I had a wonderful few days in Reykjavik at the 31st Congress of Nordic Historians (NHM), perfectly organised by the University of Iceland. It was the first time I attended NHM and it was highly stimulating and inspiring to attend various talks and panels, especially on different topics than mine. It was also the occasion to... Continue Reading →
I am organising an international symposium: "Early Modern Private Libraries as Sites of Knowledge Construction and Circulation", at King Juan Carlos University (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, with the research group CINTER (Courts, Images, Nobility, Territory) on 5-6 November 2024. All the information and registration here: http://eventos.urjc.es/go/libraries
Very happy to see this article finally published after being accepted with almost no revision in the journal KNOW (submitted February 2022). With Sanne Maekelberg, we reconstruct the private library of the Cavendish family at Chatsworth House and Hardwick Hall, built and used by Hobbes with the angle of privacy studies developed in the Centre... Continue Reading →
Frank Ejby Poulsen 