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History of the Book Events

Filed under GSLIS Events and Meetings
Posted by GSLIS, March 17, 2005
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This list announces events relevant to the history of the book in the greater Boston area that I happen to know about. I am grateful for information about events to include. -- Ann Blair (History, Harvard).

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Mon Feb 7, 5pm, Peter Stallybrass (University of Pennsylvania): "On Not Reading Genesis and Hamlet," Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard.

*Tues Feb 15, 6pm, Heather Jackson (Professor of English at the University of Toronto and the author of _Marginalia: Reading Writing in Books), "ADAMS in Opposition in the Margins of His Books," Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall. The program is part of the Lowell Lecture Series - "Never Without a Book: John Adams and His Library."

Thurs Feb 24, 4pm. William Germano (Vice-President and Publishing Director, Routledge), "Shelf Life: Narratives of the End of the Book," Barker Center Room 114, sponsored by the Humanities Center Seminar on Discipline Problems.

Mon Feb 28, 5pm, Julie Stone Peters (Columbia University) title TBA [on drama and print in early modern England] Forum Room, Lamont Library, Harvard.

Tues March 1, 5:30pm. Virginia Reinburg (History, Boston College), "A Social History of the Book of Hours in France ca. 1400-1600," Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room, Harvard. Co-sponsored with the Early Modern History Workshop. There will be a pre-circulated paper--details to follow closer to the date.

Mon March 21, 5:15-7pm. Matthew Battles, Harvard Library, "Why Do Universities Collect Rare Books?" Barker Center Room 114, Harvard.

Wed April 27, 5pm. Seth Lerer (English and Comparative Literature, Stanford), "Aesop in the Middle Ages: Authority and Authorship in the History of Children's Literature," place TBA. (Co-sponsored with the Medieval Colloquium and the Harvard English Department)

Wed May 18, 5pm. Christian Jacob (CNRS and EHESS, Paris), "From texts to books: circulation and authority of the written word in Greek culture," place TBA. (Co-sponsored with the Seminar on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome).