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| Centre d'Estudis Històrics Internacionals | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centre d'Estudis Històrics Internacionals |
| Native name | Centre d'Estudis Històrics Internacionals |
| Formation | 20th century |
| Type | Research institute |
| Location | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Leader title | Director |
Centre d'Estudis Històrics Internacionals is a Barcelona-based research institute focused on international history, diplomatic history, and transnational studies. The centre situates its work amid debates shaped by historians associated with Fernand Braudel, E. H. Carr, Marc Bloch, and Eric Hobsbawm, while engaging archival traditions from Archivo General de Indias, The National Archives (UK), and Bibliothèque nationale de France. Its programming intersects with regional institutions such as Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and international bodies including UNESCO, European University Institute, and Royal Historical Society.
Founded in the late 20th century, the centre emerged amid intellectual currents traced to Annales School, Cambridge School (history), Princeton School (history), and postcolonial dialogues initiated by Edward Said and Frantz Fanon. Early initiatives connected the centre to archival projects at Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico), Arquivo Nacional Torre do Tombo, and collaborations with scholars from Columbia University, University of Oxford, Harvard University, and University of Chicago. The centre's archives expanded through donations from figures linked to Cold War diplomacy, including collections analogous to papers from Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Konrad Adenauer, and correspondences resembling material from Dag Hammarskjöld and Henry Kissinger. Periods of reorganization reflected comparative turns influenced by works by Immanuel Wallerstein, Benedict Anderson, John Darwin, and Nikos Poulantzas.
The centre's mission emphasizes transnational narratives shaped by case studies in Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, North Africa, Ottoman Empire, and Southeast Asia. Objectives include producing scholarship comparable to studies in Global South, Atlantic World, Mediterranean Basin, and promoting archival access akin to projects at European Research Council and Humboldt Foundation. It aims to train researchers for fellowships associated with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Fulbright Program, and grants from Guggenheim Fellowship. The centre also commits to public history outreach in contexts like Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library-style exhibitions, partnerships with Museu d'Història de Catalunya, and advisory roles for Council of Europe cultural initiatives.
Major research streams cover diplomatic history of League of Nations, United Nations, and cold war networks involving NATO, Warsaw Pact, and nonaligned movements such as Bandung Conference. Projects examine decolonization processes in Algeria, India, Vietnam, and Angola; economic integration in European Economic Community, Mercosur, and ASEAN; and migration histories tied to Spanish Civil War, Great Migration (African American), and Partition of India. The centre hosts thematic projects on archival digitization modeled on Digital Public Library of America, comparative biographies in the manner of Cecil Rhodes and Simón Bolívar, and methodological work referencing Microhistory, Oral History, and network analyses used in studies of Silk Road trade. Ongoing fieldwork includes partnerships in Marrakesh, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Istanbul, Beirut, Johannesburg, and Havana.
The centre publishes monographs and journals comparable to Journal of Modern History, Past & Present, International History Review, and edited volumes in series with presses like Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan. It organizes annual conferences that have hosted keynote lectures by scholars affiliated with Princeton University, Yale University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, and Max Planck Institute for History. Specialized workshops address topics such as treaty-making exemplified by Treaty of Tordesillas, peace processes like Treaty of Versailles, and comparative legal histories referencing Napoleonic Code and Magna Carta.
Governance comprises a board with members drawn from institutions including Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, British Academy, and American Historical Association. The directorate rotates among historians with profiles comparable to holders of chairs at University of Cambridge, Università di Bologna, University of Salamanca, and University of Edinburgh. Administrative structures coordinate grant management for awards from European Commission, Carnegie Corporation, and Ford Foundation, and ensure compliance with archival standards used by International Council on Archives and ethical guidelines promoted by International Committee of the Red Cross scholarship programs.
The centre maintains formal collaborations with archives such as Archivo General de la Nación (Spain), Archivo Histórico Nacional, Vatican Secret Archives (Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Vaticanum), and museums including British Museum and Museu Picasso Barcelona. Academic partnerships extend to London School of Economics, Sciences Po, Universidade de São Paulo, University of Cape Town, National University of Singapore, and research networks like H-Net, CLARIN, and OpenAIRE. It has liaison agreements with policy institutes such as Chatham House, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and European Council on Foreign Relations.
Educational programs include postgraduate seminars aligned with curricula at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, doctoral training partnerships with European University Institute, and summer schools modeled on Ecole d'été de l'EHESS. Outreach initiatives produce exhibitions in collaboration with Museu d'Història de Barcelona, public lectures partnered with Casa de América, teacher workshops referencing resources from International Baccalaureate, and digital resources comparable to Europeana and World Digital Library to enhance public engagement.