Centre for Material Texts, University of Cambridge

a new forum for the study of the word in the world More information can be found on the CMT website. The current Director of the CMT is Jason Scott-Warren.

The Centre for Material Texts at Cambridge fosters research into the physical forms in which texts are embodied and circulated, and the ways in which those forms have interacted with literary cultures and historical contexts. Based in the Faculty of English, it provides a focus for editorial and bibliographical work, and for critical, theoretical and historical projects of many kinds. The CMT fost

Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library

29/04/2026

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/29/lost-copy-of-seventh-century-poem-old-english-discovered-rome-library-dublin

Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder

BBC News Story - 20/1/26 - The Pots Of Art Mural In St Albans

22/01/2026

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The track of a bullet · Marsh's Library Exhibits

21/01/2026

https://web.marshlibrary.ie/digi/items/show/613

The track of a bullet · Marsh's Library Exhibits digital exhibitions

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life

09/10/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/09/switzerland-botany-biodiversity-grassland-agriculture-alpine-meadows-study-aoe

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows

CFA: Two Postdoctoral positions at CEFRES 2026–2027

08/09/2025

Postdoctoral position available within the “Tandem” project:

Paper Bonds: Bookmaking for Kin, Friends and Self in Contemporary Europe and the Middle East

led by a “Tandem” of 2 researchers:

Hélène Martinelli (ENS / CNRS, based at CEFRES, Prague)
Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė (Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)

“The project explores self-made books and private bookmaking practices in contemporary Europe and the Middle East, focusing on their material, symbolic and social dimensions. Adopting a genealogical perspective, it examines how non-commercial publishing and book production shape relationships, express identity and responds to political and technological change.
Drawing from the disciplines of anthropology, book history and sociology of literature, the project aims to reappraise the social significance of the print book in the era of digital publishing. Researchers working on contemporary bookmaking practices from the perspective of book history, anthropology, sociology, literary studies and other disciplines such as information and communication sciences are more than welcome to apply.”
Read more about the project here.

CFA: Two Postdoctoral positions at CEFRES 2026–2027 Call opens June 16, 2025 Deadline for submission: September 15, 2025 Publication of the results: beginning of October 2025 Period: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027 Application Language: English Address for submission: [email protected] (send a copy to: [email protected]) Two postdoctor...