# Harvard University | History of the Book at Harvard ![Boss like Belle: Illustration](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/42171601-1729209408946-b415b5f18572f.jpg?itok=WMQj06QY) [NEW Podcast: Boss Like Belle (By Anne-Marie Eze with Rachael Lowell Ellison)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bosslikebelle) Belle da Costa Greene was librarian, medievalist and first director of the Morgan Library and Museum. A Black woman passing as white, she became a trailblazer at J. P. Morgan's library and inspired The Personal Librarian. Uncover how linking past and present can inspire bold steps in your journey. Produced by La Central Podcasts, supported by Harvard Library and the Morgan Library & Museum. \*\*\* ![A collage with scrolls and books](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/history-of-the-book/files/book_collage_0.jpg?itok=wykrEZgI) ## Welcome! These pages are intended to serve as a repository of resources, and a focal point of activities, for Boston-area scholars with shared interests in the History and Future of the Book. Visit this page to find out about up-and-coming local events in Book History, to contact faculty and student affiliates, and to explore courses, conferences, and online resources in the History of the Book. Please don't forget to sign up for our **Mailing List**, to receive regular updates and more! ***Looking for the TakeNote virtual exhibit?*** [Click here](https://takenote.library.harvard.edu/) [Roger Chartier: "Global Cervantes" (2017), ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTQZs45FZs0)organized by The Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History and the Department of Music, Harvard, with collaboration of the Instituto Cervantes, Harvard, visibile [online](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTQZs45FZs0). ## Mailing List If you would like to subscribe to the Harvard HistBook mailing list, please send an email to histbook (at) fas.harvard.edu. Twice a month, the newsletter provides information about events and opportunities in the region. ## Upcoming Events [### Paper Relations: Histories and Futures of Indigenous Print Cultures (Summer Seminar, Deadline April 3, 2026) ](/event/paper-relations-histories-and-futures-indigenous-print-cultures-summer-seminar-deadline-april?occ_id=0)Jun. 21 - Jun 26, 2026 | All day ![American Antiquarian Society, Header Image](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/Screenshot%202025-08-31%20at%209.57.52%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=j42O_9Bl) [### Indigenous Books and America 250 with Phillip Round ](/event/indigenous-books-and-america-250-phillip-round?occ_id=0)June 24, 2026 | 7:00PM - 8:00PM EDT ![American Antiquarian Society, Header Image](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/Screenshot%202025-08-31%20at%209.57.52%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=j42O_9Bl) [### Lecture, Printing Revolution ](/event/lecture-printing-revolution?occ_id=0)June 30, 2026 | 7:00PM - 8:00PM EDT ![American Antiquarian Society, Header Image](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/Screenshot%202025-08-31%20at%209.57.52%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=j42O_9Bl) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar) ## CFPs and Other Related News [### Harry Ransom Center (Austin TX), January 21, 2026 6pm CST: Dr. Ann Blair presents her lecture "How Renaissance Scholars and Printers Decided on the Size of Books" ](/news/2025/12/harry-ransom-center-austin-tx-january-21-2026-6pm-cst-dr-ann-blair-presents-her) December 21, 2025 ![Logo, Ann's Talk at Harry Ransom Center](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Screenshot%202025-12-21%20at%2010.08.57%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=_nY9g9WH) [### Scientiae: Nantes, 9-12 June 2026 (Deadline: Jan 31, 2026) ](/news/2025/12/scientiae-nantes-9-12-june-2026-deadline-jan-31-2026) December 17, 2025 ![Logo Scientiae UK](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Screenshot%202025-12-17%20at%204.18.09%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=jLVovixH) [### Print & Power: Incarceration, Confinement, & Archival Silences (NYU, Nov 21, 2025) ](/news/2025/10/print-power-incarceration-confinement-archival-silences-nyu-nov-21-2025) October 29, 2025 ![Logo Material Text Working Group, NYU](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-29%20at%208.25.14%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=bd3e38f7&itok=JrhZd6hi) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/news) ## Exhibits [### Exhibit: A More Perfect Union. The Birth of the Constitution ](/event/exhibit-more-perfect-union-birth-constitution?occ_id=0)May. 4 - Aug 27, 2026 | All day ![Proceedings of the Foederal Convention](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-20%20at%209.28.08%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=kH8rT2vk) [### Exhibit: Making Waves. Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library ](/event/exhibit-making-waves-books-angling-and-fish-houghton-library?occ_id=0)May. 4 - Aug 21, 2026 | All day ![Houghton Library, Logo Exhibit](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-20%20at%2010.30.55%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=Yow7RPpu) [### Exhibition "War of Words: A Citizen’s-Eye View of the Revolution" (Houghton Library) ](/event/exhibition-war-words-citizens-eye-view-revolution-houghton-library?occ_id=0)May. 18 - Aug 7, 2026 | All day ![Dunlap Declaration of Independence 1776](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Screenshot%202026-05-26%20at%202.02.11%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=oRmlubbf) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/current-exhibits)