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Introduction: Materiality and Nordic Welfare 导论：物质与北欧福利

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1177/16118944261441167

Mikkel Høghøj, Byron Rom-Jensen

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The European Parliament and the Origins of New Policy Fields: A Creative Political Laboratory in the Long 1970s 欧洲议会与新政策领域的起源：漫长的20世纪70年代的创造性政治实验室

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/16118944261439736

Wolfram Kaiser, Jan-Henrik Meyer, Mechthild Roos, Koen van Zon, Liesbeth van de Grift

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The Maternity Package and the Materialized Experience of the Finnish Welfare State since the 1930s 生育一揽子计划与20世纪30年代以来芬兰福利国家的物化经验

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1177/16118944261439743

Tanja Vahtikari

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Mobility, Migration and Networks in Historiographical Research: How Sources Restore Agency to ‘Ordinary People’ 史学研究中的流动、迁移与网络：资源如何恢复“普通人”的能动性

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1177/16118944251413837

Jan Musekamp, Michael Zok, Dovilė Čypaitė-Gilė, Robert Heinze, Thục Linh Nguyễn Vũ, Anat Vaturi

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Robbing of the Jews for the Independent State of Croatia 为克罗地亚独立国抢劫犹太人

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/16118944251409631

Sanela Schmid

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Robbery and Early Restitution in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe 1939–1949: Introduction 1939-1949年中欧、东欧和东南欧的抢劫与早期归还：导论

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/16118944251414264

Veronika Duma, Markus Roth

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Espionage or Exploration? Arthur Wavell and the Blurred Lines of Imperial Intent in the Ottoman Frontier 间谍还是探险？亚瑟·韦维尔与奥斯曼帝国边境帝国意图的模糊界限

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1177/16118944251409632

Arda Akinci

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Robbery During the Holocaust: The Language of Robbery and the States Allied to Nazi Germany 大屠杀期间的抢劫：抢劫的语言和纳粹德国的盟国

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1177/16118944251409630

Veronika Duma

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Civil Servants, Holocaust Survivors, Non-Jews: Early Restitution in Hungary 公务员，大屠杀幸存者，非犹太人：匈牙利的早期归还

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1177/16118944251409611

Borbála Klacsmann

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Intimate Dispossession as a Form of Violence: Holocaust Plunder of Jewish Personal Belongings in East-Central Europe 亲密剥夺作为一种暴力形式：东欧犹太人个人物品的大屠杀掠夺

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Journal of Modern European History Pub Date : 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1177/16118944251409629

Magdalena Waligórska

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