Summer School: Print Culture and Publicity in Central Europe 1500–1800
COST Action CA23137 – PCPSCE
Organized as part of the COST Action CA23137 – PCPSCE and hosted by the Under and Tuglas Literary Institute of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, the Summer School, taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2026, brings together 13 young researchers (YRIs) and 10 established scholars from ten countries, offering 6 training sessions, three participant panels with 12 papers by the YRIs, field visits to the National Library of Estonia and Tallinn City Archives, as well as an engaging forum for interdisciplinary dialogue.
The theme of the Summer School Print Culture and Translation in Central Europe (1500-1700). Methods, Problems and Approaches is deeply embedded in the research priorities of the COST Action working group organizing the event: WG5 Texts&Ideas. WG5’s interest lies in the emergence and decline of genres, production and circulation/transfer of knowledge, the role of printed books in school and university milieu and translations in printed culture. The school’s emphasis on transitional zones (between manuscript and print, elite and vernacular literacy, private and institutional book ownership, comparison of various cultures and religions) provides fertile ground for a dialogue between material narratives and intellectual discourses, echoing the broader aims of both working groups.