#  "Banned in Boston (and Beyond)" Pop-up Exhibition (Houghton) 

 



    ![Detail, Desiderius Erasmus (–1536). De dvplici copia verborvm ac rervm: commentarii dvo, 1548. NC5.Erl53D.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-02%20at%205.50.14%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=NizqIiQ4) 

 



 

####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 9, 2025** 

 12:00PM - 03:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Hofer Classroom, Houghton Library, Harvard Yard**  



 

 



 

For as long as there have been books, there have been those who found their content objectionable, and have sought to prevent them from reaching readers. This pop-up exhibition, held during the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, will show famous and infamous examples of books censored for their religious, political, scientific, and sexual content. They range from Copernicus’s *De Revolutionibus*, with its heretical Sun-centered universe, to the work of the Watch and Ward Society, the group that spawned the phrase “Banned in Boston,” to more contemporary works like *The Satanic Verses* and Madonna’s *Sex*.

Event organizer: John Overholt (Houghton Library)

[More Information](https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/calendar/main/banned-in-boston-and-beyond-pop-up-exhibition)

Image credit: Detail, Desiderius Erasmus (–1536). *De dvplici copia verborvm ac rervm*: commentarii dvo, 1548. NC5.Erl53D.



 

 



 

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