Natasha Constantinidou
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social
Historian of early modern European ideas and culture, researching (Greek) early printed books; co-ordinator of #HorizonEurope #GrECI project http://greci-twinning.org #bookhistory #classicalreception #skystorians
Pinned
#Proofs !!
Happy that this piece is finally coming out soon, on #earlymodern 'Books for Greeks and Books for non-Greeks in Sixteenth-Century Venice'
#skystorians #bookhistory #classicalreception
Happy that this piece is finally coming out soon, on #earlymodern 'Books for Greeks and Books for non-Greeks in Sixteenth-Century Venice'
#skystorians #bookhistory #classicalreception
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
📢 Join Han Lamers and me for our 3rd Early Modern Hellenism Colloquium
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
📢 Join Han Lamers and me for our 3rd Early Modern Hellenism Colloquium
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
📢 Join Han Lamers and me for our 3rd Early Modern Hellenism Colloquium
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
📢 Join Han Lamers and me for our 3rd Early Modern Hellenism Colloquium
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
👉Francesco Trespidi will present on 'Kostantinos Kalogereas' Lacrymae Graeciae (1642): Hybrid Identity and Hellenic Heritage in Early Modern Venice'
📆online Thurs, 27 Nov., 3-4.00 CET
📍register here: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
One of our newest treasures: an #earlymodern Catechismus Romanus bound with a 1613 #manuscript student notebook of Jesuit Cornelius a Lapide’s lectures at Leuven. A wonderfully personalized & used book with a doodle of a long-nosed (😉) figure by its unknown owner.
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
One of our newest treasures: an #earlymodern Catechismus Romanus bound with a 1613 #manuscript student notebook of Jesuit Cornelius a Lapide’s lectures at Leuven. A wonderfully personalized & used book with a doodle of a long-nosed (😉) figure by its unknown owner.
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
Very pleased to be hosting the 13th Sammelband 15-16 event in Nicosia from tomorrow, co-organised with @lankian.bsky.social
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
Nicosia conference programme
. The thirteenth event organised by the Sammelband 15-16 project group on Sammelbände and instruction will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus from 19-21 November 2025. We are delighted to share the programme ...
sammelband.hypotheses.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Very pleased to be hosting the 13th Sammelband 15-16 event in Nicosia from tomorrow, co-organised with @lankian.bsky.social
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
Nicosia conference programme
. The thirteenth event organised by the Sammelband 15-16 project group on Sammelbände and instruction will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus from 19-21 November 2025. We are delighted to share the programme ...
sammelband.hypotheses.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Very pleased to be hosting the 13th Sammelband 15-16 event in Nicosia from tomorrow, co-organised with @lankian.bsky.social
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
The Digital Analysis of Ten Years of a Medici Agent's Correspondence
Join Sara Mansutti (UCC) to see how AI & digital methods, applied to 1,200+ handwritten letters, reveal how Cosimo Bartoli gathered, verified, and shared news in Venice (1562–1572)
🔗 www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
Join Sara Mansutti (UCC) to see how AI & digital methods, applied to 1,200+ handwritten letters, reveal how Cosimo Bartoli gathered, verified, and shared news in Venice (1562–1572)
🔗 www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Digital Analysis of Ten Years of a Medici Agent's Correspondence
Join Sara Mansutti (UCC) to see how AI & digital methods, applied to 1,200+ handwritten letters, reveal how Cosimo Bartoli gathered, verified, and shared news in Venice (1562–1572)
🔗 www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
Join Sara Mansutti (UCC) to see how AI & digital methods, applied to 1,200+ handwritten letters, reveal how Cosimo Bartoli gathered, verified, and shared news in Venice (1562–1572)
🔗 www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
Αναμένεται συνέχεια της συζήτησης, στις 10 Δεκεμβρίου στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, στην τελική εκδήλωση του προγράμματος GrΕCI! Σύντομα περισσότερα ✨
@ucy1.bsky.social @uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
@ucy1.bsky.social @uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Αναμένεται συνέχεια της συζήτησης, στις 10 Δεκεμβρίου στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, στην τελική εκδήλωση του προγράμματος GrΕCI! Σύντομα περισσότερα ✨
@ucy1.bsky.social @uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
@ucy1.bsky.social @uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
For those who will not be able to join us, here is an online exhibition with early modern Greek books, curated by the GrECI team: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
For those who will not be able to join us, here is an online exhibition with early modern Greek books, curated by the GrECI team: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
For those who will not be able to join us, here is an online exhibition with early modern Greek books, curated by the GrECI team: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
[ENG] Did you know that over 5,000 Greek books were printed in Western Europe between 1450 and 1600? A selection of these editions will be displayed as part of GrECI’s concluding local event, to be held on Wednesday, 10 December, at the @ucy1.bsky.social !
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
[ENG] Did you know that over 5,000 Greek books were printed in Western Europe between 1450 and 1600? A selection of these editions will be displayed as part of GrECI’s concluding local event, to be held on Wednesday, 10 December, at the @ucy1.bsky.social !
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
🗓 10 Δεκεμβρίου | 18:30📍 Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
💻 Δείτε την ψηφιακή μας έκθεση: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
💻 Δείτε την ψηφιακή μας έκθεση: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🗓 10 Δεκεμβρίου | 18:30📍 Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
💻 Δείτε την ψηφιακή μας έκθεση: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
💻 Δείτε την ψηφιακή μας έκθεση: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
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📚 Γνώριζες ότι πάνω από 5.000 ελληνικά βιβλία τυπώθηκαν στη Δυτική Ευρώπη μεταξύ 1450 και 1600 μ.Χ.;
🤔 Θα έχουμε την ευκαιρία να δούμε από κοντά μια επιλογή τέτοιων σπάνιων παλαίτυπων, στο πλαίσιο της τελικής εκδήλωσης του προγράμματος GrECI (WIDERA/Twinning Horizon Europe) 👉
🤔 Θα έχουμε την ευκαιρία να δούμε από κοντά μια επιλογή τέτοιων σπάνιων παλαίτυπων, στο πλαίσιο της τελικής εκδήλωσης του προγράμματος GrECI (WIDERA/Twinning Horizon Europe) 👉
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📚 Γνώριζες ότι πάνω από 5.000 ελληνικά βιβλία τυπώθηκαν στη Δυτική Ευρώπη μεταξύ 1450 και 1600 μ.Χ.;
🤔 Θα έχουμε την ευκαιρία να δούμε από κοντά μια επιλογή τέτοιων σπάνιων παλαίτυπων, στο πλαίσιο της τελικής εκδήλωσης του προγράμματος GrECI (WIDERA/Twinning Horizon Europe) 👉
🤔 Θα έχουμε την ευκαιρία να δούμε από κοντά μια επιλογή τέτοιων σπάνιων παλαίτυπων, στο πλαίσιο της τελικής εκδήλωσης του προγράμματος GrECI (WIDERA/Twinning Horizon Europe) 👉
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
The Times They Are a-Changin'
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII moved the calendar. Rebecca Hirt (@kit.edu), in our blog, explores the impact that this shift had on almanacs. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/when-te...
#almanacs #earlymodern
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII moved the calendar. Rebecca Hirt (@kit.edu), in our blog, explores the impact that this shift had on almanacs. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/when-te...
#almanacs #earlymodern
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Times They Are a-Changin'
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII moved the calendar. Rebecca Hirt (@kit.edu), in our blog, explores the impact that this shift had on almanacs. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/when-te...
#almanacs #earlymodern
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII moved the calendar. Rebecca Hirt (@kit.edu), in our blog, explores the impact that this shift had on almanacs. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/when-te...
#almanacs #earlymodern
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
[#DidYouKnow?]
Did you know how popular collections of Greek maxims were in the in the early modern period?
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social and Eleni Leontidou have just completed a chapter on this topic, to be published next year #WatchThisSpace #humanism #Theognis #GrECI
Did you know how popular collections of Greek maxims were in the in the early modern period?
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social and Eleni Leontidou have just completed a chapter on this topic, to be published next year #WatchThisSpace #humanism #Theognis #GrECI
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
[#DidYouKnow?]
Did you know how popular collections of Greek maxims were in the in the early modern period?
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social and Eleni Leontidou have just completed a chapter on this topic, to be published next year #WatchThisSpace #humanism #Theognis #GrECI
Did you know how popular collections of Greek maxims were in the in the early modern period?
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social and Eleni Leontidou have just completed a chapter on this topic, to be published next year #WatchThisSpace #humanism #Theognis #GrECI
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
Does anyone recognize this 15th-century coat of arms (Italian?)
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Does anyone recognize this 15th-century coat of arms (Italian?)
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
HAD to put the bookplate there, didn't you...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
HAD to put the bookplate there, didn't you...
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
A wonderful page from a Parisian Book of Hours (Horae Beatae Mariae Virgine, 1490-1510) with and unusual floral border in the style of Bruges-Ghent. I love it!
😍
#bookhistory
😍
#bookhistory
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A wonderful page from a Parisian Book of Hours (Horae Beatae Mariae Virgine, 1490-1510) with and unusual floral border in the style of Bruges-Ghent. I love it!
😍
#bookhistory
😍
#bookhistory
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
Happy birthday to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, which first opened its doors #otd in 1602. 423 years young today!
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Happy birthday to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, which first opened its doors #otd in 1602. 423 years young today!
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
What a day! Had a great time hearing all these specialists talk about the self-evident involvement of women in the book production. Now time for dinner at the most beautiful location at the Samenloop restaurant housed in the former Maiden’s House of Antwerp!
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What a day! Had a great time hearing all these specialists talk about the self-evident involvement of women in the book production. Now time for dinner at the most beautiful location at the Samenloop restaurant housed in the former Maiden’s House of Antwerp!
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
Furthermore, a live discussion on these topics will take place during a local event, organised at the @ucy1.bsky.social, to mark the project's end, on Wednesday, 10 December.
@uio.no @nconstantinidou.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
@uio.no @nconstantinidou.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Furthermore, a live discussion on these topics will take place during a local event, organised at the @ucy1.bsky.social, to mark the project's end, on Wednesday, 10 December.
@uio.no @nconstantinidou.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
@uio.no @nconstantinidou.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
[#Didyouknow?]
🏛️ From public institutions and artistic works to ordinary material culture, echoes of Greek heritage are deeply embedded in Europe’s urban, artistic, political, and cultural fabric.
For more this topic : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...
🏛️ From public institutions and artistic works to ordinary material culture, echoes of Greek heritage are deeply embedded in Europe’s urban, artistic, political, and cultural fabric.
For more this topic : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...
Ancient Greece in today’s Europe - How Greek heritage is presented in public spaces today
From public institutions to artistic productions and everyday objects, references to Greek culture are ubiquitous in Europe’s urban, artistic, political, and cultural environment. Let’s look at some e...
www.europeana.eu
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
[#Didyouknow?]
🏛️ From public institutions and artistic works to ordinary material culture, echoes of Greek heritage are deeply embedded in Europe’s urban, artistic, political, and cultural fabric.
For more this topic : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...
🏛️ From public institutions and artistic works to ordinary material culture, echoes of Greek heritage are deeply embedded in Europe’s urban, artistic, political, and cultural fabric.
For more this topic : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...
Reposted by Natasha Constantinidou
10 Δεκεμβρίου | 18:30
📍 Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
📖 Eντωμεταξύ, διαβάστε σχετικά : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...
📍 Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
📖 Eντωμεταξύ, διαβάστε σχετικά : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
10 Δεκεμβρίου | 18:30
📍 Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
📖 Eντωμεταξύ, διαβάστε σχετικά : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...
📍 Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
📖 Eντωμεταξύ, διαβάστε σχετικά : www.europeana.eu/en/stories/a...