Getting stuck into the home stretch of dissertation writing…
Book history folks—what are your favorite readings discussing the relationship between image and text? Bonus points for early modern context!
Eileen A. Horansky
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PhD candidate in late medieval/early modern book history @ Ohio State. libraries. book arts. HEMA. nature.
![Bingo card with conference cliches for the 2026 RSA conference
Boxes separated by semicolons:
First row: Statement shoes; Presenter goes over time by more than 5 minutes; Person enters room, realizes it’s the wrong session and leaves; Enthusiastic meeting between conference buds that have not seen each other in forever; Magnet from bookseller vendor
Second row: The overladen scholar (carrying drink, multiple coats and bags); See familiar face…forgot their name; Someone taking notes with hotel stationery;Uncontrollable coughing or sneezing from an audience member; Elbow patches
Third row: Archive that is not an archive (aka Derridian archive); Q&A becomes debate between 1 panelist and 1 audience member; FREE SPACE “More of a comment than a question…”; RSA name tags in the wild (outside of hotel); Slide with picture of archival material or rare book
Fourth row: Standing room only session; More than 50% of audience gets up and leaves during Q&A; Any non-English language quote without a translation; “As my mentor/advisor, [name drop] would say…”; Grad student giving their first RSA presentation
Fifth row: “Have you read…?”; Statement raincoat or umbrella; Includes social media handle in presentation; Technology issue; Forgot breakfast, eating granola bar in a corner](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uinvl5vaekaxehv2rerf2pvu/bafkreihrdww43j6emngf2tn2rmruyv55skb4wtkru5dhbsn2mrr6mghbdy)
