The impact and legacy of Christian-Democracy runs throughout a variety of themes in contemporary history – ranging from European integration over the Cold War to the development of the welfare state. Its relevance surpasses national and European borders, through a variety of transnational connections linking political parties, countries and continents. Moreover, histories of Christian-Democracy have also became of interest to diverse disciplines within the humanities –ranging from political sciences to sociology and economics.

Yet, many studies of Christian-Democracy have so far remained rather insular, while many researchers are confronted with a lot of methodological and conceptual hurdles when accessing sources and archives.

To stimulate fresh interdisciplinary approaches and themes and to connect the history of Christian-Democracy to wider and comparative fields of research, CIVITAS-FARCD starts up a CIVITAS-Academy, whose first edition will take place at the Istituto Luigi Sturzo in Rome from 26 to 29 May 2020.

PLEASE SEND A PROPOSAL of max. 500 words presenting your research as well as a CV (1 page) with institutional affiliation, past publications, etc. to Loredana Teodorescu (l.teodorescu@sturzo.it), before 14 February 2020.

Notification of acceptance will follow by 22 February 2020.

More information on https://civitas-farcd.eu/