2026 Conference

Harvard · Yale · Brown
History of the Book
Graduate Student Conference

Monday, May 4, 2026
Sponsored by the John Carter Brown Library and the John Hay Library

Please RSVP by April 27.

Morning

John Carter Brown Library — Conference Room (011)
Please enter via Caspersen entrance (walkway between the JCB and Littlefield Hall off of George St)

9:00–9:10 AM — Opening Remarks

9:10–10:30 AM — Panel I: Editing & Censorship
Eliza Browning, Princeton
Gabriel Parlin, Harvard
Isabel Frey Ribeiro, Harvard
Caroline Holyoak, Brown

10:30–10:40 AM — Break

10:40–11:55 AM — Panel II: Publishing in Community
Sara Penn, New York University
Koni Zhang, Arizona State University
Ivy Faye Monroe, Yale
Jeonghun Choi, Harvard

11:55 AM–12:20 PM — Object Session at the John Carter Brown Library

12:20–1:20 PM — Lunch

Afternoon

John Hay Library — Primary Source Lab (Hay 321)

1:20–2:20 PM — Panel III: Texts in Translation
Tara Dhaliwal, Brown
Abdelrahman Mahmoud, Harvard
Jack Rodgers, Harvard

2:20–2:30 PM — Break

2:30–3:30 PM — Panel IV: Literacy Beyond the Page
Tristan Whalen, Brown
Benet Ge, Brown
(Name withheld by request), Yale

3:30–3:40 PM — Break

3:40–4:40 PM — Panel V: Texts, Aloud
Daniel Atwood, Northwestern
Ainé Palmer, Yale
Paul Aste, Brown

4:40–5:15 PM — Object Session — Bopp Room (Hay 315)

5:15–5:20 PM — Closing Remarks

5:20–6:00 PM — Reception — Hay Lobby

Schedule is subject to change.