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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · 1d

@costprogramme.bsky.social @costacademy.bsky.social #skystorians #earlymodern #printculture #16h #17th

COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · 1d

Women’s Voices in #PCPSce – earlier this year we launched a survey for all #women members of our #COSTAction. We gathered input on how they perceive their fields, experience their professional trajectories, and envision academic life for the next generation. Read more: www.pcps-ce.eu/womens-voice...

Women’s Voices In PCPSce — PCPS CE

In March 2025, to mark Women’s History Month, the Science Communication Team of the COST Action Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe (1500–1800)

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 23d

Brown University - Early Modern European History:

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Brown University - Early Modern European History | MEMOs

Brown University (Rhode Island, USA)

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Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social · Aug 26

Loudly tooting this CFP, please retweet:
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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us for this semester's seminars on #earlymodern history, hosted by the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento! With Louise Bonvalet, Robert Kendrick, Antonio Chemotti, Umberto Cecchinato, Laura Righi, @amandamadden.bsky.social, and @massimorospocher.bsky.social #skystorians

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Aug 25

🔎 Find out what happened during our Young Researcher and Innovators' Summer School in Cluj-Napoca earlier this summer! 🏰

🕶️ Watch our slide show and read the report written by YRIs Livia-Ioana Potop & Ștefania-Maria Ghisa here:
www.pcps-ce.eu/conference-r...

Report On Young Researcher And Innovators’ Summer School In Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 21–25 July 2025 — PCPS CE

“Turning a New Leaf. Unexplored Central-European Bookscapes (1500–1800)”

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Aug 21

👋 Calling all PCPSce COST Action members and print culture historians! 👋

Agents of Censorship and the Circulation of Printed Material in Central Europe (1500–1800)
International Conference | University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” | 19–20 May 2026

CfPs:
www.pcps-ce.eu/events/sprin...

Spring Conference "Agents Of Censorship And The Circulation Of Printed Material In Central Europe (1500–1800)" (Sofia In May 2026): Call For Papers | Deadline: 15 November 2025 — PCPS CE

International Conference | University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” | 19–20 May 2026

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢CFP📢 AI and Artworks, Vienna, April 16–17, 2026
The workshop “AI and Artworks: Object Detection, Image Classification and Iconographic Analysis” will explore how AI is transforming the study of drawn, painted, and printed works.
Click here to find out more:
www.pcps-ce.eu/cfp-ai-and-a...

CFP: AI And Artworks, Vienna, April 16–17, 2026 — PCPS CE

The workshop “AI and Artworks: Object Detection, Image Classification and Iconographic Analysis” will explore how AI is transforming the study of

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Jul 23

We've had a brilliant start to our PCPSce YRI Summer School in the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania! Our first day consisted of some fascinating talks by experts in book history, presentations of ongoing research projects and a delightful welcome reception at Babes-Bolyai University.

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Jul 21

📢Reminder: submit your dataset for the Vienna Hackathon, organised by #COSTAction #PCPSce! Deadline CFA: 31 July. This 3-day event will be held 10-12 December, exploring new ways of working with historical datasets. Info: www.pcps-ce.eu/reminder-sub...
#PrintCulture @costprogramme.bsky.social

Reminder: Submit Your Dataset For The Vienna Hackathon By 31 July! — PCPS CE

The deadline is fast approaching: 31 July 2025 is your last chance to submit a proposal for the PCPSce Vienna Hackathon, taking place from 10 to 12 December

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Jul 14

Want to learn more about how to apply for a Short-Term Scientific Mission? www.pcps-ce.eu/grants/ @costprogramme.bsky.social

Grants & Opportunities: Take Your Research Further! — PCPS CE

Grant Information Session: April 11, 2025 from 9:30 to 11:00 am (CEST) Missed it: Take a look at the Zoom Recording!

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Jul 14

@ponderado.bsky.social carried out a STSM to Poland in the framework of our #COSTACtion #PCPSce. In this blog post, he describes how his visit to key institutions in Kraków, Warsaw, and Poznań helped him explore how print shaped Shakespeare’s early reception in Poland. www.pcps-ce.eu/yri-blog-sha...

YRI Blog - Shakespeare In Print As Cultural Resistance: An STSM In Poland — PCPS CE

Dr. Önder Çakırtaş, Associate Professor, Bingöl University

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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · Jun 30

Posting again for Monday morning. Lecturer (fixed term) in Medieval & Early Modern Literature sought here in the School of Lit, Drama & Creative Writing at UEA. Email me (address in ad) with any queries. Please share widely. #skystorians #medievalsky #earlymodern

Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · Jun 27

If you would like to come & be me for a year (in terms of employment) then we are advertising for a Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature. Email me with any queries (address in ad). I assure you there are v few places as Med/Emod as Norwich. Pls share!

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Jun 27

In recognition of International Pride Month, we have chosen to highlight the rarely glimpsed but no less significant presence of LGBTQ+ people in early modern print culture. Visit our website to find out about the extraordinary life of Catharina Margaretha Linck:
💙 🩷 🤍
www.pcps-ce.eu/pride-month-...

Pride Month - LGBTQ+ People In Print Culture — PCPS CE

The "Umständliche und Wahrhaffte Beschreibung einer Land- und Leute-Betrügerin": Confessional Polemic and Gender Transgression in Early Eighteenth-Century

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Stefano Dall'Aglio @sdallaglio.bsky.social · Jun 24

Tomorrow and on Thursday I'll be at Ca' Foscari University, overlooking the #GrandCanal, for the final event of our MUR-funded project: an international conference on Italian people and books in 16th-cent. France.
Only in person, free access
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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Jun 6

🌐Vienna Hackathon - Call for Contributions (Book history)

🖥️No coding skills required — just a dataset and curiosity!

Deadline for Submissions: 31 July 2025
Location: Vienna (costs covered)
Date: 10–12 December 2025
www.pcps-ce.eu/events/vienn...

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you for your interest! Applicants affiliated with our COST Action are especially encouraged, but
a limited number of external participants might also be accepted. We hope that answers your question!

COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · May 1

📢 Call for Applications 📢
Summer School for Young Researchers and Innovators:
🍂Turning a New Leaf: Unexplored Central-European Bookscapes (1500-1800) 📖
Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 21-25th July
Applications are due by May 23, 2025
Click here: www.pcps-ce.eu/yri-blog-clu...

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Apr 30

The first newsletter of our #COSTAction #PCPSce is out now! Follow us for more updates on early modern #PrintCulture and public spheres in Central Europe, and consider becoming a member.
@costprogramme.bsky.social #skystorians
www.pcps-ce.eu/pcpsce-newsl...

PCPSce Newsletter – Issue #1 | April 2025 – PCPS CE

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Apr 14

🎉 We are thrilled to announce that our official website for #PCPSce is up and running! Here you can find our latest news, events and how to become a member of our #COSTAction 📖 👥:
www.pcps-ce.eu

#printculture #publicspheres #history #centraleurope #earlymodernperiod

PCPS CE – Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe (1500–1800)

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Mar 25

Fruitful and inspiring discussions during the Working Group meetings of our #COSTAction #PCPSce in Prague last month. From larger meetings to smaller brainstorming sessions, there was lots of exchange that will undoubtedly lead to great research results! #PrintCulture @costprogramme.bsky.social

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Early Modern Low Countries (EMLC) @emlcjournal.bsky.social · Jan 9

Why would printers from Rome, Frankfurt an der Oder, Dillingen or Pont à Mousson request a printing privilege in the 17th c. Habsburg Netherlands or the Dutch Republic?
@ninalamal.bsky.social explores the phenomenon of cross-border requests #Earlymodern #bookhistory
doi.org/10.51750/eml...

Titlepage of Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, seu, Plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia (Romae, Ex typographeio Vitalis Mascardi, MDCXXXXXI [1651])

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Mar 18

We are proud to present our #COSTAction at the 1st Central European History Convention, 17-19 July 2025, Vienna! ceh-c.univie.ac.at/news/

Lucy Císař Brown, Mona Garloff, and Martin Holý will host a workshop on our Action, fostering exchange among historians of Central Europe.

#PCPSce #PrintCulture

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Mar 11

The 2nd day of the General Meeting of our #COSTAction #CA23137 featured keynote lectures by Matthew Grenby, on children’s educational print; @massimorospocher.bsky.social, on the intermediality of public space; and Claire Madl and Michael Wögerbauer, on geographies of the book in Central Europe.

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · Mar 10

A belated Happy International Women's Day! The title page of this Breviary from 1543 names Thielman Kerver as the printer but he died 20 years before & his wife Yolande Bonhomme had taken over. She was a very prominent Parisian printer & bookseller printing well over 100 religious & secular works

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