The Sixteenth Century Society's #SCSC2024 conf ends today! Out of space in your suitcase? The University of Delaware Press has you covered—check out our virtual exhibit and peruse our books in #16Cen and #Renaissance studies, and take 30% off+free shipping online w code RRSA24. 📚➡️ : shorturl.at/4h7Mz

This is more information about this ongoing series, "HIstory of Scholarship and the Global Imagination" (organized by Czech Academy of Sciences and @AcadScientiae)

One of the most entertaining handbooks for those who enjoy reading and speaking Latin and Greek is Johann Possel's Familiarium Colloquiorum Libellus (Chat Handbook, 1588), which has been reset and corrected by two American worthies in PDF form. Great fun! antigonejournal.com/wp-content/upl…

My book has its cover! And some very generous blurbs from Noel Malcolm and Thomas Roebuck. Feeling very grateful (and a little abashed).

📢 "Turning Page(s): New Horizons in Book and Library History" is happening soon! What does the future hold for book and library history? To discover it join us on December 6 The Arnamagnæan Institute or online. Attendance is free, but registration is required. #BookHistory #LibraryHistory

My book is now available for pre-order at CUP—where you can also take a look inside: cambridge.org/gb/universityp… This flyer will get you a 20% discount!

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The second volume of our KnowStudents ERC Project "Renaissance Mind" series entitled "The Students and Their Books. Early Modern Practices of Teaching and Learning" (ed. Danilo Facca) is out and in open access! Bon appetit to all university historians! degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

This volume, edited by Sabrina Corbellini, Wim François and Renske Hoff, explores the production, transmission, and reading practices of vernacular Bibles in early modern Europe. tinyurl.com/3ev5sb3x

The #CfP is live!!! #SCSC2025 scsc.confex.com/scsc/2025/cfp.…

Coming this July. cambridge.org/au/universityp…

[FocusOn] Next Research meeting in Besançon in May 📅 May 21-23, 2025 📍 Besançon, France & Online 🔥 The GrECI Research Meeting IV is coming! ✅ Open to all, both in-person and online! 📜 Full program & details are available here : urlr.me/7Pjp38

I’ll be launching my book The Limits of Erudition in Cambridge on 2 May 2025 with Simon Ditchfield. All very much welcome, whether in person or online! For further details see the poster attached and to register for Zoom see below.

I'm very happy to share 4 CFPs for panels I'm co-organizing with 4 spectacular scholars for the 2026 The Renaissance Society of America in SF. These are guaranteed sessions sponsored by the RSA, which I'm organizing in my capacity as disciplinary rep for English lit. Please share & submit! Links below:

After a morning full of rich and thought-provoking discussions, we’re thrilled to welcome Bruce Gordon for today’s keynote lecture: 🏛️ Chrysostom in Reformation England A fascinating journey into the reception of early Christianity in Reformation thought. #ReformationStudies

CFP: Ecosystems of the Mind: Resources for Reconstructing Early Modern Intellectual Life || 21–23 May 2026 || Hamburg, DE Please spread broadly! Feel free to reach out with questions.

📢 #HappeningNow We are delighted to welcome the first speakers to the opening day of our concluding conference “Hellenism in Early Modern Europe” taking place in Nicosia at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. 🎓✨