Dr. Jeroen Salman

Biography

Jeroen Salman is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University specializing in Comparative Literature. His main research interests encompass early modern book history, free speech, cultural history, history of science, and popular culture. He has contributed to numerous significant academic publications including 'Cultural History', 'Renaissance Studies', 'Poetics', and 'Publishing History'. His recent works involve editing volumes such as 'Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures: Popular Print in Europe (1450–1900)' and 'Books in Motion: Production, Circulation, Consumption'. Salman has engaged in a substantial research project concerning the itinerant book trade in England and the Netherlands from 1600 to 1850 and has worked on the dissemination of popular print across Britain, Italy, and the Low Countries from 1500 to 1900. He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Milan and has held prestigious fellowships at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies and the John Rylands Research Institute. His leadership roles include directing the project 'The European Dimensions of Popular Print Culture'. Salman is an affiliated member of the Utrecht Centre for Digital Humanities and is part of the board for the P.A. Tielestichting.

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