Janne van der Loop

Curriculum Vitae 


Employment history

  • Johannes Gutenberg Universität (Mainz, Germany) – research assistant and lecturer. 
  • Johannes Gutenberg Universität (Mainz, Germany) – research assistant in the DfG-project:Font Group Recognition for improved OCR. (12.2021-11.2024)
  • De Gulden Passer, Tijdschrift voor boekwetenschap, Journal for book history (Antwerpen) – Secretary for this scientific journal for book history. (08.2015-12.2018)
  • Herzog August Bibliothek (Wolfenbüttel, Germany) – Internship. Cataloguing of late medieval manuscripts, identifying of incunabula fragments, transcribing of psalms from medieval manuscripts, writing of two research articles. (09.2014-01.2015)
  • Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C., USA) – Internship. Learning about the printing process and bibliography, finding out how many editions there are of 'Vom ehelichen Leben' by Martin Luther printed in the 1520s, writing of an article (in English) about this case study, about the used methods to identify different editions and print runs. (07.2014-09.2014)

Teaching

  • Summer semester 2025, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: "Seminar Einführung in die Buchwissenschaft: Das ideale Buch: Privatpressen im späten 19. und 20. Jahrhundert" and "Seminar Materialität und Technik des Buchs: Das Buch bis 1600"
  • Winter semester 2024-2025, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: "Seminar Einführung in die Buchwissenschaft: Das ideale Buch: Privatpressen im späten 19. und 20. Jahrhundert" and "Seminar Materialität und Technik des Buchs: Das Buch bis 1600"
  • Summer semester 2024, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg (Lehrauftrag): "Handschriften jagen im digitalen Zeitalter" 

Education

  • Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz - PhD in book studies (05.2023 - current)
  • University of Amsterdam – Master of Arts in book studies. (2022)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen – Research Master Literary studies. Focus on history of the book in the late medieval period and early printings. Unfinished. 
  • Radboud University Nijmegen – Honours degree, Beyond the Frontiers, research on the different editions of von ehelichem Leben by Martin Luther from a book historical point of view. (2015)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen – Bachelor of Arts in German Language and Culture. Subsidiary in Dutch and German literature. (2013)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen – Honours degree, disciplinary, faculty of arts. Research on Fritz Rudolf Fries and autobiographical elements in his literary works. (2013)
  • HAN University of applied science – Propaedeutic exam in education in German (2010)