Quaderni Storici

Quaderni Storici is one of Italy's most prominent and internationally influential academic journals in the field of history. Published by the Bologna-based house Il Mulino, it has appeared since 1966 and currently maintains a four-monthly (three issues per year) publication schedule. Its ISSN is 0301-6307 and its e-ISSN is 2612-1972. The journal is a quarterly (quadrimestrale) publication, and its contents are available in full text through the RivisteWeb platform operated by Il Mulino. The journal's core interests lie in economic and social history, as well as in more specialized historiographical approaches such as gender history and microhistory. Quaderni Storici played a central role in the international dissemination of microhistory, a methodological movement associated with Italian historians such as Carlo Ginzburg. Over the decades, its pages have hosted contributions from numerous Italian and international scholars, including Alberto Caracciolo, Maurice Aymard, Peter Burke, Carlo Poni, Pasquale Villani, Christiane Klapisch, and Gianna Pomata. As a brand, Quaderni Storici functions as a scholarly journal title within the Il Mulino publishing group. Il Mulino itself is a cultural institution with a long history: it originated as a journal of culture and politics founded on 25 April 1951, and the publishing house was established in 1954 by the editors of that journal. Since 1965, an association of intellectuals has directed the journal, guided the publishing house, and governed a series of cultural institutions, including the Istituto Carlo Cattaneo and the Fondazione Biblioteca del Mulino. Quaderni Storici thus belongs to a broader ecosystem of Italian intellectual publishing. The journal continues to be active and recognized. In recent years, for example, Dr Matilde Cazzola received an Honorable Mention from the Society of Italian Historical Studies article prize for her article "The Strange Case of Dr. Giustiniani and Mr. Hirsch: The Incomplete History of an Imposture, 1790s-1855," published in Quaderni Storici (2023/2). The journal maintains an online presence through Il Mulino's website and the RivisteWeb platform, where individual articles and issues can be accessed.

Quaderni Storici was founded in 1966 and has since become one of Italy's most relevant history journals and the one with the greatest international reach. It is published by Il Mulino, a publishing house with deep roots in postwar Italian intellectual life. Il Mulino originated as a journal of culture and politics founded on 25 April 1951; the publishing house itself was established in 1954 by the editors of that journal. Since 1965, an association of intellectuals has directed the journal, guided the publishing house, and governed a set of cultural institutions, including the Istituto Carlo Cattaneo and the Fondazione Biblioteca del Mulino. Quaderni Storici thus emerged within this broader institutional and intellectual project. From its early years, the journal carved out a distinctive profile centered on economic and social history, while also embracing more specialized historiographical approaches. It became particularly associated with microhistory, a methodological orientation that gained international prominence largely through the work of Italian historians connected to the journal, such as Carlo Ginzburg. The journal also became a key venue for gender history and for dialogue between history and neighboring disciplines such as sociology. Over the decades, Quaderni Storici has published contributions from a wide array of Italian and international scholars, including Alberto Caracciolo, Maurice Aymard, Peter Burke, Carlo Poni, Pasquale Villani, Christiane Klapisch, and Gianna Pomata. Its current periodicity is four-monthly (three issues per year), and its contents are accessible in full text through the RivisteWeb platform. The journal maintains an active editorial presence and continues to be recognized: in 2023, an article it published received an Honorable Mention from the Society of Italian Historical Studies article prize. The journal's ISSN is 0301-6307 and its e-ISSN is 2612-1972.

• 2023

  Dr Matilde Cazzola receives an Honorable Mention from the Society of Italian Historical Studies article prize for an article published in Quaderni Storici (2023/2).

• 1966

  Quaderni Storici is founded and begins publication.

• 1965

  An association of intellectuals begins directing the Il Mulino journal, guiding the publishing house, and governing related cultural institutions.

• 1954

  Il Mulino publishing house is established by the editors of the journal.

• 1951

  Il Mulino journal of culture and politics is founded on 25 April, the intellectual root of the publishing house that later publishes Quaderni Storici.

A leading Italian and internationally recognized academic history journal, specializing in economic and social history, gender history, and microhistory.

• Quaderni Storici journal

  A four-monthly academic history journal published by Il Mulino, ISSN 0301-6307, e-ISSN 2612-1972.

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