From Firenze University Press Journal: Quaderni dell’Osservatorio elettorale (QOE) — Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES) — Nicolò Conti, Unitelma Sapienza Danilo Di Mauro, University of Catania Vincenzo Memoli, University of Catania Euroscepticism and populism are two key phenomena of contemporary European politics that can often be observed in tandem. During the last two decades, they appear to have progressed jointly within national politi-cal spaces and party…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) — Paul Eggert, Loyola University Chicago and University of New South Wales In T.S. Eliot’s essay ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ of 1919, the truism that the composition of literature has been continuous in Europe since Homer received a daring tweak: the European literary tradition, Eliot claimed, is recognisable, only becomes…

From Firenze University Press Journal: LEA — Annalisa Federici, University of Tuscia In these challenging times dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the concept of contagion resonates with both current fears and a long-established historical tradition according to which the Latin terms contagio and contagium have been used to refer to the idea that diseases can be communicable…

From Firenze University Press Book: Fashion as an economic engine: process and product innovation, commercial strategies, consumer behavior — John Styles, University of Hertfordshire The last forty years have witnessed an explosion of interest among historians in the things people consumed. In Britain, the roots of this new concern with consumption lie in a search for a consumer and marketing revolution that could explain the classic Industrial Revolution. The…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology — Piergiorgio Francia, Meyer Children’s Hospital Carlo Ferri Marini, Department of Biomolecular Sciences — Division of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” Sonia Toni, Meyer Children’s Hospital Francesco Lucertini, Department of Biomolecular Sciences — Division of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”

From Firenze University Press Journal: CROMOHS — Michal Wasiucionek Wasiucionek, Nicolae Iorga Institute of History In October 1622, the inhabitants of the Moldavian capital of Iașiwere able to witness an uncommonly lavish and solemn event, as the Polish-Lithuanian grand embassy, led by Prince Krzysztof Zbaraski, passed through the town and was received by the incumbent voyvode, Ștefan…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Bio-based and Applied Economics (BAE) — Harun Uçak, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Esin Yelgen, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Yakup Arı, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Volatility in food prices and the reasons behind this volatility have recently become a trending topic of discussions throughout the world, while they are often discussed in literature as well. In this…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Quaderni dell’Osservatorio elettorale (QOE) — Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES) — Fulvio Venturino, University of Cagliari WHY PARTY LEADERS? Personalisation has been defined as a process of change through which ‘… individual political actors have become more prominent at the expense of parties and collective identities’ (Karvonen 2010, 4). Although conceptually controversial, the trend towards personalisation has attracted the attention of…

From Firenze University Press Book — Samuele Grassi, University of Florence Brian Zuccala, University of the Witwatersrand The book takes its lead from academic Annamaria Pagliaro’s experience straddling Australia and Italy over a thirty-year period. As both former colleagues and collaborators of Pagliaro, we editors intend to open a kaleidoscope of perspectives on the international research…