Agnes Gehbald
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Agnes Gehbald
@agnesgehbald.bsky.social
postdoc @uniBern
#bookhistory author of A Colonial Book Market: Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment (CUP 2024) bit.ly/3NEXFbA
#migrationhistory: return migration from the Americas
Since it’s an online event: Tomorrow, I’ll be joining the Online Enlightenment Club to discuss
‘Beyond Voltaire: A Community of Readers across the Atlantic’.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
About the scandal surrounding Tadeo López’ claim in 1813 to have invented type casting. Offers a unique insight into the craft in late colonial Lima—major printing hub—during a historic moment of upheaval in the final decade of Spanish rule (illustration @jcblibrary.bsky.social).
January 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New chapter: About women in the printing workshops in colonial Peru. Out soon in the "Gender and the Book Trades" volume. brill.com/edcollchap/b...
December 4, 2024 at 8:27 PM
For those of you in and around Bern 🇨🇭, I am excited to announce my book launch on 27 February at 17:00 @histunibern. Do come and join our discussion!
February 19, 2024 at 8:31 PM
first post – first book:
a NEW BOOK about books
 
A Colonial Book Market:
Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment
bit.ly/3NEXFbA
 
@cambUP_History
#Globalbookhistory
#Colonialbookmarket
November 30, 2023 at 9:37 PM