#  Opening event in the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 15, 2025** 

 05:15PM - 07:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University**  

 [12 Quincy St  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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Please save the date for the Opening event in the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book, Featuring flashtalks by

- Eric Gurevitch (History of Science, Harvard), "Two inscriptions, three tables of contents, and one cannon: Artisanal literacy in precolonial South Asia"
- Ann Blair (History, Harvard), "The appeal of composite volumes among early European imprints"
- Spence Weinreich (Society of Fellows, Harvard), "The Jailer's Key, the Prisoner's Code"
- Paul Russell (Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard), "Gerald of Wales, Edward Lhuyd and some 'Welsh scribbles'".

This event is sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book.



 

 



 

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