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Mikrotörténelem másodfokon [Microhistory raised to the second power] Gábor Papp – István Szijártó (eds.). L’Harmattan: Budapest, 2010. 306 pages, ISBN 978-963-236-331-8 The essays of this volume offer a glance into…

Magnússon, Sigurður Gylfi: Wasteland with Words. A social history of Iceland. Reaktion Books, 2010. 288 pages Iceland is an enigmatic island country marked by contradiction: it’s a part of Europe,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

 Book Proposals for Microhistories New Routledge Book Series Routledge are currently seeking book proposals for an exciting new book series entitled Microhistories. The editors – Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon Professor of…

Course identifiers: MA RETD-TR-315:3 and BMA-TÖRD-SEC 19M/1 Level: MA Title of course: Microhistory of Italy from the Renaissance to the 18th century (for students reading in English) Teacher: István Szijártó…

Participiants Programme of the conference Papers presented Workshop on Microhistory in Reykjavík, 27–30 June, 2016.  Summary by Gábor Vaderna In the partnership of Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary), the University…

Participiants Pilot courses to be discussed Various suggestions for an English-language MA in Microhistory and institutional declarations The Volda Workshop on 26-27 April, 2016. Summary In the partnership of Loránd…

Working out the curriculum of a joint MA programme ’Microhistory’ (2014-2016) Financed by the Tempus Public Foundation (EGT/156/M4-0003) Project summary The project unites colleagues from Hungary, Norway and Iceland to…