Report: Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2024 Landscape History & Ecology (27-31 May, Ghent) (6/12/2024) - Report Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2024 Landscape History & Ecology (27-31 May, Ghent) Estel van den Berg DAY 1: On the 27th of May we gathered at the STAM museum in Ghent for the exhibition… Read morePodcast: Rebellie in de Gentse letteren (6/7/2024) - Rebellie in de Gentse letteren: een podcastserie over rebelse verhalen uit, in en door de stad Gent is een rebelse stad en er woont een weerspannig volkje. Dat is althans het typische imago van de Arteveldestad en haar Stroppendragers. Ook… Read more
Belvedere Lecture 2024 (5/23/2024) - Belvedere Lecture 2024 - Monday 23 September 2024, 5-6 pm - Boekentoren (Rozier 9, 9000 Gent): Belvedere New Perspectives on Early Modern Studies The Belvedere Lecture is the Ghent annual lecture on early modern history and culture. It sheds light… Read more
Call for Applications: JEUX Is Recruiting (5/22/2024) - Three doctoral research fellowships are available at JEUX. Candidates will investigate literary games in the early-modern period, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between literary games and the developing genre of the novel. JEUX investigates how literary authors model… Read more
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