This one-year post-doctoral fellowship is part of a larger National project (PRIN) aiming at recasting the history of the book at the heart of the historiographical debate about the construction of a European (and worldwide) cultural space. The project proposes a reflection on different local, national and international tastes, the diverse perspectives on a text in distant social and denominational contexts and the different ways in which texts were received by government institutions, different communities of readers and even individual readers. The members of the wider project focus on the production, circulation and translation of printed books and the social and cultural contexts of their repackaging through textual adaptations in different linguistic and denominational contexts from the original ones. The researcher that will be recruited will work on the circulation, translation and dissemination of books between the Catholic and Protestant spheres between 1550 and 1700 and in particular between the German and Italian speaking worlds, and their global entanglements. He or she will focus on the material aspects of texts, the networks of relations between groups and individuals that these cultural transmission processes created in terms of communications and, more generally, shared social practices: the methods of distribution, transmission and use of texts, examined using sources preserved mainly in the archives in Venice and Padova, for the Italian side, or Rome, Halle, Berlin, Munich, Dresden, Vienna, for the German speaking area.

This is a full time position, paid according to the Italian regulation for an assegno di ricerca di tipo A, 19.367 euro/yearly without Italian taxes. Applications should include the "domanda" that can be downloaded along with the call, a copy of a personal ID card, a complete CV signed by the candidate, and all publications and titles relevant for the position. The selection process is made up of two steps: first the commission verifies all criterias indicated in the call, and second there will be a zoom-interview. Closer description of the procedure can be read in the call (in Italian only):

https://www.dissgea.unipd.it/ricerca-selezione-2021as01-il-conferimento-di-un-assegno-di-ricerca-di-tipo

Please note that applications can only be sent via traditional mail. Candidates that - due to current lockdowns- should encounter any problem in sending their application can contact: research.dissgea@unipd.it