Sharing the Medici Archive with the World.

The Medici Archive Project (MAP) is an independent research institute whose aim is to preserve and valorize the archives of the Medici dynasty, which comprise over fifteen million documents (many of them are featured in the MIA DATABASE). MAP also serves as a major academic hub for scholars and students worldwide in the field of Italian Renaissance and early modern studies.

WORKSHOP – The Pazzi Beyond the Conspiracy (Palazzo Alberti – Friday, 6 June 2025)

WORKSHOP – The Pazzi Beyond the Conspiracy (Palazzo Alberti – Friday, 6 June 2025)

What’s in—or behind—a name? For the Pazzi of Florence, answering this question has often evoked images of the infamous conspiracy of 1478. However, the family’s broader history cannot be defined by this single event. By inviting new discussion about the Pazzi beyond the conspiracy, this conference invites a more complicated and nuanced historical discourse on the family.

WORKSHOP – The Pazzi Beyond the Conspiracy (Palazzo Alberti – Friday, 6 June 2025)

WORKSHOP – The Pazzi Beyond the Conspiracy (Palazzo Alberti – Friday, 6 June 2025)

What’s in—or behind—a name? For the Pazzi of Florence, answering this question has often evoked images of the infamous conspiracy of 1478. However, the family’s broader history cannot be defined by this single event. By inviting new discussion about the Pazzi beyond the conspiracy, this conference invites a more complicated and nuanced historical discourse on the family.

Featured Projects

WORKSHOP: The Art of Defense: Bastioned Fortifications in Central Italy (1500-1700) – 23 May 2025 Palazzo Alberti (Via de’ Benci 10)

BOOK PRESENTATION: 22 May 2025, 17:00 Palazzo Alberti (Via de’ Benci 10) Discussants: Alina Payne (Villa I Tatti | The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies) & Emanuela Ferretti (University of Florence)

 

 

 

Fellowships 2025-2026

The Medici Archive Project is offering twelve short-term fellowships for graduate, pre-doctoral students, and postdoctoral candidates, working on fields related to early modern Italy (preferably with a specific emphasis on Tuscany or Medici history).

Call for Papers – Wokshop: Deadline 7 July 2025

Early Modern Mansplaining: Male-Authored Histories of Women - Workshop at Palazzo Alberti, Florence - 26 September 2025. Organized by Sheila Barker and Florence Forte

WORKSHOP PROGRAM – THE INVENTION OF THE MEDICI – 24 JANUARY 2025

The Invention of the Medici Histories, Stories, and Historiographies (1781-2024) at Palazzo Alberti

WORKSHOP PROGRAM – THE MEDICI AND THE PRINCELY COURTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE – 7 FEBRUARY 2025

The Medici and the Princely Courts of Central and Eastern Europe: Art, Diplomacy, and Material Culture Workshop at Palazzo Alberti, Florence

Call for Papers – Workshop: Deadline 3 March 2025

The Pazzi Beyond the Conspiracy - Workshop at Palazzo Alberti, Florence ~ 6 June 2025 Organized by the Medici Archive Project

Summer 2025 Paleography Seminars

The Medici Archive Project is pleased to announce the dates for the upcoming 2025 Summer Seminars in Paleography and Archival Studies which will take place in Florence on 26 – 31 May 2025 and 9 – 14 June 2025. Applications due 20 May 2025.

The Medici Avvisi

The Avvisi created and sustained an informational network that connected urban centers in Europe, North Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as key ports in the Caribbean and Asia throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.

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