Esther M. Villegas de la Torre
@evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social
Scholar of Women’s Intellectual History | Multilingual Communication | Research Evaluation | Public Engagement
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Peter Lang Verlag - Autoras y promotoras literarias y artísticas en la Edad Moderna
El presente libro contribuye a la configuración de una genealogía de autoras de la Edad Moderna integrantes de un circuito comercial marcadamente ...
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#NuevaPublicación #PrimeraModernidad #HistoriaCultural #LiteraturaComparada #EstudiosTransnacionales Me complace anunciar que, por fin, ha salido mi trabajo sobre modelos, prácticas y género en el Bajo Barroco centrado en la obra de #IsabelCorrea.
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#CfP #earlymodern Me llegan noticias de un magnífico congreso sobre redes profesionales y mujeres en el #mercadodellibroáureo, planificado para mayo de 2027 en Edimburgo. ¡Anímense a participar!
August 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
#CfP #earlymodern Me llegan noticias de un magnífico congreso sobre redes profesionales y mujeres en el #mercadodellibroáureo, planificado para mayo de 2027 en Edimburgo. ¡Anímense a participar!
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Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them www.openculture.com/2026/07/umbe... #Eco #library #books #philoophy #philsky #PhilosophySky
Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them
William Weaver could add an extension onto his Tuscan villa, which he called the 'Eco Chamber.' The Biblioteca Eco, or Eco Library, whose ribbon-cutting earlier this month you can see in the Italian n...
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August 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them www.openculture.com/2026/07/umbe... #Eco #library #books #philoophy #philsky #PhilosophySky
#PublicationNews #PublicHumanities #WomenPhilosophers #ChildrensLit My latest little philosophy book for young readers is finally out, with beautiful illustrations by Mariez Mousa. Do read and listen to it for free via Booktime – The Reading App.
www.booktime.org/en/books/479...
www.booktime.org/en/books/479...
Hypatia of Alexandria
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May 14, 2026 at 1:50 PM
#PublicationNews #PublicHumanities #WomenPhilosophers #ChildrensLit My latest little philosophy book for young readers is finally out, with beautiful illustrations by Mariez Mousa. Do read and listen to it for free via Booktime – The Reading App.
www.booktime.org/en/books/479...
www.booktime.org/en/books/479...
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The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary.
March 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary.
#NuevaPublicación #PrimeraModernidad #HistoriaCultural #LiteraturaComparada #EstudiosTransnacionales Me complace anunciar que, por fin, ha salido mi trabajo sobre modelos, prácticas y género en el Bajo Barroco centrado en la obra de #IsabelCorrea.
peterlang.com/document/132...
peterlang.com/document/132...
Peter Lang Verlag - Autoras y promotoras literarias y artísticas en la Edad Moderna
El presente libro contribuye a la configuración de una genealogía de autoras de la Edad Moderna integrantes de un circuito comercial marcadamente ...
peterlang.com
March 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
#NuevaPublicación #PrimeraModernidad #HistoriaCultural #LiteraturaComparada #EstudiosTransnacionales Me complace anunciar que, por fin, ha salido mi trabajo sobre modelos, prácticas y género en el Bajo Barroco centrado en la obra de #IsabelCorrea.
peterlang.com/document/132...
peterlang.com/document/132...
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I had such a fun time attending my first @wsguk.bsky.social seminar on Saturday! It was a lovely atmosphere and I enjoyed the brilliant talks by @evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social, Nora Rodríguez-Loro, and Sarah Clarke 📖 #earlymodern
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I had such a fun time attending my first @wsguk.bsky.social seminar on Saturday! It was a lovely atmosphere and I enjoyed the brilliant talks by @evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social, Nora Rodríguez-Loro, and Sarah Clarke 📖 #earlymodern
#earlymodern #learnedwomen What a wonderful experience presenting today at the @wsguk.bsky.social seminars! Such a warm and interesting audience! Thoroughly recommended. #Iwillbeback
February 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
#earlymodern #learnedwomen What a wonderful experience presenting today at the @wsguk.bsky.social seminars! Such a warm and interesting audience! Thoroughly recommended. #Iwillbeback
#talknews #earlymodern #womenscholars Gearing up for my @WSGUK talk at the Foundling Museum this Saturday. Do come along if you can!
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Upcoming events in February
Our final in-person seminar is taking place on Saturday 7 February at the Foundling Museum. Esther Villegas de la Torre: Seventeenth-century women scholars: an interdisciplinary, comparative a…
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February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
#talknews #earlymodern #womenscholars Gearing up for my @WSGUK talk at the Foundling Museum this Saturday. Do come along if you can!
womensstudiesgroup.org/2026/02/04/u...
womensstudiesgroup.org/2026/02/04/u...
#LuisaSigea #earlymodern #mujeresletradas #learnedwomen El nuevo número de la Revista de Escritoras Ibéricas incluye un trabajo sobre la gran Luisa Sigea y, más concretamente, sobre su poema #Syntra. Lo pueden consultar aquí: revistas.uned.es/index.php/RE...
Vol. 13 (2025): Revista de Escritoras Ibéricas
| Revista de Escritoras Ibéricas
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February 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
#LuisaSigea #earlymodern #mujeresletradas #learnedwomen El nuevo número de la Revista de Escritoras Ibéricas incluye un trabajo sobre la gran Luisa Sigea y, más concretamente, sobre su poema #Syntra. Lo pueden consultar aquí: revistas.uned.es/index.php/RE...
#publichumanities #childrenslit #SelmaLagerlöf My adaptation of one of Selma Lagerlöf’s beloved novels in English translation has just been published. Read it for free here: www.booktime.org/en/books/435...
January 28, 2026 at 2:14 PM
#publichumanities #childrenslit #SelmaLagerlöf My adaptation of one of Selma Lagerlöf’s beloved novels in English translation has just been published. Read it for free here: www.booktime.org/en/books/435...
En unas semanas, tendré el placer de participar en las VI Jornadas de Historia de la edición: circuitos y redes del libro en el mundo Atlántico y el Pacífico (Barcelona, 3-5 de diciembre de 2025). #historiadelaedición #circuitosyredes #mundoatlánticoypacífico #mujeresletradas
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
En unas semanas, tendré el placer de participar en las VI Jornadas de Historia de la edición: circuitos y redes del libro en el mundo Atlántico y el Pacífico (Barcelona, 3-5 de diciembre de 2025). #historiadelaedición #circuitosyredes #mundoatlánticoypacífico #mujeresletradas
The decision to suspend MFL departments, in particular, across the UK is absolute madness.
#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
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#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
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November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The decision to suspend MFL departments, in particular, across the UK is absolute madness.
#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#letsputastoptoit #misguidedactions #MFL #humanitiescuts #highered
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The symposium starts today! #earlymodern #learnedcommmunities
Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women
Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...
ucl.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The symposium starts today! #earlymodern #learnedcommmunities
Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women
Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...
ucl.ac.uk
August 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Gearing up for my talk at "Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library" | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along if you can! #earlymodern #libraries #theory #intellectualauthority #women
#talks Delighted to be entering my busiest time of the year, with three confirmed talks so far. Here is the third one at
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
WSG 2025 – 2026 Calendar of Events
Day/Date/Time EventDetailsSaturday 4 October 2025 13:30 – 16:30 (BST) GMT+ 1In-person seminar Foundling Museum,40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZJulia Hamilton: Anna of Denmark an…
womensstudiesgroup.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
#talks Delighted to be entering my busiest time of the year, with three confirmed talks so far. Here is the third one at
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
@WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me most excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/w...
#publicationday #childrenslit A new book from my philosophy series for kids, #littlebooksaboutbigthinkers, is out today, this time on #Plato. Do check it out for free via Booktime-The Reading App! booktime.org/en/books/350...
Plato
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June 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#publicationday #childrenslit A new book from my philosophy series for kids, #littlebooksaboutbigthinkers, is out today, this time on #Plato. Do check it out for free via Booktime-The Reading App! booktime.org/en/books/350...
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The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May.
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The History of Knowledge Conference
Lund University, 8–10 October, 2025 In November 2023, the first ever international History of Knowledge Conference was organized in Porto, bringing together experts from a wide range of historical …
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April 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May.
newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...
newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...
#cfp I have received some fabulous news about an upcoming conference on the history of publishing, organised by the Universitat de Barcelona. The deadline for paper abstracts is 30 May 2025. Do consider submitting one! #publishinghistory #internationalnetworks
April 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#cfp I have received some fabulous news about an upcoming conference on the history of publishing, organised by the Universitat de Barcelona. The deadline for paper abstracts is 30 May 2025. Do consider submitting one! #publishinghistory #internationalnetworks
#cfp #internationalpublishingnetworks Me llegan noticias de estas fabulosas jornadas sobre la #historiadelaedición, organizadas por la Universitat de Barcelona. La fecha límite para enviar propuestas es el 30 de mayo. ¡Anímense a participar!
April 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#cfp #internationalpublishingnetworks Me llegan noticias de estas fabulosas jornadas sobre la #historiadelaedición, organizadas por la Universitat de Barcelona. La fecha límite para enviar propuestas es el 30 de mayo. ¡Anímense a participar!
What a fantastic opportunity! 👇Cambridge University Library and University of Leeds. 'The Hidden Gender of Collections: #Women and the #Curation of #Scientific #Heritage'. Start date: 1 October 2025
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
PhD Opportunities - Collections Connections Communities
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April 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What a fantastic opportunity! 👇Cambridge University Library and University of Leeds. 'The Hidden Gender of Collections: #Women and the #Curation of #Scientific #Heritage'. Start date: 1 October 2025
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... #PhDposition
[Call for Papers] ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London #callforpapers #earlymodernlibrary
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Call for Papers: ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’
This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
[Call for Papers] ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL – University College London #callforpapers #earlymodernlibrary
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Maravillosa noticia. ¡Bravo al equipo interdisciplinar de la Universidad de Bergen! #historiaintelectual #contribucionesfemeninas www.muyinteresante.com/historia/muj...
Descubren que más de 110.000 manuscritos medievales fueron copiados por mujeres anónimas: un hallazgo histórico que reescribe su lugar en la historia
Una investigación revela que al menos 110.000 manuscritos medievales fueron copiados por mujeres, arrojando nueva luz sobre su papel en la historia intelectual de Europa.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Maravillosa noticia. ¡Bravo al equipo interdisciplinar de la Universidad de Bergen! #historiaintelectual #contribucionesfemeninas www.muyinteresante.com/historia/muj...
C.S. Lewis in 1959. Some advice never gets old. #writingadvice
March 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
C.S. Lewis in 1959. Some advice never gets old. #writingadvice
#publicationday My latest adaptations of world classics are now available for free, along many other children's books, via Booktime.org -- soon to appear also in Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish. Do check out the Booktime reading app! #Heidi #PeterPan #Pinocchio play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Booktime - Apps on Google Play
Read fiction and nonfiction beautifully illustrated books. All completely free!
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February 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#publicationday My latest adaptations of world classics are now available for free, along many other children's books, via Booktime.org -- soon to appear also in Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish. Do check out the Booktime reading app! #Heidi #PeterPan #Pinocchio play.google.com/store/apps/d...
[CfP] WHN Annual Conference 2025 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #womenshistory #archives #libraries #museums #personalcollections
WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…
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February 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
[CfP] WHN Annual Conference 2025 womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #womenshistory #archives #libraries #museums #personalcollections