Call for Papers: Dromen, beelden en sporen van kinderen (Jaarboek De Achttiende Eeuw 2025) (5/16/2024) - Werkgroep De Achttiende Eeuw opent een Call for Papers omtrent het thema ‘Dromen, beelden en sporen van kinderen’. Voor Elisabeth Wolff vormde de grote aandacht voor kinderen hét verschil tussen haar eeuw en de eeuwen daarvoor. Maar voor historici die… Read more
Guest Lecture: Translating Crusoe (and Friday) in the 1720s. The first French translation of Robinson Crusoe (1720) (5/13/2024) - Translating Crusoe (and Friday) in the 1720s. The first French translation of Robinson Crusoe (1720). Guest lecture by Dr Diego Stefanelli (Universität Mainz) Thursday 23 May 2024 | Campus Mercator, A1.04, 15.00 TRACE (Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication) is hosting a… Read more
Conference: ‘Performing theatricality and imaging religious ceremonies in early modern Western Europe’ (5/6/2024) - Research Groups S:PAM and THALIA (Centre for Architecture and Art at Ghent University) is organising a conference at VANDENHOVE (Centre for Architecture and Art at Ghent University) 'Performing theatricality and imaging religious ceremonies in early modern Western Europe' 15-16-17 May. Conference website. Register before 8… Read more
Poster Presentations Young Researcher’s Day (4/22/2024) - Thank you to those who attended the Young Researcher’s Day. It proved to be an insightful and productive session for young and experienced researchers alike. See below the students' posters. Read more
Call for Papers: Werkgroep Zeventiende Eeuw Jaarcongres 2024 (4/15/2024) - Op vrijdag 30 augustus 2024 vindt in Antwerpen het jaarcongres van de Werkgroep Zeventiende Eeuw plaats met als thema ‘Ambacht en ambachtelijkheid in de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlanden’. In de historiografie is er sinds enige tijd aandacht voor de zogenaamde ‘middengroepen’ in de… Read more
JUST OUT Renaissance Studies Special Issue on Paratexts, Dissemination and the Book Market in Early Modern Venice (1500-1650) (2/9/2024) - The Journal of the Society for Renaissance Studies presents a special issue on Paratexts, Dissemination and the Book Market in Early Modern Venice (1500-1650), with articles from GEMS members Ruben Celani, Claudia Crocco, Teodoro Katinis, Eleonora Serra and Lies Verbaere. This collaboration consists of research across literature and linguistics.… Read more
Call for Papers Yearbook for Dutch Book History 32 (2025) (1/17/2024) - The Yearbook for Dutch Book History publishes Open Access articles in the Dutch and English language on all aspects of the book history of the Low Countries. For the 32nd edition of 2025, they particularly welcome contributions within the theme of “Books… Read more
Introducing the GEMS Reading Group: Machiavelli’s The Mandrake (12/8/2023) - Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS) is convening a new Reading Group. This group welcomes BA students, MA students, doctoral students, postdocs, and colleagues from any field to read an early modern text together and discuss it. This year, for… Read more
JUST OUT “The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic” (11/30/2023) - The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic written by our colleagues Stijn Bussels and Bram Van Oostveldt is now published by Routledge. At the end of the month the paper version will be ready. In the… Read more