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Sven Meeder is an Associate Professor at Radboud University specializing in Ancient Medieval History, specifically focusing on intellectual history in the eighth and ninth centuries of Western Europe. His research investigates the spread and reception of learned texts and ideas during the early Middle Ages, contrasting the modern-day conveniences of knowledge sharing with medieval practices, which were labor-intensive and slow. Meeder has studied thousands of surviving manuscripts to track scholarly networks of the Middle Ages and aims to shed light on the subtle alterations made by medieval scholars to their source texts. His work reflects on how learning mechanisms spread across Europe in a period marked by multiculturalism and constant interactions with foreign learned traditions. He leads significant research projects, including a Veni project on 'Networks of Knowledge' and the ERC Consolidator Grant 'Social Life of Early Medieval Normative Texts'.
Radboud Institute Culture History • Nijmegen
Teaching and research in Ancient Medieval History.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).