#CfP #earlymodern Me llegan noticias de un magnífico congreso sobre redes profesionales y mujeres en el #mercadodellibroáureo, planificado para mayo de 2027 en Edimburgo. ¡Anímense a participar!

Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them www.openculture.com/2026/07/umbe... #Eco #library #books #philoophy #philsky #PhilosophySky

Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them

William Weaver could add an extension onto his Tuscan villa, which he called the 'Eco Chamber.' The Biblioteca Eco, or Eco Library, whose ribbon-cutting earlier this month you can see in the Italian n...

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#PublicationNews #PublicHumanities #WomenPhilosophers #ChildrensLit My latest little philosophy book for young readers is finally out, with beautiful illustrations by Mariez Mousa. Do read and listen to it for free via Booktime – The Reading App. www.booktime.org/en/books/479...

Hypatia of Alexandria

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The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary.

#NuevaPublicación #PrimeraModernidad #HistoriaCultural #LiteraturaComparada #EstudiosTransnacionales Me complace anunciar que, por fin, ha salido mi trabajo sobre modelos, prácticas y género en el Bajo Barroco centrado en la obra de #IsabelCorrea. peterlang.com/document/132...

Peter Lang Verlag - Autoras y promotoras literarias y artísticas en la Edad Moderna

El presente libro contribuye a la configuración de una genealogía de autoras de la Edad Moderna integrantes de un circuito comercial marcadamente ...

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I had such a fun time attending my first @wsguk.bsky.social seminar on Saturday! It was a lovely atmosphere and I enjoyed the brilliant talks by @evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social, Nora Rodríguez-Loro, and Sarah Clarke 📖 #earlymodern

#earlymodern #learnedwomen What a wonderful experience presenting today at the @wsguk.bsky.social seminars! Such a warm and interesting audience! Thoroughly recommended. #Iwillbeback

#talknews #earlymodern #womenscholars Gearing up for my @WSGUK talk at the Foundling Museum this Saturday. Do come along if you can! womensstudiesgroup.org/2026/02/04/u...

Upcoming events in February

Our final in-person seminar is taking place on Saturday 7 February at the Foundling Museum. Esther Villegas de la Torre: Seventeenth-century women scholars: an interdisciplinary, comparative a…

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#LuisaSigea #earlymodern #mujeresletradas #learnedwomen El nuevo número de la Revista de Escritoras Ibéricas incluye un trabajo sobre la gran Luisa Sigea y, más concretamente, sobre su poema #Syntra. Lo pueden consultar aquí: revistas.uned.es/index.php/RE...

#publichumanities #childrenslit #SelmaLagerlöf My adaptation of one of Selma Lagerlöf’s beloved novels in English translation has just been published. Read it for free here: www.booktime.org/en/books/435...

En unas semanas, tendré el placer de participar en las VI Jornadas de Historia de la edición: circuitos y redes del libro en el mundo Atlántico y el Pacífico (Barcelona, 3-5 de diciembre de 2025). #historiadelaedición #circuitosyredes #mundoatlánticoypacífico #mujeresletradas

The decision to suspend MFL departments, in particular, across the UK is absolute madness. #letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered www.bbc.com/news/article...

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham

In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".

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The symposium starts today! #earlymodern #learnedcommmunities

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Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women

Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women

Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library

This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...

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#talks Delighted to be entering my busiest time of the year, with three confirmed talks so far. Here is the third one at @WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...

WSG 2025 – 2026 Calendar of Events

Day/Date/Time EventDetailsSaturday 4 October 2025 13:30 – 16:30 (BST) GMT+ 1In-person seminar Foundling Museum,40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZJulia Hamilton:  Anna of Denmark an…

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#publicationday #childrenslit A new book from my philosophy series for kids, #littlebooksaboutbigthinkers, is out today, this time on #Plato. Do check it out for free via Booktime-The Reading App! booktime.org/en/books/350...

The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May. newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...

The History of Knowledge Conference

Lund University, 8–10 October, 2025 In November 2023, the first ever international History of Knowledge Conference was organized in Porto, bringing together experts from a wide range of historical …

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#cfp I have received some fabulous news about an upcoming conference on the history of publishing, organised by the Universitat de Barcelona. The deadline for paper abstracts is 30 May 2025. Do consider submitting one! #publishinghistory #internationalnetworks

#cfp #internationalpublishingnetworks Me llegan noticias de estas fabulosas jornadas sobre la #historiadelaedición, organizadas por la Universitat de Barcelona. La fecha límite para enviar propuestas es el 30 de mayo. ¡Anímense a participar!

What a fantastic opportunity! 👇Cambridge University Library and University of Leeds. 'The Hidden Gender of Collections: #Women and the #Curation of #Scientific #Heritage'. Start date: 1 October 2025 Application Deadline: 30 April 2025. www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition

PhD Opportunities - Collections Connections Communities

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[Call for Papers] ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London #callforpapers #earlymodernlibrary www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Call for Papers: ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’

This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...

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Maravillosa noticia. ¡Bravo al equipo interdisciplinar de la Universidad de Bergen! #historiaintelectual #contribucionesfemeninas www.muyinteresante.com/historia/muj...

Descubren que más de 110.000 manuscritos medievales fueron copiados por mujeres anónimas: un hallazgo histórico que reescribe su lugar en la historia

Una investigación revela que al menos 110.000 manuscritos medievales fueron copiados por mujeres, arrojando nueva luz sobre su papel en la historia intelectual de Europa.

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C.S. Lewis in 1959. Some advice never gets old. #writingadvice

#publicationday My latest adaptations of world classics are now available for free, along many other children's books, via Booktime.org -- soon to appear also in Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish. Do check out the Booktime reading app! #Heidi #PeterPan #Pinocchio play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Booktime - Apps on Google Play

Read fiction and nonfiction beautifully illustrated books. All completely free!

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[CfP] WHN Annual Conference 2025 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #womenshistory #archives #libraries #museums #personalcollections

WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers

First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference  Online via Zoom    Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…

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#onlineevent International Women's Day 2025 Lecture: Women in Early Modern Medicine [Online] | EGA Institute for Women's Health - UCL – University College London #earlymodern #women #medicaltexts www.ucl.ac.uk/womens-healt...

International Women's Day 2025 Lecture: Women in Early Modern Medicine [Online]

UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health are delighted to host a selection of free events to celebrate International Women's Day 2025

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[CfP] Women’s Scientific Literatures: The Poetry and Poetics of Early Modern Natural Philosophy. Deadline: 3 March 2025. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/... #earlymodern #poetics #femaleauthorship #naturalphilosophy

#callforpapers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference, to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025. sammelband.hypotheses.org/2267

San Daniele 2025 – a call for papers

« In uno volumine » – call for papers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025 After having tackled in our previous meetings the fundamental ques...

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Hot Publishing Take: You can write an A+ book, but unless it gets huge publisher support or gets randomly lucky, it won't be seen as successful. Publisher support is a $ decision you can't impact; luck depends on viral social media/celebrity endorsement. All we can do is keep writing and hope.