In 2025 zal het 600 jaar geleden zijn dat er in Leuven een universiteit gesticht werd, de voorloper van de huidige KU Leuven. In de aanloop van deze festiviteiten zet KU Leuven Bibliotheken, i.s.m. UCLouvain, haar academische collectie extra in de kijker. Dankzij de inspanningen van de voorbije maanden en jaren zijn er nu beelden van 2025 oude drukken gepubliceerd door Leuvense professoren opgeladen op het Lovaniensia-platform.

Onlangs verscheen de handelseditie van het proefschrift van Jos de Weerd (Amsterdam).

Onlangs verscheen de handelseditie van het proefschrift van Marieke van Wamel (Nijmegen).

The Department of Languages, Literature and Communication at Utrecht University invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a one-year position as Lecturer ('docent') in Celtic Languages and Culture, starting September 1, 2022 (0.7 FTE). Teaching will be primarily at Bachelor level, and while a specific area of specialisation is not required, the successful candidate will fit with the medieval focus of the section. Deadline: 5 July 2022.

The University of Jena offers twelve PhD positions within the framework of the interdisciplinary Research Training Group 2792 ‘Autonomy of Heteronomous Texts in Antiquity and the Middle Ages’. Deadline: 17 July 2022.

The University of Oslo offers two three-year PhD positions with focus on specific early medieval Latin textual additions. The successful applicants will join the MINiTEXTS research group at the department (up to 10 group members) with regular activities, internal seminars, workshops, and conferences. The research group will be part of a vibrant medieval community of medievalists at the University of Oslo, including specialists in medieval history, music, literature, and theology. Deadline: 14 August 2022.

The University of Oslo offers two three-year postdoctoral positions: one with a background in early medieval liturgy and the other in early medieval cultures of healing. The successful applicants will join the MINiTEXTS research group at the department (up to 10 group members) with regular activities, internal seminars, workshops, and conferences. The research group will be part of a vibrant medieval community of medievalists at the University of Oslo, including specialists in medieval history, music, literature, and theology. Deadline: 14 August 2022.

The University of Oslo offers a two-year senior researcher position with focus on early medieval Latin additions with musical notation. The successful applicants will join the MINiTEXTS research group at the department (up to 10 group members) with regular activities, internal seminars, workshops, and conferences. The research group will be part of a vibrant medieval community of medievalists at the University of Oslo, including specialists in medieval history, music, literature, and theology. Deadline: 14 August 2022.

Op 2 juni verscheen ter gelegenheid van ‘900 jaar Utrechtse stadsrechten’ een stripboek van het Utrechtse stripcollectief "De Inktpot" over een paar eeuwen middeleeuwse Utrechtse (familie)geschiedenis. Als inhoudelijke adviseurs waren daarbij de mediëvisten Kaj van Vliet en Martine Meuwese betrokken.

Onlangs verscheen de handelseditie van het proefschrift van Margreet Brandsma (Leiden) over Margaretha van Bourgondië.