif central, des vibrations sismiques insoupçonnées
Le plus vaste programme français d’exploration des profondeurs terrestres, lancé en 2023, a révélé cette année les premiers mystères des volcans voisins de Clermont-Ferrant.
www.lemonde.fr

Reposted by Kevin O’Sullivan, Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol, Anne Deighton

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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · Dec 18
🇪🇺 📂✨ New at HAEU: ~3200 Council of the EU files (1958–1995) have been digitised and are now available for online consultation.
Collections cover Council meetings, working groups, and EC budgetary files.
🔗 https://loom.ly/3qQX14I

#EUArchives #CouncilOfTheEU #EuropeanHistory #OpenResearch #HAEU
New files from the Council of the European Union now online
More than 3000 files transferred by the Archives Service of the Council of the European Union in autumn 2025 have been inventoried and are available for onlin
www.eui.eu

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Dec 17
Fausse rétractation de Takieddine : le rapport choc du PNF sur Nicolas Sarkozy et Carla Bruni www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Fausse rétractation de Takieddine : le rapport choc du PNF sur Nicolas Sarkozy et Carla Bruni
Le Parquet national financier estime dans un réquisitoire de 307 pages que l’ancien président a « personnellement participé » à l’opération qui a consisté à tenter de « tromper » la justice en 2020 d…
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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · Dec 11
Circulating a CFP for a special issue on Cities and Business - complete with paper development workshop - upcoming in Business History:
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Business and Cities in the Global Economy
Explore how cities shaped global capitalism through finance, migration, infrastructure, and sustainability across regions and time.
think.taylorandfrancis.com

Reposted by Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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Sabine Pitteloud @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social · Dec 11
La bonne résolution 2026: débuter un cursus en histoire contemporaine dès février!
Candidatures ouvertes jusqu'au 31 décembre
unidistance.ch/histoire/mas...
Enseignement online et cursus à temps partiel à UniDistance Suisse
Langues: DE, FR, EN

Reposted by Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Dec 10
🗨️ Joyful, stimulating, and transformative are just a few of the words used to describe the PhD experience at the EUI. However, the best way to believe it is to live it!

⌛The call for PhD applications is open until 15 January, 14:00 (CET).
✍️Apply at: eui.eu/phd

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Dec 9
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Google visé par une enquête de la Commission européenne sur l’utilisation de données pour l’IA
L’intelligence artificielle « apporte des innovations remarquables et de nombreux avantages aux citoyens et aux entreprises partout en Europe, mais ce progrès ne saurait se faire au détriment des prin...
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Reposted by Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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EUI Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social · Dec 8
🧑‍🏫Did you know that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights was proclaimed #OnThisDay in 2000?

Among the rights enshrined in the Charter, articles 13 & 14, stand at the heart of our mission. Access to knowledge is the foundation of freedom, equality, and democracy.

Read the full text: loom.ly/vfIIgw4

Reposted by Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol

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Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · Dec 7
Job: Chair "History of Science" (EUI Florence)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159208

San Domenico di Fiesole, 01.09.2026, European University Institute, Bewerbungsschluss: 08.01.2026 Chair in the History of Science
www.hsozkult.de

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Dec 6
Retrouvé!!

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Journal of Digital History @jdighist.bsky.social · Dec 5
Examining LLMs as historical sources: This study applies source criticism to AI training data, revealing how patterns of digitization shape what these tools encode. Case studies map this 'jagged frontier' of capabilities across historical tasks, languages & time periods. #DigitalHistory #LLMs
Mapping the Latent Past: Assessing Large Language Models as Digital Tools through Source Criticism
This article examines how digital historians can use large language models (LLMs) as research tools while critically assessing their limitations through source criticism of their underlying training data. Case studies of LLM performance on historical knowledge benchmarks, oral history transcriptions, and OCR corrections reveal how these technologies encode patterns of whose history has been digitised and made computationally legible. These variations in performance across linguistic and temporal domains reveal the uneven terrain of knowledge encoded within generative AI systems. By mapping this "jagged frontier" of AI capabilities, historians can evaluate LLMs not just as tools but as historical sources shaped by the scale and diversity of their training. The article concludes by examining how historians can develop new forms of source criticism to navigate generative AI's uneven potential while contributing to broader debates about these technologies' societal impact.
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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Nov 27
Europe’s electricity market (Severic Version) and US reactions to European banking coordination (Alice Zamai) will be the two topics we’ll explore in our next @eui-adgcentre.bsky.social seminar on Thursday 4 December, 15:00 to 16:30.

Join us in person or online: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Alcide De Gasperi Centre research seminar
Dr Séveric Yersin, historian and visiting fellow at the Alcide De Gasperi Centre, will discuss his draft article "The electricity market, the ‘grid’ and European integration, 1950-1960". EUI PhD candi...
www.eui.eu

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Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol @manumourlon.bsky.social · Nov 21
ou alors "grand témoin" (parce qu'il faut bien l'avouer: trouver l'album c'est une chose, mais savoir qu'un tel album a été entre les mains de quelqu'un en est une autre)