The Tiele Award 2009 for best academic essay in the field of book history was awarded to Richard Velthuizen for his essay “De verovering verslagen. De reactie op de Glorious Revolution in Engelse en Hollandse pamfletten 1688–1689” (Conquest Reported. Reactions to the Glorious Revolution in English and Dutch Pamphlets, 1688-1689). With this essay Velthuizen received his bachelor's degree in the History of Society at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Rotterdam City Library has added yet another unique book to its Erasmus Collection: A first edition of Determinatio Facultatis theologiae in schola Parisiensi super quam plurimis assertionibus D. Erasmi Roterodami (Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, July 1531). It contains the verdict rendered on some of Erasmus’s books by the theologians of the Sorbonne. Ours is the only copy in the Netherlands.

Its purchase was made possible by the financial support of three foundations based in Rotterdam: Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht, G.Ph.Verhagen-Stichting, and Erasmusstichting.

The conference proposal on The ‘New Monarchy’ • Rethinking The Relations Of Elites And Princes In Europe’s Iron Century, 1590s–1720s has been granted funding by the European Science Foundation. The conference will convene in 2011 within the framework of ESF Research Conferences. The chair of the conference will be prof. dr. Robert C.F. von Friedeburg (Erasmus University Rotterdam).

This conference will be part of the ESF-LiU Series within the ESF Research Conferences Scheme. These conferences aim to bring together young scientists and established leaders in the discussion of frontline and emerging topics. An 'Open Forum Format' is promoted: 4 full conference days in plenary, up to 20 invited speakers and up 80-120 selected participants, combining presentations and an informal exchange of ideas (short talks, poster sessions, poster prize, round-table discussions or discussion groups).

The conference will take place in Linkoping, Sveden.

Desiderius Erasmus's Opera Omnia published at Leiden in 1703–1706 by Jean Le Clerc (Joannes Clericus) are now available online. The digital facsimiles are part of Erasmus Online, our comprehensive bibliography of early-modern editions of Erasmus's works. Erasmus Online is a work in progress offering bibliographic descriptions as well as hundreds of title page images plus digital facsimiles of seventeen entire editions—including also the Opera Omnia edition published at Basel in 1538-1540.

Our online version of the Leiden edition gives easy access to individual works through a detailed table of contents containing 138 titles of individual works. Such a detailed table of contents has been added to the online version of the Basel edition, too.

The Leiden edition (LB) is used by scholars worldwide as a standard reference for those of Erasmus's works which are not yet available in the modern edition (ASD)—which is still the case for many of them.

The digitization of the Leiden edition was made possible through the financial support of the Erasmusstichting, Rotterdam, the Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht, Rotterdam, and the Stichting H.M.A.Schadee Fonds, Rotterdam. The project was carried out in cooperation with Royal Brill Publishers, Leiden, and Trilobiet Internet Services, Rotterdam.

Nearly five centuries have passed since he died, but now Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam has his own comic book: "Erasmus in Europe". Erasmus University Rotterdam has asked illustrator Rob Derks and writer Rene Leisink of Studio Noodweer to draw Erasmus's biography. The comic brings Erasmus’s life and ideas into view in a simple way.

The story board of Erasmus's life comprizes sixteen pages. Main theme are his journeys through sixteenth-century Europe. His ideas come to the fore in conversations with friends and colleagues.

The comic can be ordered through the EUR Alumni & Corporate Relations Office by e-mailing alumni [at] smc.eur.nl or by calling +31.10.408.1110. The price is €3,95. Profits will go to the Erasmus Scholarschip Fund.