Charting the Future of Historical Humanities

edited by Pieter d'Hoine, Daria Kohler and Wim Decock

Book cover: Charting the Future of Historical Humanities

Extent: 305 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Lectio

Series volume number: 16

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2026)

ISBN: 9782503618043

Price: $132.00

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Methodologically grouped case studies joined with reflections on the future of historical humanities


This volume provides a reflection on the future of the interconnected disciplines brought together under the term ‘historical humanities’: branches of scholarship concerned with the study of the past. Charting the Future of Historical Humanities explores current developments in a variety of disciplines, aiming to identify the trends that are impacting them, engaging critically with new directions of research, and reflecting on the perspectives that new tools and methodologies bring to the study of ancient, medieval, and early modern history of texts, ideas, and images. Its four sections are devoted to new trends in the edition of historical texts, the use of data in the historical humanities, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the ‘material turn’ in historical scholarship.

  • Edited by Wim Decock
  • Edited by Pieter d’Hoine
  • Edited by Daria Kohler
  • Edited by Pieter d’Hoine