From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) — Isabelle Fernandes, Université Clermont Auvergne William Cuningham (sometimes spelt Kennyngham or Kenningham) has been identified as the sitter for a set of three identical woodcut portraits in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG). The original design comes from the opening pages of !e Cosmographical Glasse (Aiiiv), though an earlier less re!ned…

From Firenze University Press Book: L’economia della conoscenza: innovazione, produttività e crescita economica nei secoli XIII-XVIII / The knowledge economy: innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century — Raffaele Danna, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa As part of the debate on the ‘great divergence’, a growing stream of literature has stressed the role of culture and of ‘useful knowledge’ in the advent of modern economic growth (Mokyr 2005; 2011; 2017; Clark 2007; Pomeranz 2000). In parallel, a…

From Firenze University Press Journal: TECHNE — Maurizio Ferraris, Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze dell’Educazione Humans are not always asked to save themselves. Not too many centuries ago, this task was given to God, and the bill would be paid in the afterlife, without damaging the environment. Now it is not this way. Humans…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) — Margaret Small, University of Birmingham In 1550 Giovanni Battista Ramusio started a whole new geographical venture when he published the first volume of his Delle Navigationi et viaggi, a work which created a world geography through carefully selected, edited and organised travel narratives. It was a form of geography ideally…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies — Rania Mohamed Rafik Abdel Fattah Khalil, The British University in Egypt Old Age a Social and Cultural Construct, or Biological? Old age has been part of the history of theatre since its inception. What is relatively recent is the attention paid in Th eatre Studies to the study of Ageism…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare — RIEF — Anna Pileri, Université de Bologne Olivier Prévôt, Université de Bordeaux Clara Silva, Université de Florence Ce dossier thématique présente une analyse sensible des variables d’inclusion et des risques auxquels les familles sont aujourd’hui expo-sées (Gremion, Gremion, Doumolin, 2019), en particulier lorsque les partenariats territoriaux sont faibles. Le but est donc…

From Firenze University Press Book: L’economia della conoscenza: innovazione, produttività e crescita economica nei secoli XIII-XVIII / The knowledge economy: innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century — Julia Bruch, University of Cologne For mastering a craft successfully, not only talent and suitability of skills were required but also a solid education.1 The knowledge required for the practice of a craft was passed on in workshops (Reith 2005, 356–58). According to Mokyr, the practical and technical knowledge conveyed…

From Firenze University Press Journal: JLIS.it — Ronald Snijder, OAPEN Foundation Open access infrastructure for books is becoming more mature, and it is being used by an increasing number of people. The growing importance of open access infrastructure leads to more interest in sustainability, governance and impact assessment. The assessment of the OAPEN Library — containing over…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies — Somaya Abdul Wahhab Al-Samahy, Alexandria University Alternative Histories in the Poetry of Eavan Boland. The emergence of postcolonial dialectics in the second half of the twentieth century has rendered resistance a prevalent notion within literature. Patricia B. Arinto argues that critics like Franz Fanon and Barbra Harlow consider literature of…