International projects
Title: Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe 1500–1800 (PCPSce)
Project duration: 2024–2028
Provider: COST Action
Beneficiary: Universität Innsbruck
Investigator: dr. Mona Garloff
Collaborate institutions: University College Bedër; Tirana University; University of Vienna; Institute of Philosophy and Sociology; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski; University of Dubrovnik; Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn; Trier University; Athenaeum Conservatoire (Αθήναιον Ωδείο); University of Szeged; University of Padua; Huygens Institute - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Faculty of Philology; Goce Delcev University; Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje; "Blaze Koneski" Faculty of Philology; University of Warsaw; Ossoliński National Institute; Faculty of Social and Human Sciences; NOVA University Lisbon; Babeș-Bolyai University; Institute for South-East European Studies; Institute of History of Slovak Academy of Sciences; Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava; Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Valencian International University; Madrid Royal Conservatory; RISM Digital Center; Newcastle University; University of Glasgow
Team members: Dr Ardita Reçi, University College Bedër; Dr Ramadan Çipuri, Tirana University; Dr Thomas Wallnig, University of Vienna; Dr Iordan Avramov, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Prof Maria Baramova, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski; Dr Irena Ipšić, University of Dubrovnik; Prof Martin Holý, Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Claire Madl, Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr Marion Romberg, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn; Dr Joelle Weis, Trier University; Dr Vassilis Vavoulis, Athenaeum Conservatoire (Αθήναιον Ωδείο); Dr Róbert Péter, University of Szeged; Prof Paola Molino, University of Padua; Dr Tom Zago, Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg; Dr Nina Lamal, Huygens Institute - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Prof Eva Gjorgjievska, Faculty of Philology, Goce Delcev University; Dr Kristina Nikolovska, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, "Blaze Koneski" Faculty of Philology; Prof Grażyna Jurkowlaniec, University of Warsaw; Dr Olga Tkachuk, Ossoliński National Institute; Dr Inês Thomas Almeida, FFaculty of Social and Human Sciences, NOVA University Lisbon; Dr Adinel-Ciprian Dinca, Babeș-Bolyai University; Dr Ioana Feodorov, Institute for South-East European Studies; Dr Ivona Kollárová, Institute of History of Slovak Academy of Sciences; Dr Lucia Lichnerova, Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava; Dr Nina Ditmajer, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Dr Andrejka Zejn, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Dr Ferran Escrivà-Llorca, Valencian International University; Dr Angel Manuel Olmos Saez, Madrid Royal Conservatory; Dr Laurent Pugin, RISM Digital Center; Prof Matthew Grenby, Newcastle University; Dr Zsuzsanna Varga, University of Glasgow
Abstract: The past decade’s media revolution has profoundly changed the relationship between public speech and political authority: An unlimited virtual audience is gradually being recognised as an heir to the public sphere forming the modern state’s basis on its way to democracy during early modernity. If we as a society wish to address its ongoing transformation, this public sphere needs to be understood in its historical dimension. The COST Action deploys the following working groups to analyse the interactions between print and public spheres in Central Europe from 1500 to 1800: (a) Public and Legal Spheres; (b) Materialities; (c) Texts and Ideas. The focus on Central Europe has three reasons: (1) Central Europe is often presented as a discursive ancillary to Western Europe, simultaneously reinforcing an imbalance of sources, data, and research; (2) Central Europe's nonconformity to standard national paradigms, its interplay of different 'centres' and 'margins' offers valuable insights into the still relevant de-centrality of public discourse; (3) since many Central European countries figure among the ITC, the Action will contribute to asserting a historical consciousness of multiple public spheres. Besides two long-standing desiderata – an open-access compendium and a database of data and tools – PCPSCE will build a Central European and global network of diverse stakeholders from education, research, and cultural heritage institutions. The Action will work towards a more integrative methodology bringing together experts from different national and disciplinary backgrounds. This initiative will foster a new scholarly and public historical awareness of the diverse, non-national pasts of Central Europe.
More about the project HERE.
Title: The geopolitical character of the post-Tridentine apostolic nunciatures (1562–1605) – a prosopographical and comparative study
Project duration: 2021–2024
Provider: Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Beneficiary: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
Investigator: dr. Dorota Magdalena Gregorowicz, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
Collaborate institutions: Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Universita degli Studi di Trento
Team members: prof. Paolo Carta, Università degli Studi di Trento; doc. Tomáš Černušák, Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Abstract: Project comprises two main parts: a prosopographical study of apostolic nuncios’ community followed by a geopolitical study of the activity of papal diplomatic missions (1562–1605), in a comparative perspective. A crucial element of the project is to investigate if (and how) the aspect of personnel policy was the direct reason for the Holy See’s diplomatic, political and religious operations at the discussed time
Title: International Edition Project The Acta Unitatis Fratrum – Acts of the Unity of Brethren
The series Acta Unitatis Fratrum. Letters and Tracts of the Bohemian Brethren is published by the Historical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Provincial Board of the Moravian Church, European Continental Province.
International collaboration on the Acta Unitatis Fratrum – Acts of the Unity of Brethren project was established in 2014 between the IH, the University of Stuttgart, Dresden University of Technology, and Elstal University of Technology. This is an interdisciplinary project the goal of which is to publish the source corpus of European scholarly significance from historical, theological, philological, and cultural-historical disciplines. The first volume of the editions of regests was published in 2018 by German publisher Harrasowitz, and the first volume of the Czech-language version was completed in 2021. In 2022, a collective monograph Konfessionelle Geschichtsschreibung im Umfeld der Böhmischen Brüder (1500–1800). Traditionen – Akteure – Praktiken (eds. Joachim Bahlcke – Jiří Just – Martin Rothkegel) was published. The publication of the second German-language volume is planned for 2023, with more to follow over the next few years.
