Alica-Nana Citron

Alica-Nana Citron is a Research Fellow at the University of Oslo’s Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. She is a core member of the ERC-funded project BE4COPY (Before Copyright), focusing on gender and book history in the early modern period. Her doctoral research examines the roles and knowledge systems of women in early modern German printing businesses, particularly their engagement with printing privileges. Supervised by Marius Buning and co-supervised by Matteo Valleriani, her work integrates methods from digital humanities, feminist epistemology, and sociological theory. She holds an MA in History and Theory of Science and Technology from the Technical University of Berlin (2022) and conducted postgraduate research at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science as a Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (2022–2026).

• Academic Affiliations: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin, Germany)
• Key Projects: Before Copyright (BE4COPY), History of Capitalism research group

Her research bridges gender history, book history, and the history of science, emphasizing overlooked contributions of women to early modern print culture. Recent work includes developing a database on European printing privilege systems, published in DigItalia (2024).