Fall 2017/Spring 2018

FALL 2017

Monday September 18, 6:00-8:00pm, Barker 133
New Directions in Book History: a panel featuring Jean-Christophe Cloutier (English, UPenn / Hutchins Center); Stephanie Frampton (Literature, MIT); Hannah Marcus (History of Science, Harvard); Si Nae Park (EALC, Harvard). Reception to follow.

Nov. 15 at 6pm
“The Novel and its Working Methods—a workshop” featuring Rachel Buurma (English, Swarthmore), Petra McGillen (German, Dartmouth), Simon Reader (English, CUNY)
Cosponsored by Book History and Novel Theory seminars

Thurs Nov 30, 6pm
Jeffrey Miller (English, Montclair State University), “What is a Draft (and Why does it Matter)? The Case of the King James Bible.” Barker 133.

SPRING 2018

Tues January 30, noon-1:30pm
Roundtable on careers in special collections featuring Earle Havens (Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University), Laura Larkin (Houghton Library), John Overholt (Houghton Library) and David Weimer (Harvard Map Collections). Barker 133, 12 Quincy St, Harvard. Organized by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History.

Tues Jan 30, 6pm
Earle Havens (Curator of Rare Books, John Hopkins University), “Note to Self: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Renaissance Library.” Barker 133. Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History.

Feb 27 2018 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Ahmed El Shamsy (Univ of Chicago and Harvard), "Arabic book culture from manuscript to print,” with comment by Elias Muhanna (Brown University)
Location: Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA

Harvard-Yale grad conference in book history: Monday April 30