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Spring 2026 Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture: “Power, Creative Activity & Craft: Letterpress Printing Today”

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Sponsor: Houghton Library Speaker: Dr. Katherine M. Ruffin, Director of the Book Studies Program and Senior Lecturer at Wellesley College Register here (the linked site contains more information, as well).

Houghton-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History: “Considering Withdrawal in Images of the Lives of the Desert Fathers”

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Sponsor: Houghton-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History Speaker: Denva Gallant, Assistant Professor of Art History, Rice University More Information and Registration

Robert A. Gross: "Minutemen Revisited". The Thirteenth Annual Robert C. Baron Lecture

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Baron Lecture by Robert Gross Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 7:00pm "Minutemen Revisited" The Thirteenth Annual Robert C. Baron Lecture by Robert A. Gross

Houghton Library-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History: Speaker Simon Rettig

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Houghton Library-Medieval Studies Lecture and Workshops in Early Book History: Speaker Simon Rettig Lecture: February 25, 5:30 PM Workshops: February 28, 10:00 AM-noon and 2:00-4:00 PM, Houghton Library Seminar Room Join us for a lecture by Dr. Simon...

George Parker Winship Lecture: Brooke Palmieri - "A Queer View of Printing"

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George Parker Winship Lecture and Workshops Brooke Palmieri A Queer View of Printing Thursday, November 15 Workshops: 9:30-11:00 AM & 1:00-2:30 PM. Register here . Lecture: 5:30 PM. Register here . The Lecture registration website is different from the...

The Society of Printers' Annual Dwiggins Lecture--Rick Poynor (UReading): "David King"

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The Society of Printers April 10 — the 45rd annual Dwiggins Lecture – Rick Poynor: David King David King was a british designer, graphic activist, visual historian. The very model of an engaged, politicised, protean, intellectually ambitious, visually...

The Houghton Library Winship Lecture: Peter Stallybrass (University of Pennsylvania Emeritus) and Andrew Stauffer (University of Virginia)

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Open to the public Houghton Library welcomes Andrew Stauffer, Professor and Chair of English, University of Virginia, and Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, who will give...

Lecture: “Medieval Bestseller: The Book of Hours” with Roger S. Wieck

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SEP 18 Lecture: “Medieval Bestseller: The Book of Hours” with Roger S. Wieck The book of hours, an illustrated prayer book, was popular with lay men and women of the late medieval/early Renaissance period for over 300 years. Why? Wieck’s lecture...

Julia Miller: “Writing the History of Bookbinding: the Suave Mechanicals Essay Series” (Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture on the Art of the Book)

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Fall 2023 Hofer Lecture Houghton welcomes conservator Julia Miller, editor of the Suave Mechanicals history of bookbinding series, who will give this fall's Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture on the Art of the Book. The lecture covers the inception of Suave...

UCLA/Getty Conservation Lecture September 30 - Dr. Spencer Crew

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I am pleased to invite you to a lecture by Dr. Spencer Crew on Wednesday September 30, from 11:00 to 12:00 (PST). This is the inaugural lecture of the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program Distinguished Speaker Series. It will launch our public series with the...

The Norton Lectures on Cinema: Frederick Wiseman: The Search for Story, Structure, and Meaning in Documentary Film: Part I

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http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/norton-lectures Monday, January 29 and Monday, February 5: Frederick Wiseman The Search for Story, Structure, and Meaning in Documentary Film: Part I and Part II The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in...

The Norton Lectures on Cinema: Frederick Wiseman: The Search for Story, Structure, and Meaning in Documentary Film: Part II

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http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/norton-lectures The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry was endowed in 1925. Harvard's preeminent lecture series in the arts and humanities, the Norton Lectures recognize individuals of...