40 years, 40 photos: The European University Institute 1976-2016

To mark 40 years of the European University Institute we will post 40 photographs of the EUI and its surroundings every Thursday, starting from 1 September 2016 until the end of June 2017. The photographs will showcase the history of the EUI from buildings under construction, high profile visitors, important events to photographs of people and the academic and social side of EUI life. These photographs will also be published at the EUI’s and our social media channels in parallel.

Aerial view of Badia Fiesolana [1976] (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 687)
EUI’s Library in the Refectory of the Badia Fiesolana [1976] (Bruno R. Muscovich / HAEU, EUI 687)
Renovation work on the President’s Corridor in 1976 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 644)
One of the EUI seminars held by the Professor Christoph Sasse, first Head of the Department of Law [1976] (Bruno R Muscovich / HAEU, EUI 687)
The first Academic Council and key members of the administrative and academic staff meeting prior to the EUI’s opening in Autumn 1976 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 15)
View of Villa Schifanoia in 1991 before the renovation works (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 714)
The Cloister of the Badia Fiesolana in the early 1980s (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 1195)
Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission, with Max Kohnstamm, the first President of the European University Institute, arriving to the Badia Fiesolana to participate in the 1st ‘Jean-Monnet Conference’ on 27 October 1977 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 677)
Badia Fiesolana surrounded by fog in the 1990s (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 31)
EUI researchers in the mid-1990s (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 1157)
Altiero Spinelli, Italian politician and European federalist, and Marcello Buzzonetti, first Secretary General of the European University Institute, arriving to the Badia Fiesolana to participate in the VI ‘Jean-Monnet Conference’ on 13 June 1983 (Mact 7 Photostudio / HAEU, EUI-672)
Students using the microfiche reader at the EUI library in the mid 80’s (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 1195)
European University Institute’s football team participating in the first “European University Championship Football” tournament held in Antwerp (Belgium) in 1999 (Unknown author / Private collection)
Meeting of the High Council of the European University Institute held at the Badia Fiesolana on 7 and 8 June 2001 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 421)
EUI Alumni hiking through the nearby Chianti region on 18 June 2006 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 316)
The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, visiting the European University Institute on 16 November 2006 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 705)
The snowy Badia Fiesolana in December 2005 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 31)
The President of the Italian Republic, Giovanni Leone, leaving the official inauguration of the EUI at the Badia Fiesolana in November 1976 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 659)
First Alumni Weekend in May 1986 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 655)
Inauguration ceremony for the new location of the Historical Archives of the European Union at Villa Salviati on 17 December 2009 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 720)
The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, delivering the 21st Jean Monnet lecture at the European University Institute on 9 February 1999 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 699)
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the European University Institute in December 1996 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 657)
The former Prime Minister of Italy, Giuliano Amato, delivering the 22st Jean Monnet lecture at the European University Institute on 20 November 2000 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 701)
The famous peacock of Villa Schifanoia in June 1996 (Foto Liso / HAEU, EUI 1449)
The President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, speaking during the 25th anniversary of the EUI, 7 November 2001 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 668)
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, visiting the European University Institute on 5 November 2002 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 710)
Renovation works of the Villa Salviati in 2009 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 1450)
The economists Hans Tietmeyer and Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa at the 19th ‘Jean-Monnet Conference’ on 28 November 1996 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 697)
The president of the European Commission, Jacques Santer, with the then EUI president, Patrick Masterson, arriving to the Badia Fiesolana for the 19th Jean-Monnet Conference on 20 October 1995 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 709)
Reception before a concert at Villa Schifanoia on 13 June 2002 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 1451)
French politician/economist and Vice President of the European Commission, Raymond Barre, at a conference at the European University Institute on 16 February 1993. Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 685
Researchers perform "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" at the Badia in the early 80´s (Beatrijs De Hartogh / Private collection)
Digitized document on a now vintage computer screen at the Historical Archives of European Union in the mid ‘90s (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 942)
Candidates for the European Commission’s presidency taking part in televised debate at the State of the Union in 2014 (European University Institute)
Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, giving a speech at the first State of the Union conference in 2011 (European University Institute)
Carabinieri waiting outside the Badia while Luxembourg politician and then president of the European Commission, Gaston Thorn, takes part in the 7th Jean Monnet lecture on 24 May 1984 (Mach7 Photostudio / HAEU, 675)
Giulio Andreotti, Italy’s Foreign Minister, arriving to the EUI to participate in the 8th ‘Jean-Monnet Conference’ on 23 November 1985 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 676)
Conga dance during the annual June Ball at the Badia Fiesolana in 2013 (European University Institute)
Researchers taking part in their pantomime “Snow White at the EUI” in December 1980 (Anonymous / Ken Hulley’s private collection)
Arrival of the President of the Italian Republic, Giovanni Leone, to the official inauguration of the EUI in November 1976 (Unknown author / HAEU, EUI 659)