Theory and Practice of Microhistory
A Workshop at Collegium Budapest on 19 June 2009
supported by
the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme – Andrew W. Mellon Program (Paris),
the Tempus Foundation (Budapest) and Collegium Budapest
10.20
Gábor Klaniczay
(Collegium Budapest)
Welcoming address
PANEL 1:
FROM THE THEORY TO THE SOURCES OF MICROHISTORY
Chair: Gábor Klaniczay
Sigurdur Gylfi Magnússon
(Center for Microhistory at the Reyjavík Academy)
An introduction into microhistory
Zoltán Boldizsár Simon
(Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Method and perspective
David Ólafsson
(Center for Microhistory at the Reyjavík Academy)
Community based microhistories
and related scholarly approaches within humanities and social sciences
DISCUSSION
11.30–11.50 Coffee break
PANEL 2:
FROM DEMOGRAPHY TO MICROHISTORY
Chair: Sigurdur Gylfi Magnússon
Arnfinn Kjelland
(Volda University College)
God-parentage in early modern Europe – a topic for a master thesis in microhistory?
Levente Pakot
(Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Institute of History)
The life course approach and its implications in historical demography and family history
Lucia Werneck Xavier
(Projeto Resgate, Brazil)
Possibilities of microhistory: challenging cultural dichotomies in Dutch Brazil
Text of a short presentation, the full paper will be available later on.
Harald Krøvel
(Volda University College)
Teachers in the ambulatory school in rural Norway during the 19th century.
A microhistorical approach
DISCUSSION
13.10–14.00 Lunch
PANEL 3:
MICROHISTORY AND GENDER
Chair: Arnfinn Kjelland
Bragi Thorgrimur Ólafsson
(Library of the University of Reykjavík)
Sex and gender in microhistory
Mette Vårdal
(Volda University College)
Kin vs. virtue. A mother’s effort to keep daughters
social status up in the mid-19th century
DISCUSSION
14.40–15.00 Coffee break
15.00–16.00
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CURRICULUM OF
AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MA-COURSE ’MICROHISTORY’
Moderator: István Szijártó