Hey historians 🗃️ : what's your favorite microhistory, and why?
April 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Hey historians 🗃️ : what's your favorite microhistory, and why?
The Universe: a microhistory
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The Universe: a microhistory
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Italian academic and author who challenged traditional approaches with his pursuit of microhistory
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
My chapter in the new Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory traces where #envhist and #microhistory meet. It's the first detailed study of microhistory as a field, with contributions from Carlo Ginzburg, Giovanni Levi and Natalie Zemon Davis. PM me for a 35% discount code at Bloomsbury.com
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory provides the first detailed examination of a field which has rapidly expanded in the last three decades. Characterised b…
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September 16, 2026 at 6:52 AM
My chapter in the new Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory traces where #envhist and #microhistory meet. It's the first detailed study of microhistory as a field, with contributions from Carlo Ginzburg, Giovanni Levi and Natalie Zemon Davis. PM me for a 35% discount code at Bloomsbury.com
This is a fantastic, engaging article. I'm so glad I made the time this morning to read it. Jane Humphries "Microhistory and Women's Time Use," advanced open access in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
Microhistory and Women’s Time Use*
Abstract. Gender historians have pioneered attention to ‘doing words’ to identify otherwise invisible women’s work. Searches in court records for verbs wit
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September 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is a fantastic, engaging article. I'm so glad I made the time this morning to read it. Jane Humphries "Microhistory and Women's Time Use," advanced open access in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
I’m reading a remarkable microhistory of Bibi Kristjánsdóttir, an intellectually disabled Icelandic woman, reconstructed from her autobiography and personal archive.
AI could fucking never.
AI could fucking never.
Anyone who thinks AI can “do history better,” clearly has no idea how historians actually create historical knowledge. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s “A Midwife’s Tale” is an example of how history can be uncovered accidentally and after previous scholars saw no value in something extremely valuable.
I work with historical sources that have and never will be digitized, I collect oral histories and work in hospitals.
So no I don’t think that ‘AI can do research better than humans with PhDs’.
And I’m tired of AI pushers who don’t know my fields demanding that I ‘try LLMs’ or risk redundancy
So no I don’t think that ‘AI can do research better than humans with PhDs’.
And I’m tired of AI pushers who don’t know my fields demanding that I ‘try LLMs’ or risk redundancy
March 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I’m reading a remarkable microhistory of Bibi Kristjánsdóttir, an intellectually disabled Icelandic woman, reconstructed from her autobiography and personal archive.
AI could fucking never.
AI could fucking never.
Microhistory is my favorite kind of history
Ea-nāṣir is the recipient of the world’s oldest complaint letter. He’s reportedly the worst businessman of the 18th century, a mediocre conman whose actions should have him put out of business. Is this fair?
Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.
Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.
November 25, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Microhistory is my favorite kind of history
An unusual episode today, as we consider the methodology used by Carlo Ginzburg in his pioneering work of "micro-history," The Cheese and the Worms, on how a 16th Italian peasant became a self-taught philosopher.
#philsky #history #microhistory #podcasts
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cheese-worms
#philsky #history #microhistory #podcasts
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cheese-worms
December 8, 2024 at 8:18 AM
An unusual episode today, as we consider the methodology used by Carlo Ginzburg in his pioneering work of "micro-history," The Cheese and the Worms, on how a 16th Italian peasant became a self-taught philosopher.
#philsky #history #microhistory #podcasts
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cheese-worms
#philsky #history #microhistory #podcasts
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cheese-worms
It’s finally done. Absolutely thrilled to have submitted THE SHAH'S GREAT TOUR – my global microhistory of the epic royal journeys of Persia's monarchs to Imperial Europe – for production. May it reshape our understanding of monarchy and the world order in the imperial age.
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
It’s finally done. Absolutely thrilled to have submitted THE SHAH'S GREAT TOUR – my global microhistory of the epic royal journeys of Persia's monarchs to Imperial Europe – for production. May it reshape our understanding of monarchy and the world order in the imperial age.
On the now-classic tale of a sixteenth-century miller facing the Roman Inquisition, and its influence in the field of microhistory:
‘The Cheese and the Worms’: Carlo Ginzburg Launches Microhistory
On the now-classic tale of a sixteenth-century miller facing the Roman Inquisition, and its influence in the field of microhistory.
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July 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
On the now-classic tale of a sixteenth-century miller facing the Roman Inquisition, and its influence in the field of microhistory:
Fifty years ago, Carlo Ginzburg published a book about the extraordinary mind of an Italian miller, demonstrating the power of microhistory.
A new edition has just been published and I've reviewed it for @historytoday.com:
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
A new edition has just been published and I've reviewed it for @historytoday.com:
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
August 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Fifty years ago, Carlo Ginzburg published a book about the extraordinary mind of an Italian miller, demonstrating the power of microhistory.
A new edition has just been published and I've reviewed it for @historytoday.com:
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
A new edition has just been published and I've reviewed it for @historytoday.com:
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
It’s 2026. Oceans rise. Storms descend. War looms. Every history is a microhistory. Every book is a novel
February 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It’s 2026. Oceans rise. Storms descend. War looms. Every history is a microhistory. Every book is a novel
#skystorians !
My (first) book will be out soon! it's a microhistory of transatlantic migration in the #18c.
Dear editors: If by any chance your journal could be interested in reviewing it, let me know!
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
My (first) book will be out soon! it's a microhistory of transatlantic migration in the #18c.
Dear editors: If by any chance your journal could be interested in reviewing it, let me know!
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration: The Frigate Agata (1747)
This microhistory of early modern transatlantic migration follows the journey of the Agata, a Dutch frigate hired by Spanish merchants in 1747 to travel between Cádiz and Veracruz. Manned by migrants ...
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March 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#skystorians !
My (first) book will be out soon! it's a microhistory of transatlantic migration in the #18c.
Dear editors: If by any chance your journal could be interested in reviewing it, let me know!
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
My (first) book will be out soon! it's a microhistory of transatlantic migration in the #18c.
Dear editors: If by any chance your journal could be interested in reviewing it, let me know!
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
I need an entire microhistory about this moment and I'm not even kidding.
November 8, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I need an entire microhistory about this moment and I'm not even kidding.
Excited to be giving a talk at a joint Berkeley/Stanford conference on microhistory next week! It’s
called “The Cheese and the Dragons: Microhistory and the Problem of Fiction,” and it’s inspired by all the readers who thought my book was a novel. cmems.stanford.edu/events/after...
called “The Cheese and the Dragons: Microhistory and the Problem of Fiction,” and it’s inspired by all the readers who thought my book was a novel. cmems.stanford.edu/events/after...
After Menocchio: The Pasts and Futures of Microhistory (CMEMS Symposium 2026) | Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Please join us for After Menocchio: the Pasts and Futures of Microhistory, a symposium jointly organized by Stanford's Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies and UC Berkeley's DE in Renaissance ...
cmems.stanford.edu
September 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Excited to be giving a talk at a joint Berkeley/Stanford conference on microhistory next week! It’s
called “The Cheese and the Dragons: Microhistory and the Problem of Fiction,” and it’s inspired by all the readers who thought my book was a novel. cmems.stanford.edu/events/after...
called “The Cheese and the Dragons: Microhistory and the Problem of Fiction,” and it’s inspired by all the readers who thought my book was a novel. cmems.stanford.edu/events/after...
Read his blog post to find out more about this fascinating case study:
ghil.hypotheses.org/...
#MaritimeHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Microhistory #PrizePapers
📷 Playing cards from the Concordia: Photo: Prize Papers Project. The National Archives, ref. HCA 32/176, photo by Maria Cardamone.
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#MaritimeHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Microhistory #PrizePapers
📷 Playing cards from the Concordia: Photo: Prize Papers Project. The National Archives, ref. HCA 32/176, photo by Maria Cardamone.
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The Concordia: A Global Microhistory of a Bremen Ship
‘To the seventh interrogatory this deponent saith that . . . the said ship or vessell Concordia was bound to Cork in Ireland and from thence to Saint Eustatius aforesaid in the West Indies and from thence to Amsterdam in Holland and to no other port or places in her voyage and that . . . she carried from Bremen a … Continue reading The Concordia: A Global Microhistory of a Bremen Ship
ghil.hypotheses.org
July 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Read his blog post to find out more about this fascinating case study:
ghil.hypotheses.org/...
#MaritimeHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Microhistory #PrizePapers
📷 Playing cards from the Concordia: Photo: Prize Papers Project. The National Archives, ref. HCA 32/176, photo by Maria Cardamone.
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ghil.hypotheses.org/...
#MaritimeHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Microhistory #PrizePapers
📷 Playing cards from the Concordia: Photo: Prize Papers Project. The National Archives, ref. HCA 32/176, photo by Maria Cardamone.
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Next up in #microhistory: this amazingly good read!
April 21, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Next up in #microhistory: this amazingly good read!
Hello new followers. I am an OOC funded PhD candidate at the Open University working on 19thC English inquests from a criminal justice/social history/microhistory perspective.
I'm in my final year so expect increasingly fraught blathering.
I'm in my final year so expect increasingly fraught blathering.
November 8, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Hello new followers. I am an OOC funded PhD candidate at the Open University working on 19thC English inquests from a criminal justice/social history/microhistory perspective.
I'm in my final year so expect increasingly fraught blathering.
I'm in my final year so expect increasingly fraught blathering.
I love a good microhistory pretty much no matter what it's about. 😁
September 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I love a good microhistory pretty much no matter what it's about. 😁
Im writing a microhistory of a deaf Indian girl, left at a mission in the middle of a devastating famine.
Went to the US, was educated in a deaf school, and died of TB.
An ordinary life, by some measures.
She was not rich, no king, capitalist, or freedom fighter.
But still a story worth telling.
Went to the US, was educated in a deaf school, and died of TB.
An ordinary life, by some measures.
She was not rich, no king, capitalist, or freedom fighter.
But still a story worth telling.
Ben Sasse, who is terminally ill, gave a remarkable interview recently. There's much to glean from it, including the swipe he took at academic historians like myself. His (familiar) charge: We've become so "narrow," so disinterested in "great" history. I have questions. What constitutes greatness...
April 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Im writing a microhistory of a deaf Indian girl, left at a mission in the middle of a devastating famine.
Went to the US, was educated in a deaf school, and died of TB.
An ordinary life, by some measures.
She was not rich, no king, capitalist, or freedom fighter.
But still a story worth telling.
Went to the US, was educated in a deaf school, and died of TB.
An ordinary life, by some measures.
She was not rich, no king, capitalist, or freedom fighter.
But still a story worth telling.
Time for book promotion!
#EarlyModern 🗃️
My first book, "A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration" is available in paperback.
Pre-order now!
I had a lot of fun writing it, that's my sales pitch.
There are also reviews (next post)
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
#EarlyModern 🗃️
My first book, "A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration" is available in paperback.
Pre-order now!
I had a lot of fun writing it, that's my sales pitch.
There are also reviews (next post)
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration: The Frigate Agata (1747)
This microhistory of early modern transatlantic migration follows the journey of the Agata, a Dutch frigate hired by Spanish merchants in 1747 to travel between Cádiz and Veracruz. Manned by migrants ...
www.routledge.com
June 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Time for book promotion!
#EarlyModern 🗃️
My first book, "A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration" is available in paperback.
Pre-order now!
I had a lot of fun writing it, that's my sales pitch.
There are also reviews (next post)
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
#EarlyModern 🗃️
My first book, "A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration" is available in paperback.
Pre-order now!
I had a lot of fun writing it, that's my sales pitch.
There are also reviews (next post)
www.routledge.com/A-Microhisto...
Monday next week, I will be presenting my book, a microhistory of transatlantic migration in the eighteenth century #18c
It will be online.
More information tomorrow!
It will be online.
More information tomorrow!
January 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Monday next week, I will be presenting my book, a microhistory of transatlantic migration in the eighteenth century #18c
It will be online.
More information tomorrow!
It will be online.
More information tomorrow!
microhistory book idea: a ´Please Kill Me'-style oral history but it's just about the conception and recording of those fucked up noises that Anthony Kiedis makes on 'Around the World'
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
microhistory book idea: a ´Please Kill Me'-style oral history but it's just about the conception and recording of those fucked up noises that Anthony Kiedis makes on 'Around the World'
#Genealogy helps to teach you the things they overlooked in school and the things they got totally wrong. Microhistory is great.
March 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#Genealogy helps to teach you the things they overlooked in school and the things they got totally wrong. Microhistory is great.