Prof. Joseph Black (University of Massachusetts, Amherst). "‘A potency of life’: The Material History of Books and Reading"

Five College Seminar in Book History

Below is the fall schedule for our gatherings at the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies (http://www.umass.edu/renaissance/). As was our wont last year, this year each event will be followed by a reception. All are free and open to the public, and of note for those of you who are familiar with the University's parking restrictions, the Center has its own unregulated parking!  Let us know if you have any questions.

Jim Kelly and Jim Wald
 
Sept. 22: Prof. Leah Price (Harvard University). Excerpt from her work-in-progress Overbooked: dispatches from the front lines of the reading wars. N.B. This is on a Friday afternoon.

Oct. 26: Prof. Joseph Black (University of Massachusetts, Amherst). "‘A potency of life’: The Material History of Books and Reading"

Nov. 16: Doctoral Candidate Amy Sopcak-Joseph (University of Connecticut). "Combating Swindlers and Borrowers: Buying and Selling Godey's Lady's Book in the Nineteenth Century"