Ilaria Porciani

Traditional feasts (the Palio in Siena), celebrations of the local patron saint (Festa del Redentore); events organized by long-standing charitable organizations (the Purgatory lunch in Gradoli), festivals staged by political groups (the First of May, Festa de L’Unità, or the Lega festivals), or even the replica of a 19th Century political banquet staged for the 150th jubilee of the Italian Unification provide important occasions for communities. Diverse as they are, they are all characterized by commensality and sharing of local food.

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction Institutions, Networks and Communities in a European Perspective J.Tollebeek & I.Porciani PART I 'Something More than a Storage Warehouse'. The Creation of National Archives T.Verschaffel Monumental Undertakings. Source Publications for the Nation D.Saxer Scholarly Communication with a Political Impetus. National Historical Journals C.M.Jorgensen The Dictionary Is Dead, Long Live the Dictionary! Biographical Collections in National Contexts M.Verga Exegi Monumentum. The Great Syntheses of National History J.Tollebeek Nations on Display. History Museums in Europe I.Porciani PART II In the Provinces. Local and Regional Learned Societies J.Chaline Wishful Thinking. Academic Competitions in National History M.Baar 'A Daily Working Group Together in One House'. Research Institutes and the National Academies of Sciences in East Central Europe F.Hadler & A.Pok Serving the Profession. National Associations of Historians G.Lingelbach & M.Vossing Places of Innovation and Exchange. The Extra-University Research Institutions for Historical Research E.Picard & G.Lingelbach Militancy and Pluralism. Party and Church Institutes of Contemporary History in Western Europe since 1945 L.Raphael Wider Connections. International Networks among European Historians J.E.Myhre PART III A New Community of Scholars. The University Professors at Work M.Moretti A Truculent Revenge. The Clergy and the Writing of National History I.Herrmann & F.Metzger Bulwark of Traditions. The European Nobility and National Historiography in the Nineteenth Century G.B.Clemens Popular Writers. Women Historians, the Academic Community and National History Writing M.O'Dowd Striving for Visibility. Nationalists in Multinational Empires and States E.Bruckmuller , N.Evans & L.R.Aulinas Living in the Past. Historians in Exile M.Mandeli?kova & I.Goddeeris Concluding Remarks: Historians and the Web I.Porciani & J.Tollebeek Selected Bibliographies Index of Persons

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It was in the Magazzino 18, a hangar of the old Trieste harbour, that the Italians who had to flee from Pola left their belongings in 1946. The Padriciano refugee camp represents the tragic destiny of the Italians from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia, who were forced to flee from their cities after WWII. Both of these places appear as though frozen in the moment that saw the Italians leave, taking with them as much as they could of their things, including furniture, children toys, books, household utensils as well as farm implements. By focusing on the permanent exhibition of the Padriciano camp and on the temporary exhibition of Magazzino 18, this chapter draws attention to those unsettling and haunting period rooms that provide an image of a lost home and deal with the difficulty of working through the trauma of such a loss. It also suggests situating these exhibitions within the broader comparative context of other museums dedicated to the issue of forced migrations, in Germany, France, and Korea

The author's concern is to understand how the narratives developed in museums interact with the overwhelming centrality of the present, the 'surfeit of memory', the growing 'presentism', the crisis of collective memory, and the sometimes conflicting memories of groups or even individuals. She explores recent debates about history museums in The Netherlands, France, Spain, Belgium, Austria, and Italy

The Nation on Display. European History Museums - In spring 2009 Nicholas Sarkozy launched the project for creation of a comprehensive museum of French national history. The issue at stake was the representation of the nation through a powerful master narrative. This article deals with the lively debate generated by the French President’s proposal and points out the shortcomings of adhering to old 19th century master narratives in a deeply changed situation, marked as it is by immigration, multiethnicity, as well as by the new challenges of multiculturalism. The core of the article discusses the origins and role of European historical museums. Created in the age of nationalisms, and as professional historiography was emerging, historical museums have throughout Europe been powerful workshops for conserving historical materials, stimulating research, and producing and transmitting national master narratives to a large public. Their crucial role should be discussed and understood by historians as well as by citizens.