Nina Lamal

Love the title of chapter 1 😍

Perhaps it is Oerle, a village currently in Northern Brabant? In this region the last name Orle was not uncommon (based on archival records 15th and 16th century).

First post of the new academic year and it's a good one: JOBS! There are THREE fixed-term research jobs in @kingshistory.bsky.social attached to my colleague Francisco Bethencourt's new ERC project on the Visual and Material Culture of New Christians. Please circulate!

#EarlyModern 🗃️

📢 CfP | Rethinking Sacred Images as the “Book of the Illiterate”: An Early Modern, Global & Auditory Perspective
📍 Academia Belgica, Rome | 🗓️ 4–5 June 2026
⏰ Deadline: Sept 30, 2025
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#Earlymodern

Autumn Seminar Series @LUCK LUCK’s Seminar Series, Autumn 2025 8 October, 09.15–10.15 (LUX Nedre Aulan) An Early Information Society: Paris under the Ancien Régime* Robert Darnton (Harvard) 9 October, 13.00–14.00 (LUX Nedre A…

Great lineup in this seminar series hosted at LUCK:

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#skystorians #earlymodern #mediahistory #bookhistory

Welkom bij de club!

Fair point

I am in awe of his very long but well-maintained beard, almost Moses-like

Being used to Italian archives, I am so deligthed I can see more than three pieces a day, such a treat!

I can see why, they are also incredibly friendly!

After many years, I finally made it to Simancas #archivalheaven

TextDiving in Valladolid (birthplace of Philip II). Great scholarly conversations, as well as Jesuits and their early modern books!

In true early modern style, thanks to cross-channel mobility and a smuggling operation in Leuven, I am now the proud owner of this badge. 👏🙏 to @onslies.bsky.social

If you can wait until 16 September, I managed to get a slot then!

Sigh ... 🫣 we need different types (and amounts) of funding AND NOT more concentration of research money!

Conference: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade | Museum Plantin-Moretus The aim of this two-day conference is to share knowledge of women’s rich and varied lives and works in the period before the rapid industrialisation of book production which changed the face of home l...

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Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade.

Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade

#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜

Neen, gelukkig niet, wel verbrande koffie

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How is your monday going? I just tried to make coffee without adding water

Is that even possible? 🧐

Looking forward to reading it!

Love this! I have some examples, not in death registers, but lists of sailors (also Venetian), and have been looking for other examples. Have you written on this topic?

Detail of a woodcut integrated in a typeset text to display visual damage on a funeral stone.

Detail of a woodcut integrated in a typeset text to display visual damage on a funeral stone.

Detail of a woodcut integrated in a typeset text to display visual damage on a funeral stone.

Engraved title page with typeset text in the middle. The engraving displays allegorical depictions and a historican scene at the bottom. The typeset text includes the title and the imprint.

Ingenious use of woodcuts that overlap typeset text in this 1588 edition, visually reproducing old inscriptions found on funerary stones, altars & Capitoline Tables, carefully rendering letters but also the erosion, fractures & surface damage of their material supports.

#rarebooks #bookhistory

And can you also tell?

BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC NEW SERIES Book History for the Future SERIES EDITORS: Lisa Gitelman, New York University, USA Tom Mole, Durham University, UK Sarah Werner, Independent Researcher, USA Book History for the Future aims to define the cutting edge for a new generation of book historians, as book history enters a new chapter of its evolution. Books sit at a densely trafficked intersection of social relations, status negotiations, emotional investments, material possibilities, desires, aspirations, and dreams. They require an intellectual approach grounded in attention to physical artefacts and material conditions while also engaged in theoretical reflection, attentive to historical contexts while attuned to contemporary resonances. This series publishes books that eschew academic parochialism in favour of adventurous engagements with new theoretical developments, innovative methodologies, digital tools, and global contexts.

Exciting news, Bluesky! I’m editing a new book series for Bloomsbury with Tom Mole and Lisa Gitelman: Book History for the Future! Do you focus on material textual artifacts and innovative methodologies? We’re actively soliciting proposals, so give us a shout! www.bloomsbury.com/media/cecjzl...

Congratulations!

Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. Martial identities, values and motivations. Notions of gender, race, class and religion. Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. Maritime violence and naval warfare. The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.

We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️

After looking at some beautiful books in the newly opened museum of the Royal library in Brussels, we also enjoyed some beautiful pastries, post-conference #bookhistory

Next Thomas Wallnig introducing @pcpsce.bsky.social and the aim to experiment with bibliographical datasets for Central-Europe

Next very own @cerl-community.bsky.social Marian Lefferts on the need for comprehensive documentation for the different national databases #bibliography #bookhistory

Next is series of short presentations. Renaud Adam explains how archives (council of Troubles as a case) can help as sources for bibliographies #yayarchives