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What is the difference between a journal and a gazette? And what is a hornbook? The new online Glossary of Early Modern Popular Print Genres offers answers.

Nearly one hundred historians from across Europe contributed to this book that aims to diversify the study of modern European history.

Anna-Luna Post received the Van Woudenberg Dissertation Prize from the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome for her PhD thesis ‘Claiming Fame for Galileo’.

On 8 July the (open access) book Printing Spinoza, written by Jeroen van de Ven, will be launched.

This publication, edited by Koen Scholten, Dirk van Miert and others, sheds new light on the formation of early modern scientific communities.

The UCEMS Annual Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Alec Ryrie (Durham University), on 28 June 2022 in the Academiegebouw in Utrecht (on-site or hybrid).

In 2022 vindt de publieksdag rondom het thema De vroegmoderne brief ontvouwd plaats op vrijdag 13 mei, van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur in het Utrechts Archief.

Robeyns will develop a framework to analyse visions for the future, Weststeijn will introduce a global perspective on Dutch seventeenth-century art.

Els Stronks shows that young people at the time were challenged to observe their own use of language as an object of study, developing new knowledge about language.

Geerdink will conduct a two-month study of 17th-century booksellers privileges requested by authors, Van Leerdam will study 16th-century printed 'calendars of shepherds' in four languages.