Stijn van Rossem
Election
Position
Name
Stijn van Rossem
Candidate statement
Stijn van Rossem. Curator of European books, John Carter Brown Library (Providence, USA).
Dr van Rossem has a PhD in history with a prize-winning thesis on the Verdussen printing enterprise in Antwerp (1585–1685). He held several research positions at Antwerp University and the University of London, and worked at the Short Title Catalogue Flanders-project (www.stcv.be) among other positions. He has been a frequent participant to the SHARP conferences since 2004, organised several book historical conferences and brought the annual international SHARP conference to Antwerp in 2014. Between 2009 and 2018 he taught at Ghent School of Arts (Belgium) in the department of Graphic Design and at the Plantin Institute for Typography. He is a member of the editorial board of the book historical journal Quaerendo.
In addition to being a dedicated and extremely talented scholar, a creative mind and an entertaining speaker and passionate teacher, Stijn has always been a promotor of book history in Belgium and abroad. During his presidency of Flanders Book Historical Society (2008–2014), he launched the international book historical lecture series The Miraeus Lectures, which has ever since hosted both newcomers to the field as well as established scholars, organised several conferences, and built a large national and international network of colleagues. Stijn could help SHARP in the organising of conferences, but he is also interested in finding ways to improve global accessibility and to attract young scholars to SHARP. He could also help in digital activities or in brainstorming about new projects.
Dr van Rossem has a PhD in history with a prize-winning thesis on the Verdussen printing enterprise in Antwerp (1585–1685). He held several research positions at Antwerp University and the University of London, and worked at the Short Title Catalogue Flanders-project (www.stcv.be) among other positions. He has been a frequent participant to the SHARP conferences since 2004, organised several book historical conferences and brought the annual international SHARP conference to Antwerp in 2014. Between 2009 and 2018 he taught at Ghent School of Arts (Belgium) in the department of Graphic Design and at the Plantin Institute for Typography. He is a member of the editorial board of the book historical journal Quaerendo.
In addition to being a dedicated and extremely talented scholar, a creative mind and an entertaining speaker and passionate teacher, Stijn has always been a promotor of book history in Belgium and abroad. During his presidency of Flanders Book Historical Society (2008–2014), he launched the international book historical lecture series The Miraeus Lectures, which has ever since hosted both newcomers to the field as well as established scholars, organised several conferences, and built a large national and international network of colleagues. Stijn could help SHARP in the organising of conferences, but he is also interested in finding ways to improve global accessibility and to attract young scholars to SHARP. He could also help in digital activities or in brainstorming about new projects.