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SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · 12d
📣 SHARP News needs a new Editor in Chief. Could it be you?

Applications due November 14 2025.

Details: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

#BookHistory #Editor
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Editor in Chief – SHARP News
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What a great find! As a paleographer, I can't help but observe that if this were French I would have dated the not-yet-Gothic script to the mid-12th century. In Norway, the transition from Romanesque to Gothic happens later, hence the tentative 13th-c. date. www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book
The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.
www.sciencenorway.no
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hi DH friends, join us on Nov 10, 10-11 am CT, for “New Book History Research with Internet Data”, a hybrid panel sponsored by SHAR, to explore challenges and opportunities of using Internet data and digital methods for book history research. More info in the poster attached and comments :)
This is a panel on “Book History with Internet Data”, with 8 panelists from different IMLS/iSchools, funded by SHARP. Over the past two decades, a variety of internet-based datasets have emerged related to books, reading habits, and reader communities—ranging from crowd-sourced genre tags and online reviews to platforms like BookTok. These datasets are increasingly valuable for research in reading and readership, often complementing traditional book history approaches. However, they also raise new questions and challenges. To explore these opportunities and foster interdisciplinary collaboration, this panel will bring together eight panelists from diverse fields to discuss questions, such as: How can we critically understand the relationship between Internet-based “book” data and traditional research materials? What are the methodological challenges and potential pitfalls of using digital data in book history research? How can interdisciplinary approaches enrich the analysis of Internet book and reader datasets? Here are our amazing panelists: - Micah Bateman, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, The University of Iowa - Melanie Walsh, Assistant Professor, an Assistant Professor in the Information School and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the English Department, University of Washington - Wenyi Shang, Assistant Professor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri - Cici Ling, Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington - Kai Li, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Andrew Zalot, Assistant Professor, College of Education, East Carolina University - Alex Wingate, PhD Candidate, Department of Information and Library Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Cataloging a book in signatures, mostly unopened, untrimmed, and unbound. As one does. 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks
A top down view of my desk, with a brown leather desk pad on top of which is an open notebook with my bibliographical description, a notepad with notes. And an unbound 19th century French book.
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The final conference reports from SHARP 2025 in Rochester are up!

Hear from:

Malcolm Noble sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

AND

Mykhailo Tupytsia
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#SHARP2025 #BookHistory #Libraries #Bibliography
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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melusinagr.bsky.social
African #bookhistory in the archives
rhaplord.bsky.social Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 15d
“The rich archival collections of Ajami literature refute the pervasive myth of Africa’s supposed illiteracy that is perpetuated by the overemphasis on African oral traditions in academia and the privileging of external sources over local chronicles.”

www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/theajami-s...
TheʿAjamī script of Africa and the Sorabé manuscripts of Madagascar.
The most widely used writing system in pre-colonial Africa was the ʿAjamī script.
www.africanhistoryextra.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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📣 SHARP News needs a new Editor in Chief. Could it be you?

Applications due November 14 2025.

Details: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

#BookHistory #Editor
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Editor in Chief – SHARP News
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October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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@sharpnews.bsky.social is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief!!! Applications are due on November 14th. Get in touch if you have any questions!
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Editor-in-Chief
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October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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CFP: 18th International Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, & Culture
1–4 July, @bristoluni.bsky.social

Deadline: 14 Nov 2025. See link for details 👇
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Call for Papers 18th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, and Culture (ICMRSLLC) University of Bristol, 1-4 July 2026 We are delighted to invite papers for the 18th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, and Culture (ICMRSLLC), first established in 1975. We welcome proposals for papers that discuss any aspects of medieval and renaissance Scottish language, literature, and culture, and papers that reflect on these fields from different time periods, languages, and places. Keynote speakers: Roderick Lyall (Emeritus Professor of Literatures in English, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Anna Groundwater (Principal Curator, National Museums Scotland) Steven Reid (Professor of Early Modern Scottish History and Culture, University of Glasgow) You may submit either an individual paper proposal (in which case the organisers will compile proposals into panels); or a complete panel of 3 papers at 20 minutes each. The conference also welcomes alternative panel formats (e.g. roundtables, flash panels, work in progress sessions), but these will need to managed by the proposer and proposed in full, with details of all participants. Individual papers: 20 minutes Panel sessions (typically featuring 3 papers with time for questions, or in alternative formats): 90 minutes.
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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draperel.bsky.social
This looks v interesting 👀 on #Reading and #Wellbeing ☀️@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social research project. With @profsarahmcg.bsky.social and David Robinson ⬇️⬇️
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Published today! Facsimile: Making, Likeness, and Medieval Manuscripts, by Siân Echard.

Siân is not on here to promote it, but I will! #medievalsky #manuscripts #bookhistory

www.pennpress.org/978151282705...
Facsimile – Penn Press
An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscriptsFacsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies of objects, and medieval manuscripts h...
www.pennpress.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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marielsj.bsky.social
Another #BookHistory #PeriodicalStudies CFP: this time for #RSVP2026!

🗓️ Applications Due November 1
rs4vp.org Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · Sep 1
✨ It's official! We're now accepting proposals for #RSVP2026, "Movements and Migrations"! We invite scholars to examine the relationship between periodicals, migrations, and movements for our 2026 conference in Dublin. Full CFP and more details on our main website.
RSVP Annual Conference – RSVP
The nineteenth century was marked by unprecedented migration, as people moved to urban centers; were forcibly or semi-forcibly relocated; and emigrated to escape war, famine, economic instability, or…
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October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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markalanmattes.bsky.social
Pretty stoked about this collaboration with my colleague Megan! filsonhistorical.org/event/printi...

And thanks to @filsonhistorical.bsky.social for supporting!

#NAIS #bookhistory #letterpress #Indigenous #NativeAmerica #printmaking
Printing Indigenous Community - The Filson Historical Society
Print has long been a tool of both colonial control and Indigenous resistance. Join us at the Filson as we bring together artists and scholars to explore the power of print in Native American communit...
filsonhistorical.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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jdsargan.bsky.social
Your challenge for this weekend is to put in an abstract for Queer Bibliography 2026. It's what all the cool kids are doing.

The theme is Space, Place, Community (widely understood, certainly not limited to the South). CFP: shorturl.at/XAVJ0; Submit: forms.gle/XD7FgrrStp3j...

Athens GA and online
Poster reads: March 12–14, 2026; Queer Bibliography in the South: Space, Place, Community; University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
October 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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jdsargan.bsky.social
I'm giving several talks about the books in the next couple of months, if you want to hear more (before you buy?). The first, linked below, is online via. UPenn @sims-mss.bsky.social on October 17th at 12 midday EDT.
Trans Studies as Book Historical Method
J. D. Sargan considers generative modes of reading through the premodern archive to seek out trans lives beyond the ephemeral glimpses that have gone unnoticed in the historical record.
www.library.upenn.edu
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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jdsargan.bsky.social
It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press
Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...
www.arc-humanities.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
sharpnews.bsky.social
📰 Happy Friday! Don't have plans for the weekend? Why not spend some time checking out our new look?!

That's right - the SHARP News website has gone through some exciting changes.

👉 sharpweb.org/sharpnews/
SHARP News – An open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Last day to apply!

#BookHistory #Bibliography
sharpnews.bsky.social SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · Sep 28
⚠️⌛ Deadline fast approaching!

Don't forget to apply to be the next SHARP News Bibliographer!

👉 DEADLINE: October 01 2025. 👈

Full posting details: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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*the novel and the _____* available now from mighty @hopkinspress.bsky.social use discount code HTNAB25 #bookhistory #skystorians #18c #vastearlyamerica #c18 #c19
mpbrown.bsky.social Matthew P. Brown @mpbrown.bsky.social · Apr 7
guys come for the book trades yawning, stay for the sex-gender system critique, THE NOVEL AND THE BLANK forthcoming august 2025 from big ups publisher @hopkinspress.bsky.social
page proof prose from *the novel and the blank: a literary history of the book trades in eighteenth-century british america*
September 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Dear #earlymodern, #bookhistory, #rarebooks, and #skystorians people: I’m travelling to Lisbon in a few days!

What do you recommend? Libraries, historic spots, bookshops, exhibitions? 📜
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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#bookhistory
mazarine.bsky.social Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · Sep 28
JOB ALERT: Assistant Professor of Art at Smith College, focusing on artists’ books and artist publications:

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September 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Call for Applications: SHARP News Bibliographers

As @bibliowingate.bsky.social's term comes to an end, we're looking to shake things up & establish a bibliography team of 2+ people.

Applications due October 1 2025.

The full call for applications and how to apply:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Bibliographers – SHARP NEWS
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August 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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⚠️⌛ Deadline fast approaching!

Don't forget to apply to be the next SHARP News Bibliographer!

👉 DEADLINE: October 01 2025. 👈

Full posting details: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Bibliographers. The text details the call for applications for the new SHARP News Bibliographer. Please see the link in the post above to view the call, in detail, on our website. Call for Applicants: SHARP News Bibliographers. The text details the call for applications for the new SHARP News Bibliographer. Please see the link in the post above to view the call, in detail, on our website. Call for Applicants: SHARP News Bibliographers. The text details the call for applications for the new SHARP News Bibliographer. Please see the link in the post above to view the call, in detail, on our website.
September 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Last call (for now!) before I set a schedule! If you'd like to join a monthly (or twice-monthly?) meet up of independent scholars & non-faculty researchers, please fill out this when2meet! www.when2meet.com?32480075-LPIAv
#humanities #bookhistory #medievalsky #dh
September 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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#bookhistory
elementaladam.bsky.social Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · Sep 23
People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England is out today and free to download until 7 Oct:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.
The People of Print
Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - The People of Print
www.cambridge.org
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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nconstantinidou.bsky.social
✨What Do We Know About How Printers and Bookworkers Learned Greek in the Sixteenth Century ?

Han Lamers and I are delighted to host Martine Furno (IHRIM / ENS de Lyon) at the second online seminar of the Early Modern Hellenism Colloquia

📆Online on 25 September at 15.00 CET (via zoom)
The Aldine edition of Lucian of Samosata (1503), annotated by the printer Robert Estienne (1503-1559) and his son, Henri Estienne (1528-1598) 
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM