The European Society for Textual Scholarship

Membership ESTS membership is for one year and begins on January 1st, ending on December 31st. When payment of membership is received you will be counted as a Member in Good Standing.  Membership in the …

The ESTS annual membership begins on the 1st of January (ending on the 31st of December). Please do not forget to renew your membership by transferring the 2026 fee to the Society’s bank account. For further information, please refer to the webpage: textualscholarship.eu/membership/

19 | 2025 Authors and Their Drafts in Context The theme of our current issue,“Authors and their Drafts in Context”, combines elements of the themes of two conferences that are featured in the current issue: ESTS 2023 ("Authorship, Identity, a...

The ESTS is happy to announce a new issue of Variants, the peer-reviewed journal of The European Society for Textual Scholarship, published in Open Access at
journals.openedition.org/variants/1880
The theme of Variants 19 is “Authors and their Drafts in Context”.

The deadline for submitting a proposal to the 2026 ESTS annual conference in Lublin (Poland) has been extended until 20 December 2025. This year's theme is Edition and Interpretation:
ests2026.arfi.kul.pl/call-for-pap...
We look forward to reading your submissions!
#CfP #ESTS

The submission deadline for our ESTS 2026 conference (28-30 May in Lublin, Poland) is 30 November 2025!
This year’s theme is Edition and Interpretation. Please visit the conference’s website for more information:

ests2026.arfi.kul.pl/call-for-pap...

#ESTS2026 #CFP #ESTS

The deadline to submit an abstract for our upcoming ESTS 2026 conference (28-30 May, Lublin, Poland) is quickly approaching!
This year’s theme is Edition and Interpretation. Please visit the conference’s official website for more information: ests2026.arfi.kul.pl

Call for Papers: ESTS 2026

EDITION AND INTERPRETATION

(John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, 28-30 May 2026)
Pre-Conference Workshop: 27 May 2026

For more details, including how to submit, visit the conference website.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 November 2025.

Guest post: Nerea Fernández, “Anonymous scripts" - People and Writing El proyecto People and Writing, Universidad de Salamanca, explora al ciudadano a través de la escritura en la Edad Media. ERC StG Research Project 2020-2025

🖋️ Who wrote the past when names were left out?
Discover how anonymous scripts can still speak volumes in this thought-provoking guest post by @nereavsk.bsky.social on People and Writing.
🔍 #Palaeography #MedievalStudies #Manuscripts
👉 peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/guest-pos...

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection UCLDH is delighted to welcome Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, to give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as the centre celebrates its 15th anniversary.

We're delighted to welcome former UCLDH Director Prof Julianne Nyhan to give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as we celebrate our 15th anniversary!

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection
22 May 6pm UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

The beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) datb.cerl.org/estc/ is online. More changes to come over time

Just the Type: Analysing Character Typology in Roman Comedy with RomDraCor This video features the presentation "Just the Type: Analysing Character Typology in Roman Comedy with RomDraCor" by Julia Jennifer Beine (coauthors Frank Fi...

How can one analyse character types of Roman comedy digitally? @umblaetterer.bsky.social , @viktor.im , and I presented an approach to this question at the #DH2024. You may now find our talk on YouTube:
youtu.be/VmoEVHIRHIw?...

#DH #CLS ##ClassicsBluesky #LitWiss #DigitalClassics

Bylaws The Society’s bylaws contain the rules and regulations within which the ESTS operates, including information on the way its Members, Board, and Officers are composed and what their rights and…

European Society for Textual Scholarship Bylaws News: The current revised version of the Bylaws was approved by the ESTS Board on 28 April 2025 and ratified by the ESTS Membership during the 2025 General Members' Meeting. Please refer to our Bylaws page: textualscholarship.eu/bylaws/

The 2025 ESTS conference is heading to Tours (France) from the 28th to the 30th of April. The final programme is available at: cesr-ests2025.sciencesconf.org/program/deta...

The Provisional Programme includes a TEI Publisher workshop, open to all registered attendees (but limited to 24 participants): cesr-ests2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...

We are pleased to announce that the official registration for the ESTS 2025 conference (Tours, 28-30 April 2025) is now open and can be completed directly on the conference website: cesr-ests2025.sciencesconf.org/registration...