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HEDoctoral network2023–2027

REBPAF · Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2023-03-01 → 2027-02-28
EU contribution
€2,429,309
Participants
15
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN

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Results in brief

Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures

The digital revolution is opening our eyes to the important historical truth that the enduring cultural and economic value of the book has always depended on its adaptability to different media, today from printed book to e-book (and back again), and in the past from manuscript book to printed book (and vice versa). Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures (REBPAF) is a large-scale Doctoral Network coordinated by the University of Galway. It is funded by the European Union, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, and UK Research and Innovation. Focusing on the ways in which 15th- and 16th-century book producers (scribes, printers, entrepreneurs) negotiated the dynamic relations between the manuscript book and the printed book and adapted to the evolving challenges of the market, it demonstrates the continuing relevance of these cultural and economic negotiations to the modern world. To this end, REBPAF unites 6 Universities offering exceptional expertise in medieval and early modern studies (Bristol, Alicante, Antwerp, Galway, Vienna, Antwerp, Zürich) with 9 non-academic partners that embody the continuing importance and relevance of the early book in Europe today. Our partners include publishers, book dealers, museums, and other stakeholders in the creative and heritage sectors: Antiquariat Inlibris (Austria), Maggs Bros. Ltd. (UK), The National Print Museum (Ireland), Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austria), Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken (Belgium), Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg (Austria), Boydell & Brewer (UK), Quaternio Verlag Luzern (Switzerland), and Cúirt International Festival of Literature (Ireland). As part of their training, REBPAF's 13 DCs embark on secondments with these partners, providing opportunities for knowledge transfer from research to industry, and from industry back to research.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The digital revolution is opening our eyes to the important historical truth that the enduring cultural and economic value of the book has always depended on its adaptability to different media, today from printed book to e-book (and back again), and in the past from manuscript book to printed book (and vice versa). The MSCA Doctoral Network ""Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures"" focuses on the ways in which 15th- and 16th-century book producers (scribes, printers, entrepreneurs) negotiated the dynamic relations between the manuscript book and the printed book and adapted to the evolving challenges of the market; and it demonstrates the continuing relevance of these cultural and economic negotiations to the modern world. To this end, it unites the interests of present-day organisations that re-mediate the early book – publishers, bookdealers, museums, creative and heritage industries – with those of academic scholarship, with the double aim of (1) engaging a new generation of medievalists and early modernists in an innovative and collaborative research programme that asks fundamental and interdisciplinary questions about the history of the book and the written word and its future in a digital environment; and (2) equipping the researchers recruited to this Doctoral Network with high-level transferable skills and competences to be acquired and applied not just in academic settings but also through secondments and training workshops provided by a suite of nine European non-academic partners that have a direct interest in, and relevance to, our research agenda. ""

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY · GalwayCoordinatorIreland
  • Augustiner Chorherrenstift Klosterneuburg · KlosterneuburgAustria
  • Boydell & Brewer Ltd. · WoodbridgeUnited Kingdom
  • GALWAY ARTS CENTRE LTD · GALWAYIreland
  • INLIBRIS, Handelsgesellschaft für antiquarische Bücher und Drucke GmbH · WienAustria
  • MAGGS BROS LTD · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • NATIONAL PRINT MUSEUM LIMITED · DublinIreland
  • Quaternio Verlag Luzern AG · LuzernSwitzerland
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE · AlicanteSpain
  • UNIVERSITAT WIEN · WienAustria
  • UNIVERSITAT ZURICH · ZurichSwitzerland
  • UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN · AntwerpenBelgium
  • UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL · BRISTOLUnited Kingdom
  • Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken vzw · AntwerpenBelgium
  • Österreichische Nationalbibliothek · WienAustria

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union