An actual course held in English at Eötvös University, Budapest in the Spring semester in 2009 by Gabriella Erdélyi, András Lugosi, Mónika Mátay, Péter Őri, Roland Perényi, Marianne Sághy, Ferenc Sohajda, Szabolcs Somorjai and István Szijártó An introduction both to the course and to microhistory in general Harold Samuel Stone: Read more…
Suggested curriculum for an English-language MA-course ‘Microhistory’ (István Szijártó, Eötvös University, Budapest, June 2009) Introduction to the course A forerunner: George R. Stewart: Pickett’s Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Houghton Miflin Company: Boston, 1959. Definitions of microhistory: Carlo Ginzburg – Carlo Poni: The Read more…
Suggested reading for an English-language MA-course ‘Microhistory’ (by Arnfinn Kjelland, Volda University College, June 2009) Ago, Renata 2004: From the Archives to the Library and back: Culture and Microhistory. Castrén, Anna-Maija m.fl. (ed.): Between Sociology and History. Essays on Microhistory, Collective Action, and Nation-building. Studia Historica 70, Helsinki: 41–49. Amoto, Read more…
Within the framework of the ’Developing an English-language MA-course on »Microhistory«’ Project, a cooperation of Icelandic, Norwegian and Hungarian historians, financed by the Tempus Foundation (Budapest), a roundtable discussion will be held in the Institute of Microhistorical Research (Reykjavík, Iceland) on 25 August, 2008 about a wide range of theoretical Read more…
Hungarian historians from ELTE at Volda University College (2009) As a part of the ‘Developing an English-language MA-course on »Microhistory«’ Project financed by the Tempus Foundation (Budapest) a series of lectures on the topic of microhistory are to be given by Hungarian historians at Volda University College on April 15th and 16th. Read more…
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 Read more…
Suggested reading for an English-language MA-course ‘Microhistory’ (by Arnfinn Kjelland, Volda University College, June 2009) Suggested curriculum for an English-language MA-course ‘Microhistory’ (by István Szijártó, Eötvös University, Budapest, June 2009) An actual course held in English at Eötvös University, Budapest in the Spring semester in 2009 by Gabriella Erdélyi, András Read more…
‘Microhistory – Parish History – Local History’: Seventh Warwick Symposium on Parish Research Arden and Millburn House, University of Warwick, 8–9 May 2009 Report by Graham Chernoff, University of Edinburgh E-mail: graham.chernoff@ed.ac.uk This two-day event, consisting of an academic workshop and a public symposium, was organized by the Read more…
Call for Papers and Sessions Cultural Histories: Close Readings, Critical Syntheses ISCH Annual Conference 2010 University of Turku, Finland, 26–30 May 2010 Keynotes Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (pending) Sir Christopher Frayling, Royal College of Art, London Jacques Revel, E´cole des hautes Read more…
FINANCED by the Tempus Public Foundation (07/002/NA/N-124 ) Suggested curricula for an English-language MA-course ‘Microhistory’ *** Theory and Practice of Microhistory. A Workshop in Budapest, 19 June 2009 *** Hungarian historians from ELTE at Volda University College *** Roundtable Discussion on Some Theoretical Problems of Microhistory (Reykjavík, 25th August, 2008)