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| Carocci Editore | |
|---|---|
| Name | Carocci Editore |
| Founded | 1984 |
Carocci Editore is an Italian publishing house founded in Rome in 1984 that specializes in scholarly and educational publications. The publisher is known for producing textbooks, academic monographs, and reference works across the humanities and social sciences, collaborating with universities, research institutions, and cultural organizations. Its catalog spans history, philosophy, literature, law, and pedagogy, reflecting engagements with Italian and international intellectual networks.
Carocci Editore was established in Rome during the 1980s, a period marked by institutional developments involving Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma. Early collaborations connected the press with scholars associated with Università degli Studi di Milano, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Università di Bologna, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, and Università di Padova. Over subsequent decades it engaged with projects linked to Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, and Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo. The house expanded its editorial lines in conversation with European partners such as Université Paris-Sorbonne, University of Oxford, Universität Heidelberg, Universität Zürich, and University of Cambridge.
Carocci’s publishing program covers textbooks for secondary schools interacting with curricula from Ministero dell'Istruzione, higher education textbooks used at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, scholarly monographs employed by departments at Università degli Studi di Firenze, and reference works cited in libraries like Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Subject areas include modern and contemporary history referencing events such as the Risorgimento, Second Italo-Ethiopian War, World War I, and World War II; philosophy connected to figures like Giovanni Gentile, Benedetto Croce, Immanuel Kant, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; literature discussing authors such as Dante Alighieri, Niccolò Machiavelli, Umberto Eco, and Gabriele D'Annunzio; law referencing codes like the Codice Civile and institutions including the Corte Costituzionale. The catalog also includes volumes on pedagogy tied to schools of thought associated with Maria Montessori, John Dewey, Lev Vygotsky, and Paulo Freire.
Authors published by the house include Italian and international scholars affiliated with Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Università degli Studi di Torino, Università di Siena, Università degli Studi di Bari, and foreign institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, Princeton University, and Stanford University. The catalog features works on the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Fascist Italy, and the European Union; monographs engage with topics around Giovanni Boccaccio, Petrarch, Galileo Galilei, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Cesare Beccaria. Critical editions and commentaries concern texts by Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Pascoli, Giosuè Carducci, and translations involving figures like Homer, Virgil, Sophocles, and Euripides. The publisher also issues textbooks associated with international assessment frameworks such as Programme for International Student Assessment and comparative education studies referencing OECD reports.
Carocci collaborates with educational authorities and scholarly societies including Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea, Società Filosofica Italiana, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, and university presses at Università degli Studi di Palermo and Università del Salento. Its textbooks are adopted in secondary schools preparing students for examinations like the Esame di Stato and in university courses across departments of Storia Moderna, Filosofia Politica, Letteratura Italiana, and Scienza Politica. The publisher organizes conferences, seminars, and series in partnership with institutions such as Istituto per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano, Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino, and museums like the Museo Nazionale Romano.
Distribution networks involve Italian distributors that serve bookstores in cities including Rome, Milan, Naples, Florence, Bologna, and Turin, and chain partners with booksellers present in Amazon (company), major European retailers such as FNAC, and academic wholesalers connected to Ingram Content Group and Bertram Books. International reach includes translations and co-editions with publishers in Spain, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Argentina, and collaborations with cultural institutes like the British Council, Goethe-Institut, Institut français, and Istituto Italiano di Cultura offices worldwide.
Carocci operates as a privately held publishing company headquartered in Rome. Management structures include editorial boards drawing members from universities such as Università degli Studi della Tuscia and research councils like Istituto di Studi Politici. It maintains relationships with academic advisory committees involving faculties at Università degli Studi di Genova, Università del Piemonte Orientale, and Università degli Studi di Cagliari, while engaging freelance editors and peer reviewers affiliated with international centers including European University Institute and King's College London.
Titles from the house have been shortlisted for Italian and international awards such as the Premio Campiello, Premio Strega, Premio Viareggio, Premio Mondello, and academic recognitions tied to the Premio Nazionale delle Arti. Scholarly editions and monographs have received support and mentions from institutions including the Accademia dei Lincei, Italian Ministry of Culture, European Research Council, and local cultural foundations like the Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione CR Firenze.