{"id":20986,"date":"2025-12-22T22:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=20986"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:07:50","slug":"theme-of-the-year-for-the-rgme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/theme-of-the-year-for-the-rgme\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme of the Year for the RGME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Theme for the Year for the RGME:<br \/>\nJourney of a Tradition<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_20983\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20983\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20983 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PapilioMachaon2016_001-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PapilioMachaon2016_001-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PapilioMachaon2016_001-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PapilioMachaon2016_001-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PapilioMachaon2016_001-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PapilioMachaon2016_001-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PapilioMachaon2016_001-2048x1371.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Papilio Machaeol: Old World Swallowtail, female, Dorsal side. Photograph (9 May 2016, Normandy) by Entomolo, CC BY-SA 4.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[<em>Posted on 12 December 2025<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>For the Year 2026, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence chooses the Theme of <strong>&#8220;Transformations and Renewals&#8221;<\/strong> for exploration as part of its activities and projects. This choice stands within our tradition (since 2022) of a theme to guide and inspire the interconnected subjects and interwoven strands of activities and projects for the year.<\/p>\n<p>On this choice and its aims, scope, and activities, see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/transformations-and-renewals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Transformations and Renewals<\/a>: RGME Theme for the Year 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here, as we approach the Year 2026, we survey this tradition and its choices with successes and growth for individual years.<\/p>\n<h1>RGME Themes for the Year (since 2023)<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_19650\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19650\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19650 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2792_-_Milano_-_Alfredo_Campanini_1873-1926_-_Casa_Campanini_1904_-_Foto_Giovanni_DallOrto_26-2-2008-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2792_-_Milano_-_Alfredo_Campanini_1873-1926_-_Casa_Campanini_1904_-_Foto_Giovanni_DallOrto_26-2-2008-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2792_-_Milano_-_Alfredo_Campanini_1873-1926_-_Casa_Campanini_1904_-_Foto_Giovanni_DallOrto_26-2-2008-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2792_-_Milano_-_Alfredo_Campanini_1873-1926_-_Casa_Campanini_1904_-_Foto_Giovanni_DallOrto_26-2-2008-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2792_-_Milano_-_Alfredo_Campanini_1873-1926_-_Casa_Campanini_1904_-_Foto_Giovanni_DallOrto_26-2-2008-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2792_-_Milano_-_Alfredo_Campanini_1873-1926_-_Casa_Campanini_1904_-_Foto_Giovanni_DallOrto_26-2-2008.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milan, Casa Campanini, Entry Gate, designed by Alfredo Campanini (1873\u20131926). Photograph by Giovanni Dall&#8217;Orto (26 February 2008), Share Alike 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last year, the RGME chose the Theme of <strong>&#8220;Thresholds and Communities&#8221;<\/strong>, which our multiple activities developed in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>The choice emerged in conversations reflecting upon the strong benefits of the previous year&#8217;s choice, <strong>&#8220;Bridges&#8221; <\/strong>as an overarching theme for 2024 and its year&#8217;s funded <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-grant-for-between-past-and-future-project-from-the-gladys-krieble-delmas-foundation-research-libraries-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project &#8220;Between Past and Future&#8221;<\/a>, designed for <strong>&#8220;Building Bridges between Special Collections and Teaching for the Liberal Arts&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For 2023, our Theme of <strong>&#8220;Materials and Access&#8221;<\/strong> drew guidance and inspiration through the funded <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/grant-from-the-gladys-krieble-delmas-foundation-for-rgme-library-and-archives-in-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Project on the &#8220;RGME Library &amp; Archives&#8221;<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-spring-and-autumn-symposia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring and Autumn Symposia on &#8220;Materials and Access&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For our first<strong> Theme for the Year<\/strong> in 2022, <strong>&#8220;Structured Knowledge&#8221;<\/strong> (chosen by our new Editorial Committee), the year&#8217;s activities explored such subjects as &#8220;Catalogues, Metadata, and Databases&#8221; in RGME Episodes and our <strong>2022 Spring and Autumn Symposia<\/strong> on<strong> Structures for and Supports of Knowledge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>2025<br \/>\n&#8220;Thresholds and Communities&#8221;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/thresholds-and-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thresholds and Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/episode-19-at-the-gate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 19 &#8220;At the Gate&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Agents and Agencies&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20566\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20566\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20566 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Spring-Symposium-Poster-with-Border-23-Aug-2025-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Spring-Symposium-Poster-with-Border-23-Aug-2025-1.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Spring-Symposium-Poster-with-Border-23-Aug-2025-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Spring-Symposium-Poster-with-Border-23-Aug-2025-1-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2025 Spring Symposium Poster, Set in RGME Bembino.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>2024<br \/>\n&#8220;Bridges&#8221;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bridges-for-our-2024-anniversary-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridges for Our Anniversary Year 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<h3>2024 RGME Spring Symposium at Vassar College<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18487 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Save-the-Date-Poster-1-for-2024-Spring-Symposium-Vassar-corr-9-Dec-2023-with-border.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Save-the-Date-Poster-1-for-2024-Spring-Symposium-Vassar-corr-9-Dec-2023-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Save-the-Date-Poster-1-for-2024-Spring-Symposium-Vassar-corr-9-Dec-2023-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Save-the-Date-Poster-1-for-2024-Spring-Symposium-Vassar-corr-9-Dec-2023-with-border-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2024 RGME Inaugural Session at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_19054\" style=\"width: 802px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19054\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19054 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-792x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-1189x1536.jpg 1189w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-1585x2048.jpg 1585w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RGME_Leeds_2024_Posters-v3-1-1-Poster-2-with-border-scaled.jpg 1981w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RGME @ 2024 IMC at Leeds: Poster 2 set in RGME Bembino, with border.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>2023<br \/>\n&#8220;Materials and Access&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-spring-and-autumn-symposia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Spring and Autumn Symposia<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-spring-symposium-from-the-ground-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Spring Symposium<\/a>. \u201cFrom the Ground Up\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-autumn-symposium-between-earth-and-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Autumn Symposium<\/a>. \u201cBetween Earth and Sky\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_17620\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17620\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border.png\" alt=\"2023 Spring Pre-Symposium\/Symposium Booklet Front Cover with photograph of snowdrops flowers rising from the earth.\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2023 Spring Pre-Symposium\/Symposium Booklet Front Cover.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>2022<br \/>\n&#8220;Structured Knowledge&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-spring-and-autumn-symposia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Spring and Autumn Symposia<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-autumn-symposium-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Structures of Knowledge&#8221;<\/a> (Spring)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-autumn-symposium-on-supports-for-knowledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Supports for Knowledge&#8221;<\/a> (Autumn)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17309\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17309\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17309 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2022 Autumn Symposium Program Booklet, Front Cover (Page 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This choice stands within our tradition (since 2022) of a theme to guide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[678,2820],"tags":[2105,2685,2882],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21012,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20986\/revisions\/21012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}