Europa Periodica

2023

Terzo volume di Europa Periodica

In times of emergency, communication plays a crucial yet problematic role. While this may seem obvious nowadays, even before the emergence of modern media, the methods of gathering, elaborating and transmitting information had a significant influence on the perception of risk and decision-making processes. The book examines how government bodies and different social actors handled emergencies in the Hispanic Monarchy, from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. It features case studies from the Hispanic Monarchy’s European, American and Asian territories, exploring the narrative strategies used in news-sheets and gazettes, the impact of disasters on information networks, how they interacted with political and social dynamics, and the effect of conflicting interpretations of extreme events.

2023

Secondo volume di Europa Periodica

The Philosophical Transactions and the letters preserved in the Royal Society’s archives provide precious insights into the making of science and the workings of the Republic of Letters in the early and late modern periods. This book investigates the Royal Society’s relations with Italy through a socio-historical and critical linguistic analysis of the papers concerning Italian research published in the Transactions and of the epistolary exchanges between the Society’s Fellows and Italian scholars. The aim, from the linguistic perspective, is to describe the features and development of papers based on Italian research published in the journal, as well as the discursive aspects that characterise the exchanges between the two countries. Ultimately, from the historical and cultural point of view, the study will provide a picture of the development of Anglo-Italian relations in scientific context from the seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century.

2022

Primo volume di Europa Periodica

Il presente volume raccoglie ventiquattro saggi, frutto di studi svolti principalmente sui periodici francesi, italiani e tedeschi del XVIII secolo. I contributi si occupano, con taglio di volta in volta storico, letterario e linguistico, di alcuni fra i più rilevanti prodotti del giornalismo settecentesco: i periodici eruditi, le riviste scientifiche, il giornalismo spettatoriale, quello enciclopedico e quello politico.
Dai saggi raggruppati in questo volume esce un’immagine senza dubbio rinnovata, per complessità e ricchezza di particolari, dei periodici pubblicati nel XVIII secolo. Pur nella loro eterogeneità, essi sono diventati l’architrave del dialogo culturale europeo anche perché non si sono rivolti solo a un selezionato pubblico di dotti, ma, in alcuni casi, ai lettori sempli- cemente alfabetizzati.