BOOK
HISTORY RESEARCH NETWORK DAY
Friday
6 March 2009
The next Book History Research Network Study Day will
be hosted by the Centre for the History of the Book
at the University of Edinburgh , Friday 6 March 2009,
9am-5pm. No charge.
Papers are invited from postgraduates, scholars, and
independent researchers that address themes related
to the sociology of texts, authorship, text and image,
reading cultures, and printing and publishing histories.
Bill Bell, the general editor of the Edinburgh History
of the Book in Scotland , will deliver a keynote
address entitled ‘ Scotland in the Empire of Print'.
The symposium will also feature a panel of experts in
a round-table discussion, ‘Practising Book History'.
Abstracts for 20 minute papers and a short biography
should be sent to: Johanna.Archbold@gmail.com
by Friday 23 January 2009. Speakers will be notified
by Friday 30 January 2009.
The
Book History Research Network is currently based
at the Centre for Irish-Scottish and Comparative Studies
at Trinity College Dublin. Its aim is to bring together
postgraduates, academics, teachers, and independent
researchers working in any area or period of ‘the history
of the book'. Its hosts a web register of Book History
Researchers and two Study Days a year in various locations
throughout the UK and Ireland.
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