About

The Microhistory Network was created as a loose group in January 2007 to bring together historians interested in the theory and practice of microhistory through a homepage with a bibliography, links to the members’ homepages and other relevant webpages that would give information about conferences, events, the publication of books and articles. The founding members of the Microhistory Network are Mihail Boytsov, Carlo Ginzburg, Marion Gray, Ingar Kaldal, Giovanni Levi, David M. Luebke, Sigurdur Gylfi MagnÚsson, Sarah Maza, Edward Muir, Matti Peltonen, Guido Ruggiero, David Sabean and IstvÃĄn SzijÃĄrtÃģ. The coordinators of the Microhistory Network are KristÃģf KovÃĄcs and IstvÃĄn SzijÃĄrtÃģ (EÃķtvÃķs University, Budapest).

Sigurður Gylfi MagnÚsson on microhistory (2017)

Microhistory, its advantages and limitations

(Moscow, 15 April 2016 – Sigurður Gylfi MagnÚsson and IstvÃĄn M. SzijÃĄrtÃģ)

Carlo Ginzburg on Microhistory (2015)

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Hybrid PhD Course

Microhistory. A hybrid course for PhD students at EÃķtvÃķs University, Budapest, to be held in the autumn semester 2026, is open for applicants.

Call for Papers – Microhistory panel at the ISCH 2025 conference

This panel explores the insights microhistory might offer cultural history, with an eye to the non-human. The two historical practices are kinfolk and emerged from the same Zeitgeist of the 1970s, with its fascination with texts and readings. Nevertheless, they remain distinct. The parallel evolution of cultural history and microhistory, never altogether isolated but never intimately entwined, opens a fruitful terrain for discussion and debate.

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