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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Aug 4

The article is open access! Sara looks at alchemical metaphors and their vagueness as one marker of alchemists' in-group language use, using a single alchemical work as a case study. #titaraproject #konefoundation #koneensäätiö #bjhsthemes #alchemy @koneensaatio.fi

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Aug 4

New TiTaRa article out! Sara's "Nourishing the alchemical child: metaphors of family life as textual cohesion in the fifteenth-century The Gracious Work" is out in first view in BJHS Themes: doi.org/10.1017/bjt....

Screen cap of the BJHS Themes page with Sara Norja's journal article "Nourishing the alchemical child: metaphors of family life as textual cohesion in the fifteenth-century The Gracious Work".

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Mari-Liisa Varila @mlvarila.bsky.social · Jul 30

We tested our project’s tabletop role-playing game Written in the Stars @ Ropecon. It focuses on alchemists, astrologers and magic practitioners – and their communities – in medieval and early modern England. Launch in Finnish & English in 2026. @koneensaatio.fi @utu.fi @titaraproject.bsky.social

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Jun 16

Muita symposiumin aiheita olivat mm. englannin sanaston historian opettaminen, uudet todisteet eräässä (historiallisessa) sanakirjan plagiointitapauksessa, keskienglannin lakitermistö, sekä Akanin-kielisten nimien ensyklopedian koostaminen.

#titaraproject #konefoundation #koneensäätiö #hellex8

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Jun 16

💐 Tapahtumien kevät/kesä 2025, osa 2 💐

Viime viikolla Ida osallistui kahdeksanteen kansainväliseen History of English Lexicography and Lexicology symposiumiin Tallinnassa. Ida puhui meneillään olevasta muinaisenglannin ja latinan magianharjoittajasanastoa käsittelevästä tutkimuksestaan.

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Jun 16

Other topics of the symposium ranged from teaching the history of English vocabulary and new evidence for a case of dictionary plagiarism to making legal agreements in Middle English and compiling an encyclopedia of Akan personal names.

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Jun 16

💐 Event season of spring/summer 2025, part 2

Ida attended the 8th international symposium on history of English lexicography and lexicology in Tallinn, Estonia, last week. She presented her research on Old English and Latin words for magical practitioners (& what they have to do with each other). +

Closeup photo of the ICEHL conference programme and a notebook on a desk.

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · May 8

While working on TiTaRa, our researchers Mari-Liisa and Sara have also found time to edit a special issue of Renaissance Studies!

Mari-Liisa Varila @mlvarila.bsky.social · May 8

@saranorja.bsky.social and I edited a special issue on Early Modern English Textual Cultures Between Manuscript and Print, and the articles are beginning to appear in early view. I’m going to link to all the excellent contributions, but first, our OA intro: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Introduction: the (im)material spectrum of manuscript and print interaction☆

This introductory essay to the special issue on Early Modern English Textual Cultures Between Manuscript and Print first outlines previous research into different kinds of interaction between manuscr...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · May 28

Konferenssin järjesti EModGral-hanke, jossa TiTaRan Mari-Liisa on myös ollut mukana. Päivät olivat niin täynnä innostavia esitelmiä, että Sara muisti ottaa valokuvia vain konferenssi-illallisella! #titaraproject #koneensäätiö #konefoundation #readingvisualdevices #emodgral

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · May 28

🌸 Tapahtumien kevät/kesä 2025, osa 1 🌸

Viime viikolla Sara puhui alkemististen käsikirjoitusten visuaalisista piirteistä Turussa järjestetyssä Reading Visual Devices in Early Books -konferenssissa.

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · May 28

The days were full of such fascinating presentations that Sara only slowed down enough for photos at the conference dinner! #titaraproject #koneensäätiö #konefoundation #readingvisualdevices #emodgral

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · May 28

🌸 Event season of spring/summer 2025, part 1 🌸

Last week, Sara gave a talk on alchemical manuscripts' visual features at the Reading Visual Devices in Early Books conference, held in Turku. The conference was organised by @emodgral.bsky.social, which TiTaRa's Mari-Liisa is also part of.

Photos of the delicious food at the Reading Visual Devices conference: an avocado starter, risotto, and a coconut pannacotta.

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · May 8

While working on TiTaRa, our researchers Mari-Liisa and Sara have also found time to edit a special issue of Renaissance Studies!

Mari-Liisa Varila @mlvarila.bsky.social · May 8

@saranorja.bsky.social and I edited a special issue on Early Modern English Textual Cultures Between Manuscript and Print, and the articles are beginning to appear in early view. I’m going to link to all the excellent contributions, but first, our OA intro: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Introduction: the (im)material spectrum of manuscript and print interaction☆

This introductory essay to the special issue on Early Modern English Textual Cultures Between Manuscript and Print first outlines previous research into different kinds of interaction between manuscr...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Feb 27

Last week our doctoral researcher Ida visited Cambridge to present a paper at the Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon Norse and Celtic. Her paper dealt with Old English words for witches in contexts of healing and sickness. #titaraproject #konefoundation #koneensäätiö #ccasnc

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Feb 27

Viime viikolla väitöskirjatutkijamme Ida vieraili Cambridgessa ja osallistui Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic -konferenssiin. Ida puhui muinaisenglantilaisesta noita-sanastosta parantamisen ja sairauden yhteyksissä. #titaraproject #konefoundation #koneensäätiö #ccasnc

A photo (by Ida Meerto) of King's College, Cambridge, with a parked line of bicycles in the foreground.

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Dec 12

Harjoittelijamme Salla kirjoitti symposium-kokemuksestaan Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan Hiiskuttua -verkkojulkaisuun!

Lue juttu täältä: sites.utu.fi/hiiskuttua/a...

#titaraproject #konefoundation #koneensäätiö

Avustajana Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla -symposiumissa

Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla (TiTaRa) -hanke järjesti 10.–11.10.2024 Turun yliopistossa Between Science and Magic -konferenssin, jossa kuultiin monialaisesti kiehtovia esityksiä useista kulttuureis...

sites.utu.fi

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Dec 20

✨TiTaRa toivottaa kaikille hyvää talvipäivänseisausta, rauhallista joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta ✨

Kulunut vuosi on ollut ohjelmaa ja työtä täynnä ja on aika rauhoittua hetkeksi. Ensi vuosi onkin projektin viimeinen kokonainen vuosi!

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Dec 20

Exciting things are ahead - creating the RPG will commence in full force, for instance! // Jänniä asioita on luvassa, kun esimerkiksi roolipelin suunnittelu pyörähtää toden teolla käyntiin. +

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Dec 20

✨TiTaRa wishes everyone a lovely winter solstice, merry Yuletide and a happy New Year ✨

The past year has been full of activities & work and it's now time to quiet down for a bit. Next year will be the last full year of the project! +

#titaraproject @koneensaatio.fi

Photograph of Turku Cathedral in the dark. The red-brick cathedral can be seen on the left, its stairs descending to a snowy square where a brightly lit Christmas tree stands. The sky is the calm, dark blue of a winter evening.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Dec 11

I'll be teaching at the California Rare Book School next summer. If you'd like an intro to medieval manuscripts, please consider applying. And if you know anyone who would be interested, please spread the word. www.calrbs.org/introduction...

Introduction to European Medieval Manuscripts (2025) – CalRBS

www.calrbs.org

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Dec 12

Harjoittelijamme Salla kirjoitti symposium-kokemuksestaan Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan Hiiskuttua -verkkojulkaisuun!

Lue juttu täältä: sites.utu.fi/hiiskuttua/a...

#titaraproject #konefoundation #koneensäätiö

Avustajana Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla -symposiumissa

Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla (TiTaRa) -hanke järjesti 10.–11.10.2024 Turun yliopistossa Between Science and Magic -konferenssin, jossa kuultiin monialaisesti kiehtovia esityksiä useista kulttuureis...

sites.utu.fi

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Nov 25

Important dates:
• November 30, 2024: Deadline for abstracts
• December 18, 2024: Authors notified of acceptance
• May 18, 2025: First deadline for full article
• November/December 2025: Issue will be published

#titaraproject #koneensäätiö #konefoundation #cfp #medieval #earlymodern

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Nov 25

There's still time to submit an abstract for the Between Science and Magic special issue! 🔮📚⚗️

Proposals are welcome from all, whether you presented a paper at our symposium or not, and on all topics related to the themes of the special issue (see CfP in photo). Send us your proposals!

CALL FOR PAPERS
Between Science and Magic
A special issue of Mirator

This special issue stems from the Between Science and Magic Symposium, held 10-11 October 2024 at the University of Turku and jointly organized by the project TiTaRa: Between Science and Magic and the Finnish network of magic studies.
The special issue (Mirator 2/25) will explore the themes of the symposium and the TiTaRa project: the practices and worldviews of people operating between science and magic, as well as those engaging in practices of witchcraft and esotericism. The TiTaRa project explores questions of identity through English historical linguistics and book history, and the Between Science and Magic symposium’s papers dealt with a variety of materials and languages using methods ranging from folklore studies to archaeology.
Mirator (https://journal.fi/mirator) is a multilingual, peer reviewed open access journal published by Glossa, the Society for Medieval Studies in Finland. Mirator’s open access policy means that all texts published in the journal are freely available (to read, download, distribute, or link). The journal publishes texts in Finnish, Swedish, and English.
Submissions
We welcome submissions on all topics related to Western esotericism, magic, witchcraft, and early sciences bordering them such as astrology and alchemy. Submissions on the intersections of magic and science are especially welcome. The special issue will focus on the medieval period, but submissions related to the early modern period will be considered as well. While the special issue is related to the Between Science and Magic Symposium, we welcome article proposals by non-participants as well.
Please send a 250-word abstract and a brief biographical statement by 30 November 2024 to idwira@utu.fi. Submitted manuscripts must comply with the journal’s author guidelines (https://journal.fi/mirator/about/submissions) and will be subject to a double-blind peer review.

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TiTaRa @titaraproject.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our postdoc @saranorja.bsky.social spent Hilary Term this year as a Bodleian Visiting Fellow. It was a wonderful opportunity to delve deep into @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social alchemical manuscripts! Our PI @mlvarila.bsky.social has also been a Bodleian Visiting Fellow. Recommended!

Paulina Kewes @paulinakewes.bsky.social · Nov 16

There's still time to apply for a Bodleian Library Fellowship. This year for the first time one of them is in Polish Studies!

www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

Visiting Fellowships at the Bodleian Libraries

www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · Nov 20

Possibly our favourite snow pic from yesterday, showing the Rad Cam. Taken by our very own librarian www.instagram.com/spiralling_oxford.

Please do share any photos you snapped and we'll repost our favourites.

The top of the Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University pictured with a dusting of snow and snowflakes falling in front of the camera.

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