EUGUNS
euguns.bsky.social
EUGUNS
@euguns.bsky.social
A Continent Disarmed? Gun Culture, Gun Control and the Making of Western Europe (ca. 1870-1970) EU-GUNS
ERC-funded research project
University of Padua, Italy
https://euguns.eu
EU-GUNS & GlobArms are on the road! We are going to Chicago for the annual meeting of @historians.org, the world’s largest annual gathering of historians, where we will meet new and old colleagues and share our innovative research on the history of European gun cultures, gun control and arms trade.
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
New Year, new us! Santa was very generous last Christmas and brought us not only brand new logos, but also the official website of the GlobArms and the EU-GUNS projects!

#euguns #globarms #gunhistory #europeanhistory
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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
December 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Prof. Giacomo Macola is talking about the domestication of the gun in nineteenth-century Central Africa

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Now Dr @jenniferwellington.bsky.social is talking about war trophies and souvenirs

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Prof. Sven Reichardt is giving a talk about the use of guns by fascist paramilitaries in Italy and Germany

#gunhistory #euguns #globarms #unipd #dissgea
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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
December 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@historyned.bsky.social is now talking about German international arms dealers from the Empire to the Nazis

#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@azzab.bsky.social is now talking about the Italian arms trade abroad

#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right now, @camilleriana.bsky.social is talking about firearms in the colony of Italian East Africa.

#gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Now @roztan.bsky.social is talking about paramilitarism and revolutionary efforts in the late Ottoman period in the Balkans #gunhistory #globarms #euguns #unipd #dissgea
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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@azzab.bsky.social and @matteomillan.bsky.social's conference starts today! @rblakebrown.bsky.social inaugurates the workshop with a microhistorical investigation on a Toronto-based arms retailer.
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yesterday's lecture by @rblakebrown.bsky.social was a blast! And, since we're in the middle of the Christmas season, there were even references to Santa 🎅
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It’s going to be a very busy week for the EU-GUNS and GlobArms projects! We have planned the following two events at @unipd.bsky.social:
December 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Boer War (1899–1902) represented a crucial turning point in the education and leisure culture of the British youth. It encouraged the introduction of rifle shooting in schools and youth associations as well as the spread of miniature rifle clubs...
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We are very excited to share the news that a friend of the EU-GUNS & GlobArms projects and a former member of @matteomillan.bsky.social previous ERC project, Alessandro Saluppo, has just published his monograph on armed associations and political violence in Edwardian Britain (1901-1914).
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's time to introduce our expert on the British gun history, Anna Moro! Anna is a PhD student in History at the University of Padua. #euguns #unipd #dissgea_unipd #dissgea
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
To reach a global customer base, Fabrique Nationale, the Belgian gunmaker renowned for producing the Browning brand, translated its advertising materials early on outside of Belgium. #euguns #eugunssnippets #europeanhistory #gunhistory
October 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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”.
September 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM