S·P·I·N - Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms

SPIN - Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms

SPIN aims to chart the cultural and historical root system of European nationalisms and to bring into focus those intellectual networks which carried and disseminated the emerging ideals of cultural nationalism in the Romantic period and in the long nineteenth century (1770-1914).


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SPIN Lecture 2012

Anne-Marie Thiesse, CNRS, Paris-France

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Call for Papers

The future restored: Castles and monuments in the Rhine region as a political programme

In september 2012 the Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms organizes a workshop on cultural heritage in the Rhine region as a political programme. The event will take place in Bingen (Germany). Prospective participants are herewith invited to send in a proposal.

This is the third and final workshop on the SPIN theme The Rhine as a cultural space in romantic nationalism.

Building cultural nations. The matica and equivalent intermediary structures in Europe

Budapest, 15 and 16 February 2012

A workshop will be organized jointly by CEU, SPIN and NISE at the Central European University in Budapest on 15 and 16 February 2012. The subject is the matica, a particular kind of society established by Slavic national movements in nineteenth century Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, focused on (re)constructing and improving their cultures. Read more.

NEW: The Literary Imagination

Nineteenth century literature articulated a specific romantic of the nation. Almost all European literatures contain foundational texts in the literary foundation of the country’s identity. Many of these texts are online. Click here.

Announcing a new project: National Music

"National Identity: Cultural Transfer: Nineteenth-Century Music"

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Banknote database complete

The interactive database of national icon-figures on European banknotes is now complete. It can be accessed through the interactive resources portal or by clicking "Resources" > Banknotes in the main navigation bar.

Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe

Outline now online

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Grimm's Germanisten Congresses (1846-47) to be placed online

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