Job alert! This is a reminder that I'm looking for a team member to work on a book history project 📚 that explores the networks 🕸️ of Protestant book agents in Poland-Lithuania and Prussia! Details: konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl/api/document... (EN version at p. 7). Send an application by 9.03!

📯 A spy who loved books - and a library that vanished. On this International Women’s Day, read our latest blog post by Sara D'Amico (Alicante) about Theodora Minshall, whose fascinating story sits at the intersection of espionage and book history. #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #BookCollecting #Booksky

📜 Explore Ovid’s Heroical Epistles with us - an early modern print whose doodles, torn pages, and pointed dedications reveal how seventeenth-century readers engaged with the poet. Read more in our latest blog post by Brenda Luies (Galway). #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #OldBooks #Ovid #PrintingHistory

Our big #REBPAF meeting in #Zurich with excellent student presentations, input on postdoctoral opportunities, workshops, and an excursion to the wonderful Abbey Library of #St.Gallen has come to an end. A big, big thank you to all speakers and organisers! #MSCA #Bookhistory #Booksky #Oldbooks

Immense thanks to our invited speaker for giving us such a rich overview of life in academic publishing!

Good morning, Zurich! What a pleasure to speak with PhD students and faculty from all over Europe from the @rebpaf.bsky.social doctoral network about academic publishing as career path.

💫 Many thanks to everyone who responded to the CfP for our #REBPAFConference ! We are delighted to have received so many fantastic submissions! The committee will review each proposal and get back to you as soon as possible. It promises to be an exciting event!! #MSCA #BookHistory #Conference

📜🌊 Set sail into a rare Old French 'Navigatio Sancti Brendani' with us! This manuscript tells us about a medieval adventure with a philological twist – come aboard and read about it in our new blog post by Melania Marra (Alicante)! #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Manuscript #ManuscriptStudies #OldBooks

📣 Reminder: CFP Deadline Coming Up! If you’re planning to apply for our #REBPAFConference, the deadline is December 15! Don’t miss your chance to be part of this exciting conversation on early book studies! Spread the word! 📚 Follow link for details. #REBPAF #MSCA #bookhistory #printinghistory

📚 Step into a living city of books with us & find out more about the story of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the history of the book mingles with its future! Read all about it in our new blog post by @melissabastian.bsky.social ! #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #BookFair #FBM25 #ResearchImpactEU #H2021

Very much looking forward to the Irish Renaissance Seminar here in Galway this Saturday, featuring a keynote by @fredschurink.bsky.social, a panel by our @rebpaf.bsky.social friends, and a surprise visit from @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social. cc: @stemma.bsky.social, @uniofgalway.bsky.social

Do you research early #bookhistory? Come to our #REBPAFConference : 23-25 June 2026, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin! 📚 Key details: • Deadline: 15 Dec 2025 [Abstract (max 300 words) + short CV] • Themes: Selection,Value,Accessibility & Survival in book culture Follow the link for more info! #REBPAF

📯 Should you be in Zurich today, you have to listen to Luca Hollenborgs lecture about "Gardens and Metaphors.Nature in Early Middle Latin Poetry" with Alexander Häberlin! It is part of the ongoing lecture series "Natürlich Mittelalter", don't miss it! 🌿🌼 (Link for Info!) #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory

Singing for the sick? 🎶 Our latest post by @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social (Antwerp) dives into a fascinating Graduale Romanorum - the largest 15th c music print?! Discover this beautifully made book & find out how the plague influenced its contents & appearance! 🐀 #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing

Interested in #saints? 💫 Friday (31 Oct) Melania Marra (Alicante) will talk about “The Life of St Margaret in an Occitan Translation of the Legenda Aurea and its Relation with the Catalan Tradition” as part of a seminar by @ua.es & IIVF. Come by if you’re in the area! #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory

✨ We’re excited to share that part of our team will be at the #fbm25 ! 📚 If you’re curious about #REBPAF, want to know more about what we do, or simply want to connect - feel free to reach out to arrange a meet up! See you in Frankfurt! #MSCA #FrankfurtBookFair #Networking #Publishing #BookHistory

Did you know #REBPAF also has a very active Instagram? 📸✨ Follow @rebpaf.network for more visuals, updates & fun, interesting videos! 📚📽 #MSCA #BookHistory #ResearchImpactEU #PrintingHistory #ManuscriptHistory #Booksky

"Can I call you back? I'm stuck in an O at the moment." St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 711; Abbreviatio Decreti "Quoniam egestas"; second half of the 12th century; p.18 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

Although #REBPAF focuses primarily on handwritten & printed books, it’s always worthwhile to look beyond one's own horizon - you never know what connections you might find! On a research trip to monasteries in Northern Germany, we found many vehicles of knowledge beyond the book! #MSCA #BookHistory

📜 #REBPAF members @kaiyankele.bsky.social & Alena Minko (Bristol) were in Exeter for the first workshop of the GW4 project 'Medieval Studies Mobilising Digital Humanities', learning more about manuscripts and biocodicology! Details: gw4.ac.uk/community/me... #MSCA #BookHistory #DigitalHumanities

📯🌿Today marks the start of 'Natürlich Mittelalter!',a new interdisciplinary lecture series organised by Prof.Dr. David Ganz & #REBPAF ’s Luca Hollenborg (Zurich),exploring the role of nature in the Middle Ages! #MSCA #MedievalLiterature #Nature #BookHistory Discover more: www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv...

🐉⚔ Rude and imperfect - or Tudor treasure? @kaiyankele.bsky.social (Bristol) dives into Douce 261: a 16th-century handwritten remix of printed chivalric romances, with bold, woodcut-style images. 📖 Read the full story about knights and unimpressed librarians on the #REBPAF blog! #MSCA #BookHistory

📘The September issue of PBSA is here! Members and subscribers keep an eye on your mailbox 📬 and don't forget you can access the electronic edition right now! All BSA members get PBSA for free - Link in Bio to join today or login to access the digital edition. https://bit.ly/bsa-membership-benefits

📯Read #REBPAF Sara D'Amico's (Alicante) article for #PBSA (@bibsocamer.bsky.social), spotlighting the work of Sarah de Laredo - cataloguer, translator, & researcher - whose significant contributions have been largely overlooked until now. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #MSCA #BookHistory

✉️ We're back from our summer break with a new blogpost by Rosenn Nicolas (Galway),exploring a letter to Christopher Plantin that shows how 16th-century European book production depended on networks of publishers,printers, & intermediaries,shaped by commerce and censorship. #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory

📚 All basic information about our #REBPAFConference in Dublin next year can now also be found on our blog, where future updates will be posted as well. ✨️ Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm so far — we really appreciate it! 📖✨️ #REBPAF #MSCA #CfP #BookHistory

‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️ We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚 #REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory [See images for details & how to apply.]

CFP: The Mobility of People, Ideas and Objects between the German-speaking Lands and the World beyond Europe https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-156453 Wolfenbüttel, 20.05.2026-22.05.2026, Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär (FNI) and Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (HAB); Organizers: …

Two exceptional manuscripts from the collection of Museum Plantin-Moretus are officially recognized as Flemish Masterpieces! These rare and irreplaceable works now receive special protection from the Flemish government. 🎉 /1 #earlymodern #rarebooks #medievalmanuscript #bookhistory 💙📚📜

📯🪧 Have a look at #REBPAFs @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social (Antwerp) showing off her amazing poster, offering insight into her research about "Modelling Book Auctions" at the annual @adho-org.bsky.social / @dh2025lisbon.bsky.social conference in Lisbon! 📊📚📈 #DH2025 #MSCA #DigitalHumanities #Printing

😱‼️ A real Gutenberg, can you believe it?! Have a look at this great new blog post by Nicky Voorneveld (Antwerp)! #REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing #Gutenberg #ResearchImpactEU

✒️🗡 Thank you, @imc-leeds.bsky.social! See you again next year! ✨️🎉 #REBPAF #MSCA #IMC2025 #BookHistory #Printing

📯 Don’t miss our double feature @imc-leeds.bsky.social either: Kaila Yankelevich (Bristol) & Marika Fox (Antwerp) will talk about books at the turning point from manuscript to print & the way early books are valued today! 🔹️9 July, 4:30 PM, Maurice Keyworth Building: 1.03🔹️ #MSCA #IMC2025 #BookHistory

📯📚 Tomorrow @imc-leeds.bsky.social, Sara D'Amico (Alicante) will speak about the versatility of booksellers' catalogues - don't miss it if you're interested in early books!! 🔸️ 2:15 PM, Maurice Keyworth Building: 1.03 🔸️ #REBPAF #MSCA #IMC2025 #BookHistory #BookCollecting #Printing #EarlyBooks

📢📚 Say hi to the great people of our Industry Partner @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! And if you're lucky, you might get to see our very own Brenda Luies (Galway) at their book fair stand, too! 📕 #REBPAF #MSCA #IMC2025 #BookFair #Medievalsky

📯 Of course, we're also @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Tomorrow at 7PM, Kaila Yankelevich (Bristol) joins the Medieval Animal Data Network (MAD) Roundtable on 'Wolves'. Drop by and learn new facts to impress your friends! 🐺📜 #REBPAF #MSCA #IMC2025 #BookHistory #ResearchImpactEU #Wolves

📯 See you tomorrow afternoon @srsrensoc.bsky.social! #REBPAF #MSCA #RenSoc25 #BookHistory #ResearchImpactEU

💼📚 We're excited to be joining you next week! Keep an eye out for a bunch of eager old book enthusiasts headed your way! #RenSoc25 #EarlyModern #BookHistory #REBPAF #MSCA

📯 Next week, Prof.Dr.em. Ursula Rautenberg, a member of our #REBPAF Scientific Consultative Board, will explore book-giving as a social practice—reflected in gift inscriptions—and its material and cultural significance at the University of Vienna. Drop by if you’re interested in #BookHistory! #MSCA

📜🔍On the hunt for the origins of a printed text,a visit to the Bristol Common Press helped Laurie Hoeben (Zurich) understand a mysterious character found in several books published by Antoine Vérard.💡Read about this fun hands-on #REBPAF adventure in our latest blog post! #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing

📯 Next week (June 4-5), our very own Laurie Hoeben (Zurich) will be presenting at the 🔹️Journées Arthuriennes 2025🔹️in Zurich! For the programme & more information (including how to follow the event online), see: ias-sia-iag.org #REBPAF #MSCA #InternationalArthurianSociety #IAS

✒️📜 Just scribbles in the margins or useful insights into early modern university teaching? In our new blog post, Luca Hollenborg (Zurich) explores student-annotated lecture prints & what they can tell us about the relationship between handwritten notes & the printed word in academia. 📝 #MSCA #REBPAF

🗓 What if you lived in the early modern period without apps or digital calendars but still needed to track important dates, the weather, and celestial events? You’d rely on an almanac! 🕰☁️🪐 Discover Ireland’s first printed copy from 1612 in our latest blog post by Ian Wong (Galway)!

🚀 REBPAF is now on Instagram! Follow us 👉 @rebpaf.network for: • 🎥 Exclusive videos • 📸 Day-in-the-life snaps of the team • 📄 Quick tips & updates on our latest projects • 📚 And so much more! 🔗 Dive in and say hi!

Last week five of our students participated in the Centre for Medieval Studies Postgraduate Conference (@bristolcmspgr.bsky.social) at the University of Bristol, with a roundtable titled "The Afterlives of Books". Stay tuned for more Bristol adventures! @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social

Our REBPAFers touring the Museum Plantin-Moretus & learning about Antwerp’s rich history and heritage of print #MSCA #REBPAF

During the 1st day of our Antwerp meeting yesterday, 7 of our PhD researchers participated in a roundtable talking about their experiences with their industry secondments. A fantastic start to the week!

The fearless Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, Baroness Craven (1750–1828) takes centre stage in this month's Book of the Month blog post by Sara D'Amico (Alicante), featuring an unpublished manuscript and the Knights of the Round Table: rebpaf.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/t...

We are currently recruiting for a full-time doctoral researcher (fixed-term), to be based at the University of Bristol! This MSCA-funded position, working towards a PhD, is for applicants currently based outside the UK. More details here: uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c...

Sara D'Amico (Alicante) brings our blog series to a magical close for 2024 with a profile of a book collector whose avid bibliophilia was overshadowed by his vastly more illustrious and public achievements as a stage magician – Harry Houdini: rebpaf.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/b...