Harvard University | History of the Book at Harvard

NEW Podcast: Boss Like Belle (By Anne-Marie Eze with Rachael Lowell Ellison)
Belle da Costa Greene was librarian, medievalist and first director of the Morgan Library and Museum. A Black woman passing as white, she became a trailblazer at J. P. Morgan's library and inspired The Personal Librarian.  Uncover how linking past and present can inspire bold steps in your journey. Produced by La Central Podcasts, supported by Harvard Library and the Morgan Library & Museum.

***

Welcome!

These pages are intended to serve as a repository of resources, and a focal point of activities, for Boston-area scholars with shared interests in the History and Future of the Book.

Visit this page to find out about up-and-coming local events in Book History, to contact faculty and student affiliates, and to explore courses, conferences, and online resources in the History of the Book.

Please don't forget to sign up for our Mailing List, to receive regular updates and more! 

Looking for the TakeNote virtual exhibit? Click here

Roger Chartier: "Global Cervantes" (2017), organized by The Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History and the Department of Music, Harvard, with collaboration of the Instituto Cervantes, Harvard, visibile online.

Mailing List

If you would like to subscribe to the Harvard HistBook mailing list, please send an email to histbook (at) fas.harvard.edu.

Twice a month, the newsletter provides information about events and opportunities in the region.