The European Society for Textual Scholarship provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the theory and practice of textual scholarship in Europe. It has been established in close collaboration with the Society for Textual Scholarship (North America).
The bylaws were approved by the membership on December 2005. A new board has been elected and had its first meeting in 2006.
The president of the society is Dr. Peter Robinson, University of Birmingham, the secretary is Dirk Van Hulle, University of Antwerp and the membership secretary is Herman Brinkman, Huygens Instituut.
Membership for the society is open. Membership for individuals is €50 or £45 UK. There is also a list of members on this site.
The Society's postal address is:
ESTS is sponsored by the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing, School of Historical Studies, University of Birmingham.
For membership enquiries contact Herman Brinkman by e-mail, phone (31-70 3315812) or post:
The Society holds a conference each year. The first of these was held in Alicante, Spain, on the theme 'Editing Texts in Multiple Versions' on 25-27 November 2004, and was preceded by three colloquia. The second, on the theme 'Histories of Editions,' was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 16th and 17th December 2005. Our third conference, on the theme 'Textual Scholarship and the Material Book,' was held in London, in November 2006. The fourth ESTS conference was held in Vilnius, Lithuania, between the 22nd and 24th of November, 2007. The subject of the conference was Textual Scholarship and the Canon. The fifth conference was held at the University of Lisbon from November 20 to 22, 2008, on the subject "Private. Do not enter. Personal Writings and Textual Scholarship".
On 19-21 November 2009 the Academy for Science and the Arts (KVAB) in Brussels, Belgium will host the sixth conference. The topic this year is "Texts beyond Borders: Multilingualism and Textual Scholarship". Please contact the academic organizers, Caroline Macé and Dirk Van Hulle, for more information, or visit the host website for details about registration and programme.
The first ESTS colloquium was held in Leicester on November 22-23, 2001. The second colloquium was held in Antwerp in December 6-7, 2002. The third colloquium was held in Copenhagen on November 21-23, 2003.
The Society publishes a refereed journal, Variants, of articles and reviews with a focus on European textual scholarship. The first number was published in 2002. The second volume is a double number (2/3), for the years 2003/4, and was published in 2004. Variants 4 was published in 2005. Variants 5 was published in early 2008, and Variants 6 will appear in late 2008.
With STS, we maintain a discussion group about textual scholarship. The list is open to anyone (you do not have to be a member of either society to join) and we welcome anyone who is interested in textual criticism, scholarly editing and related topics. Join at Textual Scholarship.
The Institute of English Studies will host Ulysses: 25 Years Critical and Synoptic Edition on 6 November 2009, with Hans Walter Gabler as guest of honour. Speakers include Luca Crispi, John Lavagnino, J.C.C. Mays and Alistair McCleery. For information, please contact Wim Van Mierlo
Grégoire Holtz and
Holger Schott Syme at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies have issued a Call for Papers an interdisciplinary conference on Rethinking Early Modern Print Culture at the Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada on
15-17 October 2010. Proposals for 20-minute paper or three-paper panels can be submitted before 15 December 2009 via the website. The conveners can be contacted at
printconference@gmail.com
Details about the 2009 ESTS Conference (19-21 November) in Brussels are available from the local organizers' website.
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