2012 HARVARD-YALE CONFERENCE IN BOOK HISTORY
New Haven, CT
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Rm. 319
10:20 am - 6:00 pm
Sponsored by the Yale University Department of English and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
SCHEDULE
Welcoming Remarks 10:20-10:30
Session 1: AUTHORSHIP AND REPRODUCTION 10:30-12:45
Chair: Jessica Brantley (English, Yale)
Anita Savo (Spanish and Portuguese, Yale), "Another Don Juan's Twice-Told Tale: Vernacular Authorship in a Manuscript Culture"
Isabelle Levy (Comparative Literature, Harvard), "Tracing Anthology in Medieval Italy: From Italian to Hebrew"
Jens Eriksson (History of Science, Uppsala / History, Harvard), "The Pirates' Congress: Counterfeits in Vienna, 1814-1815"
Ryan Max Riley (French, Yale), "Forging Originality: Readability and Reader's Ability in the Plagiarism of Stendahl and his Printer, Pierre Didot l'aîne"
Lunch and Beinecke Exhibit Tour for Participants 12:45-2:15
Session 2: GENRE AND COMPILATION 2:15-3:55
Chair: David Kastan (English, Yale)
Eric Weiskott (English, Yale), "'A Bablynge of Dokes': Fifteenth-Century Terms of Association in Beinecke MS 163"
He Bian (History of Science, Harvard), "Putting Cures to Print: Reincarnations of a Seventeenth-Century Chinese Materia Medica"
Miranda Molledorf (History of Science, Harvard), "Transience, Time, and Territory: The Changing States of Prints in Robert John Thornton's Temple of Flora (1797-1812)"
Coffee Break 3:55-4:20
Session 3: REINVENTING FOR THE MARKETPLACE 4:20-6:00
Chair: Ann Blair (History, Harvard)
Kristin Williams (EALC, Harvard), "Mischief and Marketing in an Eighteenth-Century Japanese Picturebook for Children"
Sam Malissa (EALL, Yale), "Wabun Eiyaku and the Curious Beginnings of Modern Japanese Literature in English Translation"
Ren Wei (HAA, Harvard), "Art By the Book: Tao Yuanqing's Book Cover Design for Lu Xun"