Vidas. Création d’un dictionnaire biographique des acteurs de la renaissance d’oc en ligne : nécessité et contraintes by Yan Lespoux

“…Like other researchers before us working on the contemporary history of the pro-langue d’oc movement, we have often been faced with incomplete or even totally absent data concerning some of its key protagonists. …”
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Behindert das (deutsche) Recht die zeithistorische Forschung? by Jan Thiessen

“…Contemporary History is history that is »still smoking« (Barbara Tuchman). …”
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Les camps d’internement du sud en Algérie (1991-1995). Contextualisation et enjeux by Saphia Arezki

“…This article aims to shed light on a part of Algeria’s contemporary history largely unknown: the internment of thousands of men in the Sahara from 1991 to 1995. …”
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The second scientific conference «USA: Politics, Society, Culture» at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv by Oleh Mashevskyi, Olga Sukhobokova

“…The conference materials have been published on the website of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. …”
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Certified lecture course by an American expert Adrian Karmazyn at the Faculty of History, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv by Oleh Mashevskyi, Olga Sukhobokova

“…The organizers and moderators of Adrian Karmazin’s lecture course were the head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries, Professor Oleh Mashevskyi and Associate Professor Olga Sukhobokova. …”
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Introduction by Ilnara I. Khanipova

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Beyond the center: Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe and their histories. An interview with professor Michael Jordan conducted by Jan Surman by Michael Gordin, Jan Surman

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Yallah Bye ou le rêve d’un adieu à la guerre by Badr, Maha

“… Yallah Bye, an album published by Lombard (2015), illustrates two wars marking the contemporary history of Lebanon: the civil war (1975-1990) and the war between Israel and Hezbollah (August 2006). …”
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Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between Czechoslovakia and the Holy See After the Creation of Czechoslovakia in the Fall of 1918 by Marek Šmíd

“…Extensive archival funds have been confronted with numerous literature sources, including contemporary history texts.…”
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The political conditions of Iraq during the reign of Sultan Al-Jalairi 1382-1410 by Ibrahim AlAlaaf

“…This research aims to study the political conditions of Iraq during the reign of Sultan Ahmed Al-Jalairi (1382-1410), and I chose this topic because I believe that this type of studies has not received sufficient attention yet, especially since there are those who pointed out the researchers ’neglect of these historical periods that are directly related to our contemporary history. Under the pretext that it is dark, the sources of study were not available, especially those periods that followed the collapse of Arab thought after the fall of Baghdad in the hands of the Mongols and the ensuing periods of Jalali, Turkmen and Safavid periods and the beginnings of the Ottoman rule of Iraq, so the following research is a modest attempt in this field.…”
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Is there Church History in Revolutionary Cuba? Accessing and Analysing Cuban Catholic Sources by Petra Kuivala

“…The article states that the contemporary history of the Catholic Church in Cuba still remains largely unknown due to the lack of accessing historical sources on the topic – yet the situation might be changing as a response to the changes taking place in Cuban society. …”
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Poza centrum: nauki w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej i ich historie Rozmowę z Profesorem Michaelem Gordinem przeprowadził Jan Surman by Michael Gordin, Jan Surman

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Beyond the center: Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe and their histories An interview with Professor Michael Gordin conducted by Jan Surman by Michael Gordin, Jan Surman

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Inscrire la catastrophe dans l’histoire. (Re)lectures de Leonardo Bruni et de Biondo Flavio by Laurent Baggioni

“…The article considers two major figures of this historiographical revival, Leonardo Bruni and Biondo Flavio, and focuses on the way in which the former’s Historiarum populi Florentini libri and the latter’s Historiarum ab inclinatione Romani imperii decades interweave ancient history and contemporary history. In both texts, the catastrophic collapse of the Roman Empire appears as a fundamental and indispensable component of the historical narrative. …”
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Bolaño y Tlatelolco by Juan Antonio Sánchez Fernández

“…Being the massacre of Tlatelolco (1969) one of the most important events of mexican contemporary history, it has produced a lot of bibliography, first of all novel and essay. …”
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The Museum as a Cinematic Space: The Display of Moving Images in History Museums by Elisa Mandelli

“…This paper focuses on the role of audio-visuals in the exhibition design of contemporary history and memory museums. Starting from a classification of the different kinds of audio-visuals used in these institutions, I will analyze not only “literal” presence of audio-visuals in exhibitions, but also the ways in which the museum dispositive can incorporate elements of the cinematic dispositive. …”
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Conference Report: Izvještaj sa okruglog stola Tuzlanska Kapija – ubijanje mladosti 1995. Nekažnjeni ratni zločin, Centar za istraživanje moderne i savremene historije Tuzla i Inst... by Jasmin Jajčević

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L’archipel des Comores et son histoire ancienne. Essai de mise en perspective des chroniques, de la tradition orale et des typologies de céramiques locales et d’importation by Claude Allibert

“…This article treats neither the early modern history nor the contemporary history of the Comoro Islands, but aims to study the earlier periods by correlating and comparing three types of documents despite the inherent difficulties of doing so. …”
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Les mouvements sociaux en Martinique dans les années 1960 et la réaction des pouvoirs publics by Laurent Jalabert

“…He slips into a West Indian social history of the movement which is still a field little studied by the more contemporary history. A quick look back at two major social conflicts in 1959 and 1961 can relocate the impact of the social instincts of the French policy for overseas. …”
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Jalal Al-ahmad and Westernizaton by bijhan abdolkarimi

“…In this paper it is tried to criticize Jalal Al-ahmad's conceptions of the notions of the West and Westernizaton, his understanding of the social and historical origins of Westernization, and his understanding of the tradition and the necessity of returning to it, the issue that have had a very fundamental role in the formation of the paradigm of Iranians' social thought in contemporary history. It is worthy to note that Al-ahmad's social thought has domination in recent Iranaian social sphere after elapsing about a half of century from publishing his book Westernization. …”
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