István M. Szijártó: Tapasztalatok, cselekvő egyének, felelősség. Oroszország mikrotörténelmének tanulságai [Experience, agency, responsability. The lessons of Russia’s microhistory] Keszthely: Balaton Akadémia Kiadó, 2011. pp. 97. In Hungarian. This book seeks to answer the question why microhistory is good history by analyzing a few recent works on Russia’s history. While examining Read more…
Simona Cerutti: Étrangers: Étude d’une condition d’incertitude dans une société d’Ancien Régime. Bayard, 2012. 301 pages In this book, Simona Cerutti challenges common assumptions about “the Other” and “Othering”. She sees as overly influencing European historiography during the last several decades. She begins with a sharp critique of their conceptual Read more…
Otto Ulbricht: Mikrogeschichte. Menschen und Konflikte in der Frühen Neuzeit. 2009. 410 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-593-38909-7 Ein Vogt, der seinem Herrn die Stirn bietet, eine junge Frau, die sich weigert, eine schon geschlossene Ehe zu vollziehen, ein zündelnder »Kurpfuscher « – das sind nur drei der Geschichten aus der Zeit zwischen Read more…
Claudia Verhoeven: The Odd Man Karakozov: Imperial Russia, Modernity and the Birth of Terrorism. Cornell University Press, 2009. 248 pages On April 4, 1866, just as Alexander II stepped out of Saint Petersburg’s Summer Garden and onto the boulevard, a young man named Dmitry Karakozov pulled out a pistol and Read more…
Magnússon, Sigurður Gylfi – Szijártó, M. István: What is microhistory? Theory and practice. Routledge, 2013. 184 pages This unique and detailed analysis provides the first accessible and comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, methodology of microhistory – one of the most significant innovations in historical scholarship to have emerged in Read more…
Mikkel Vendborg Pedresen: Luksus. Forbrug og kolonier i Danmark i det 18. århundrede (Luxury, Colonies and Consumption in Early Modern Denmark). Museum Tusculanum Press, 2013. 382 pages This book is a very ‘micro-historical’ searching for the great processes of consumption through five detailed examples of dwellings and houses in early Read more…
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics, I am stating our wish to take part in the development of the international MA program in Microhistory. At least two of our campuses, in Moscow and in Saint-Petersburg, may participate in this venture. Our School Read more…
Suggested curriculum of a joint international English-langauge MA programme ’Microhistory’ Module 1: Introduction Course 1/1: The historiography of microhistory Course 1/2 : Theories and approaches of microhistory and of relevant related academic fields Module 2: Marginals, race, ethnicity and gender Course 2/1: Microhistory ’of the lost peoples of Europe’ – Read more…
Members of the Microhistory Network are kindly invited by Professor Andrew S. Bergerson to take part in the following interesting project of a microhistorical character: In the Fall of 2014, a collaborative teaching experiment will take place. Faculty at universities in various countries will try to teach a course using Read more…
Created by a group of historians, Contesti (“Contexts”) is an attempt to better understand social complexity through the analysis of the oft-hidden relationships and exchanges among people, social groups and institutions. In order to address our aim, the journal aims to reconstitute contextual analyses as defined through explicit and implicit Read more…