Evolution of Tonal Organization in Music Optimizes Neural Mechanisms in Symbolic Encoding of Perceptual Reality. Part-2: Ancient to Seventeenth Century. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2016 Nikolsky A.
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 298-308, June 2026.ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
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Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England. [PDF]
Hist Workshop JFletcher H, Handley S.
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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: EDOARDO GRENDI, MICROANALYSIS, AND GENERALIZATIONS*
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 237-256, June 2026.ABSTRACT “The normal exception” has long been a slogan of microhistory. This oxymoronic phrase is the iconic rendering of an incidental sentence that appeared in a 1977 article by Edoardo Grendi. His article, titled “Micro‐analisi e storia sociale” (Microanalysis and Social History), is cited more often than it is read.
FRANCESCA TRIVELLATO
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and the dawn of microscopic observation: a narrative review from Delft's lens to the modern microscope. [PDF]
Appl MicroscLee H, Rhyu IJ.
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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: “MICROANALYSIS AND SOCIAL HISTORY” (1977)*
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 257-270, June 2026.ABSTRACT “The normal exception” has long been a slogan of microhistory. This oxymoronic phrase is the iconic rendering of an incidental sentence that appeared in a 1977 article published by Edoardo Grendi in the Italian journal Quaderni storici, which functioned as the incubator of Italian microhistory.
EDOARDO GRENDI
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 469-488, June 2026.Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 489-506, June 2026.Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom
Teaching Theology &Religion, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 46-54, June 2026.ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
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Peer review: historical evolution and reviewers' learning. [PDF]
Insights ImagingAparisi Gómez MP, Sardanelli F.
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