John-Erik Hansson is a PhD student in history at the European University Institute in Florence, where he works on the radical thinker and author, William Godwin (1756-1836). Nguyen Vu Thuc Linh is a PhD student at European University Institute studying the writings and unpublished prison letters of Jacek Kuroń (1934-2004), one of the most Polish engaged activists after WWII. Ola Innset is a history researcher at the European University, and has published two books in Norwegian: Lisboa (2013) and Franz Borkenau (2014).