Tag: bestuur
Kennismaken met Gitte Samoy
Gitte Samoy is PhD kandidaat in het ERC project “Science at the Fair” geleid door prof. Nele Wynants aan de Universiteit van Antwerpen.
Lees verder “Kennismaken met Gitte Samoy”Leading women in early modern book printing – Report on Gewina’s fall members’ day
Michiel Bron (gepubliceerd op Shells & Pebbles op 6 november 2023)
Why do early modern title pages regularly mention women’s businesses as the site of production? With this question in mind, we, the attendees of Gewina’s fall members’ day, rushed swiftly through beautiful Antwerp. It was one of the last sunny and warm days of the year and the many outdoor cafes were already filling up at noon. A tempting sight. However, we had a more interesting goal this day: a day of intellectual engagement at Museum Plantin-Moretus with an introduction to the role of women in the book printing circuits of early modern Antwerp. Traditionally, the early modern printing world has been characterized as a man’s world. The new technology of the printing press, due to its start-up costs and associations with skilled work, literacy and learned men, has often been regarded as work only men were involved in. Today, however, the lectures, archival visits and museum tour would teach us otherwise.
Lees verder “Leading women in early modern book printing – Report on Gewina’s fall members’ day”Jolien Gijbels speaks at DHST Global History of Science & Technology Festival
The aim of the Global History of Science and Technology Festival (28-30 September 2023) is to bring together historians of science and technology representing the diversity of regions, backgrounds and topics that the DHST stands for to reflect on one and only topic: *The Future of History of Science and Technology / History of Science and Technology for the Future.*
Our board member and vice chair, Jolien Gijbels, will represent Gewina with a talk titled ‘Interrogating the “Technologies of Trust”’ (session 18).
Lees verder “Jolien Gijbels speaks at DHST Global History of Science & Technology Festival”Kennismaken met: Michiel Bron
Het bestuur heeft het genoegen u voor te stellen aan onze nieuwe penningmeester en bestuurslid Michiel Bron. Michiel is PhD kandidaat in het NWO VICI onderzoeksproject “Managing Scarcity and Sustainability” van Cyrus Mody aan de Universiteit van Maastricht.
Lees verder “Kennismaken met: Michiel Bron”Kennismaken met: Chris Engberts
Christiaan Engberts is postdoctoraal onderzoeker aan de KU Leuven. Tijdens de HHV tijdens het lentesymposium in het Huis van het Boek trad hij officieel toe tot het bestuur.
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