Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory

Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon is Professor of Cultural History and Chair of the Center for Microhistorical Research at University of Iceland, Iceland. He has written 28 published books, including Archive, Slow Ideology and Egodocuments as Microhistorical Autobiography: Potential History (2021) and Emotional Experience and Microhistory (2020). He is also co-editor, with István M. Szijártó, of the Microhistories book series.Deivy Ferreira Carneiro is Professor of History at Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil. He has written six books and numerous articles published in Brazil, Italy, Portugal, and Chile. His interests extend to the history of violence and criminality, popular justice, Italian microhistory, the roles of spaces, norms, experience and interdependency in social action.Thomas V. Cohen is Professor Emeritus of History and Humanities at York University, Canada. He is the author of Love and Death in Early Modern Italy (2004), which won the American Historical Association's Marraro Prize, and Roman Tales: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Microhistory (2019).

This inspiring collection of essays from some of the leading and most creative historians writing history, is essential reading for every practicing historian and student of history. These contributions demonstrate why and how microhistory has become one of the most imaginative and popular approaches to writing history today.

• Introduction: Microhistory as a Historical Phenomenon Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon (University of Iceland, Iceland)Part 1 - Decades of Insights into Microhistory1. Microhistory and Philology Carlo Ginzburg (UCLA, USA)2. Looking Back on Microhistory: Conversation Natalie Zemon Davis (Princeton University, USA) and Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)3. What has Microhistory to Offer Historical Scholarship? Giovanni Levi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy)Part 2 - Microhistory around the WorldIntroduction Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)4. Italian/French Microhistory Angelo Torre (University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy) and Simona Cerutti (EHESS, France)5. Central/North European Microhistory TBC6. African Microhistory Luise White (University of Florida, USA)7. Microhistory of the Eastern Mediterranean World Mustafa Minawi (Cornell University, USA)8. Microhistory in Brazil Maíra Ines Vendrame (Unisinos, Brazil)9. Microhistory in Latin America Carlos Aguirre Rojas (The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)10. Microhistory in South Asia TBC11. Microhistory in Russia/Eastern Europe Mikhail Boytsov (University of Mannheim, Germany)Part 3 -Microhistory and Different Methodological ApproachesIntroduction Deivy Carneiro (Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil)12. Microhistory, Egodocuments, and Oral History Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon (University of Iceland, Iceland)13. Microhistory as a Pedagogy Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)14. Microhistory and Magic/Witchcraft Thomas Robisheaux (Duke University, USA)15. Microhistory and Time and Space Christian G. De Vito (University of Bonn, Germany) and Johan Heinsen (University of Aalborg, Denmark)16. Transnational Microhistory TBC17. Microhistory and the Environment Ada Arendt (University of Oslo, Norway)Part 4 - Microhistory as a Conceptual FrameworkIntroduction Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon (University of Iceland, Iceland)18. Microhistory and Crime Deivy Ferreira Carneiro (Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil)19. Microhistory and the Gender and Emotional Approach: A Focus on India Ruknima Barua (York University, Canada)20. Microhistory and Literary Practices in Modern Times Davíð Ólafsson (University of Iceland, Iceland)21. Microhistory and Material Culture Gavin Lucas (University of Iceland, Iceland)22. Microhistory and the Biographical Turn Hans Renders (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)Postscript – Microhistory and the Future Zoltán Boldizsár Simon (Bielefeld University, Germany)Index