Talk by Angelo Lombardo: “Truth, Wit, and Authorship: Rethinking Tesauro’s Cannocchiale Aristotelico between Early Modern Epistemology and AI” (2/16/2026) - Next week GEMS is organising a talk by Angelo Lombardo on Tesauro’s Cannocchiale Aristotelico. Monday 23rd of February at 4pm Camelot (room 3.30, Blandijnberg 2, Campus Boekentoren) Abstract: Emanuele Tesauro’s Cannocchiale aristotelico (1670) is one of the most emblematic rhetorical… Read more
Invitation to Participate: Francqui Events with Prof. Roland Greene (2/6/2026) - We are very much looking forward to hosting Professor Roland Greene as a Francqui International Chair at UGent between February and May 2026. As part of the of his Francqui professorship, Prof. Greene will be taking part in several events… Read more
Talk by Prof. Karin Kukkonen (University of Oslo): “Riddles, Dreams and Banquets: Reimagining Literary History through Games” (2/6/2026) - The Novel Echoes research group warmly invites you to a research paper talk by Prof. Karin Kukkonen (University of Oslo): “Riddles, Dreams and Banquets: Reimagining Literary History through Games.” Thursday 26th February at 2:30pm Camelot (room 3.30, Blandijnberg 2, Campus Boekentoren) Talk abstract:… Read more
CfP: Jaarcongres Werkgroepen Zeventiende en Achttiende Eeuw en VNVNG: Vroegmoderne Ecologieën (2/4/2026) - (English version below) Dit jaar op 4 september organiseren de Werkgroep de Zeventiende Eeuw, Werkgroep de Achttiende Eeuw en de VNVNG voor het eerst samen een jaarcongres, met als thema Vroegmoderne ecologieën. Het doel is de bredere vroegmoderne gemeenschap bijeen… Read more
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2026 (12/8/2025) - Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2026 Materiality, Material Culture and Materialist Approaches – Ghent, 1-5 June 2026 This Spring School is organised by Ghent University (Doctoral Schools), the University of Groningen, the Huizinga Institute and the Dutch Research… Read more
Women and language in late Renaissance Florence: an analysis of private correspondence by Dr. Eleonora Serra (12/2/2025) - This month GEMS is organising a talk by Dr. Eleonora Serra on women and language in late Renaissance Florence. 11 December 10am Meeting Room 0.1 Simon Stevin Campus Boekentoren, Plateau-Rozier Women’s activity as letter writers in Renaissance Italy has come… Read more
GEMS News and Congrats – December (12/2/2025) - We welcome Dr. Chiara Monaco as new GEMS member. She has started a FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship at UGent with her project Codifying vernacular Greek: a historical sociolinguistic approach to native and non-native grammars (16th-18th centuries), and has recently obtained… Read more
Lecture: Roland Greene (Stanford U): Literary Studies After Universalism: A History and a Manifesto (11/20/2025) - Please join us for Prof. Roland Greene's Inaugural Francqui Lecture and the 2025 Belvedere Lecture: New Perspectives on Early Modern Studies. March 4, 2026, at 5pm. Belvedere, Boekentoren, Rozier 9, UGent Greene’s lecture will trace the decline of universalism: the… Read more
Reading Group: Moderata Fonte’s The Worth of Women (1600) (11/14/2025) - Reading Group: Moderata Fonte’s The Worth of Women (1600) (An initiative of GEMS – Group for Early Modern Studies) Every Monday, 5-7 pm, starting 24 November Blandijn, room TBC The Worth of Women by sixteenth-century Venetian author Moderata Fonte is… Read more
GEMS News & Congrats – November (11/14/2025) - Ruben Celani is appointed as Postdoctoral Research Associate in Italian Studies and Zahm Dante Collection Curatorial Fellow at the University of Notre Dame (USA, IN) (2025-26). He also published an article ‘”Come parto imperfetto” : Paratexts and Organization in a… Read more