Search for dissertations about: "historicisation"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word historicisation.

  1. 1. The Quest for Recognition : The Holocaust and French Historical Culture, 1945–65

    Author : Johannes Heuman; Pär Frohnert; Claudia Lenz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; France; Holocaust; remembrance; historical culture; narrative; use of history; republicanism; universalism; Jewish identity; historicisation; Europeanisation; antisemitism; Vichy; CDJC; Mémorial de la Shoah; Tombeau du Martyr Juif Inconnu; History; historia;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the development of Holocaust remembrance in France, taking the activities of the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine in Paris as its focus. By looking at the construction, function, and reception of Holocaust narratives in the twenty years following the end of the War, it shows how remembrance took shape within French historical culture, and, conversely, how representations of the genocide influenced France’s national-historical culture. READ MORE

  2. 2. "Not So Simple" : Reassessing 1951, G.B. Giorgini and the launch of Italian fashion

    Author : Chiara Faggella; Louise Wallenberg; Alessandra Vaccari; Stephen Gundle; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Italian fashion; Giovanni Battista Giorgini; Commissionaire; Fashion Buyer; Italian couture; Italian handicrafts; Italy at Work; Italian High Fashion Show; Florence fashion; Pitti Immagine; Italian studies; Postwar Italy; Occupation of Italy; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation aims to shed light on the circumstances that allowed Italy to become a reputable country of origin in the international fashion market. In particular, my contribution to the historiography of Italian fashion is a reassessment of the role played by Giovanni Battista Giorgini, whose involvement with the fashion and handicraft industries has not been fully investigated by scholars so far. READ MORE