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How (not) to communicate historical research
By Davide Martino Mr D. is the History teacher to whom I owe my passion for the subject. A historian of Byzantium, he was nonetheless able to take us through late medieval civic government in the Low Countries, and the politicisation of historical memory in the twentieth century. Among his teachings, there was one I…
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The Archive in Decline: The Emergency of Archival Collections in Italy
By Marina Iní (@MarinaIni_) Originally published 12 November, 2019. During part of the last academic year, I travelled to several archives and libraries collection in the Italian peninsula for my PhD fieldwork. It has been an extremely rewarding experience on the research side, but it was also thought-provoking. I saw with my own eyes the…
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A fumigated letter from the Lazzaretto in Verona
By Marina Inì (@MarinaIni_) Originally published 13 December, 2018 as part of the 2018 Advent Calendar. During my research trip in Verona, I came across a striking document among the letters from the Lazzaretto in Verona to the Chancellor of the Health Office of the city.[1] The letter, written in 1738, was not important for…
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