MEDIEVAL BOOKS IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
CLUJ, 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2026
Project: UEFISCDI PN-IV-P1-PCE-2023-0465, ‘Medieval Books in the Early Modern Period: The Case of Cluj in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries’
Here is the conference programme:
8 September: Opening Session (Prof. Daniel David, Dr Rareș Moldovan, Prof. Marilena Maniaci, Prof. Adrian Papahagi) & Keynote 1 (Prof. István Monok)
8 September: Panel 1 (Dr Anne-Margreet As-Vijvers, Dr Dominika Grabiec, Dr. Ana-Maria Gînsac)
8 September: Panel 2 (Dr Fanni Hende, Prof. Marilena Maniaci, Dr Chiara de Angelis)
8 September: Panel 3 (Dr Peter Toth, Dr Scott Mandelbrote)
9 September: Keynote 2 (Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger) & Panel 4 (Dr Emma Abate, Dr Joseph O’Hara)
9 September: Opening of an exhibition of manuscripts and incunabula at the Academy Library (Prof. Adrian Papahagi, Revd Prof. Ioan Chirilă)
9 September: Panel 5 (Dr Adrien Quéret-Podesta, Dr Matilde Malaspina, Dr Andrei Crișan)
9 September: Panel 6 (Dr Eduard Lazorík, Dr Szabolcs Márton, Dr Eva Veselovská)
10 September: Keynote 3 (Prof. Cristina Dondi) & Panel 7 (Dr Miklós István Földváry, Mr Apor Kiss-Pető, Dr Carmen Fenechiu, Ms Carmen Oanea, Dr Márton Szovák)
10 September: Panel 8 (Dr Zsuzsa Czagány, Dr Miruna Belea, Dr Ágnes Korondi)
10 September: Concert at St Michael’s Church (dir.: Dr Szabolcs Márton)
11 September: Research trip to the Batthyaneum Library in Alba Iulia
PARTICIPANTS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):
Prof. Emma Abate – Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna; emma.abate@unibo.it
Dr Anne Margreet As-Vijvers – Senior curator, Medieval Manuscript Illumination, RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague; as-vijvers@rkd.nl
Dr Miruna Belea – Postdoctoral researcher, École Pratique des Hautes Études – PSL, Paris; miruna.belea@ephe.psl.eu
Mr Andrei Crișan – Assistant professor in Old English, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj; ioan.crisan2@ubbcluj.ro
Dr Zsuzsa Czagány – Senior researcher, Head of the Department of Early Music History, Institute of Musicology, ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest; czagany.zsuzsa@abtk.hu
Dr Chiara de Angelis – Researcher, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale, Cassino; chiara.deangelis@unicas.it
Prof. Cristina Dondi – Professor of Modern History, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Sapienza University, Rome, and Secretary of the Consortium of European Research Libraries; cristina.dondi@uniroma1.it
Dr Carmen Fenechiu – Lecturer, Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj; carmen.fenechiu@ubbcluj.ro
Dr Miklós István Földváry – Associate Professor, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), and principal investigator, MTA-ELTE Momentum Research Group of Liturgical History, Budapest; foldvary.miklos@btk.elte.hu
Dr Ana-Maria Gînsac – Researcher, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University, Iaşi; anamaria.ginsac@uaic.ro
Dr Dominika Grabiec – Assistant Professor, Department of Musicology, Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; dominikagrabiec@wp.pl
Dr Fanni Hende – Researcher, HUN-REN–NSZL Fragmenta et Codices Research Group, National Széchényi Library, Budapest; hende.fanni@oszk.hu
Prof. Josep Antoni Iglesias Fonseca – Professor, Department of Ancient and Medieval Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; toni.iglesias@uab.cat
Mr Apor Kiss-Pető – PhD candidate and researcher, MTA-ELTE Momentum Research Group of Liturgical History, Budapest; kiss.peto.apor2000@gmail.com
Dr Ágnes Korondi – Researcher, HUN-REN–NSZL Fragmenta et Codices Research Group, National Széchényi Library, Budapest; korondi.agnes@oszk.hu
Dr Eduard Lazorík – Researcher, Institute of Musicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava; eduard.lazorik@savba.sk
Dr Matilde Malaspina – Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Sapienza University, Rome; matilde.malaspina@uniroma1.it
Mr Scott Mandelbrote – Fellow, Director of Studies in History, and Perne Librarian, Peterhouse College, Cambridge; shm24@cam.ac.uk
Prof. Marilena Maniaci – Professor of Palaeography, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, and President of the Comité Intérnational de Paléographie Latine; m.maniaci@unicas.it
Dr Szabolcs Márton – Organist and choir director, St Michael’s Roman-Catholic church, and researcher, Centre for the History of the Book (CODEX), Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj; szabolcs.marton@ubbcluj.ro
Prof. István Monok – Director General, Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, and Professor, University of Tokaj-Hegyalja, Sárospatak; monok.istvan@konyvtar.mta.hu
Dr Joseph O’Hara – Junior Research Fellow in Hebrew Palaeography, Corpus Christi College, Oxford; joseph.ohara@ames.ox.ac.uk
Ms Carmen Oanea – PhD candidate, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj; carmen.oanea@ubbcluj.ro
Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger – Fellow and Professor in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Professor of Hebrew, École Pratique des Hautes Études – Paris Sciences Lettres; judith.schlanger@ames.ox.ac.uk
Prof. Adrian Papahagi – Professor of English and Manuscript Studies, and director of the Centre for the History of the Book (CODEX), Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj; adrian.papahagi@ubbcluj.ro
Dr Adrien Quéret-Podesta – Researcher, Department of History, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; adrien.queret-podesta@ispan.edu.pl
Dr Márton Szovák – Researcher, Early and Rare Printed Books Department, National Széchényi Library, Budapest; szovak.marton@oszk.hu
Dr Peter Toth – Cornelia Starks Curator of Greek Collections, The Bodleian Library, Oxford; peter.toth@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Dr Eva Veselovská – Director, Institute of Musicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava; eva.veselovska@savba.sk
VENUES
Accommodation: Hotel Universitas UBB, Strada Plopilor 52-54, 400535 Cluj-Napoca (TRAM 101/102 stop PLOPILOR)
Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Colegiul Academic, Sala Club, Strada Emmanuel de Martonne 1, 400394 Cluj-Napoca (TRAM 101/102 from Hotel Universitas to G. BARITIU (4 stops), then walk 10-15 mins)
Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Colegiul Academic, Restaurant Piramida, Strada Emmanuel de Martonne 1, 400394 Cluj-Napoca (TRAM 101/102 from Hotel Universitas to G. BARITIU (4 stops), then walk 10-15 mins)
Biblioteca Academiei Române, Strada Mihail Kogălniceanu 12-14, 400084 Cluj-Napoca (TRAM 101/102 from Hotel Universitas to G. BARITIU (4 stops), then walk 10-15 mins)
Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Facultatea de Litere, Strada Horea 31, 400394 Cluj-Napoca (TRAM 101/102 from Hotel Universitas to FACULTATEA DE LITERE, 5 stops)
PARTNERS
• Biblioteca Filialei Cluj a Academiei Române
• MiDRASH/HebrewPal projects
[1] Panel sponsored by the MiDRASH/HebrewPal projects.
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