The present issue of the European History Yearbook showcases research initially presented at the annual Mainz-Oxford graduate workshop “European History Across Boundaries from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century” over the past few years. Albeit broad, the chronological limits are clear. And so is our approach. This workshop is a forum for doc…[Read more]

Despite significant attention to imperial history in the last decades, there has until
recently been done little research on the intersections between Jewish and colonial
history.1 The field of study on Jews and empires is now developing more dynamically, as
attested by the publication of the edited volume under review here – a publication w…[Read more]

French Jewish politics have often been studied through the lens of a single organ¬isation or in isolation from the broader European and international contexts. Historically, however, French Jewish actors have been well integrated into trans¬national, transimperial, and global networks. This conference aimed to revisit the history of French J…[Read more]

This article examines the rhetorical strategies put in place by French Jewish activists to demand equal civil and political rights for Jews in southeastern Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. It identifies the parallel they drew between the abolition of slavery and Jewish emancipation as a central plank in this campaign. Through…[Read more]

Cet article replace le combat de l’Alliance Israélite Universelle pour l’émancipation des juifs dans les Balkans dans le cadre européen, afin de mieux contextualiser ses fondements idéologiques. Cette organisation, incarnant les débuts de la solidarité juive moderne, est généralement vue comme inspirée par l’expérience de l’émancipation…[Read more]