Civitas. Studies in Christian Democracy

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As one of the fundamental families of political modernity, Christian Democracy has played an essential part in many areas of contemporary history. The CIVITAS series publishes innovative studies dealing with the history and politics of Christian Democracy in a European and global context and, by doing so, wishes to foster international research and access to sources and to situate Christian Democracy in broader twentieth-century histories. The series is an initiative of CIVITAS – Forum of Archives and Research on Christian Democracy, which was founded by the Istituto Luigi Sturzo (Rome); KADOC Documentation and Research Centre on Religion, Culture and Society (Leuven) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. (Sankt Augustin) in 2013 and serves as a platform for both research and archival institutions and individual archivists and researchers.

The series welcomes academic monographs, edited volumes, and annotated editions of sources that deal with specific topics related to the history and politics of Christian Democracy. In addition to assessment by the Scientific Committee of CIVITAS-FARCD, each volume is submitted to double-blind review.

Editorial Board/Scientific Committee of Civitas

Renato Moro
Michael Borchard
Kim Christiaens
Michael Gehler
Wolfram Kaiser
Piotr Kosicki
Andrea Maria Locatelli
Helmut Wohnout
Steven Van Hecke
Hans Krabbendam
Guido Formigoni
Peter Heyrman
Paolo Acanfora
Matthias Opperman

Editorial contact

Peter Heyrman, KADOC, KU Leuven

Proposals

Proposals and enquiries can be sent to Peter Heyrman.

Please make use of the submission form to present your manuscript or proposal to our board.
Authors interested in Open Access can consult the available funding options.

Links & Resources

Proposal Submission Form
Open Access & Funding Options
Book cover for the book Between Populism and Popularism Between Populism and Popularism

Michael Gehler (Editor), Peter Heyrman (Editor),

November 2026

Book cover for the book Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century

Wolfram Kaiser (Editor), Piotr H. Kosicki (Editor),

April 2026

Book cover for the book Christian Democracy and the Fall of Communism Christian Democracy and the Fall of Communism

Michael Gehler (Editor), Piotr H. Kosicki (Editor), Helmut Wohnout (Editor),

April 2026