School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures

The Centre for the History of the Book

The Edinburgh Book History Seminars

Spring 2012

Seminars take place on the 5th Floor of Edinburgh University Main
Library from 1-2pm.

- Schedule Spring 2012-


Friday 27 January
Missionary Travails: Livingstone, Murray and the Making of Missionary Travels
Justin Livingstone (University of Edinburgh)


Friday 10 February
Ransacking Old Banny: The Bannatyne Manuscript and the Bannatyne Club
Elizabeth Elliot (University of Edinburgh)


Friday 24 February
Literature and Agency in English Fiction Reading : The Henry Williamson Literary Society
Adam Reed (University of St Andrews)


Friday 9 March
Printers on the Move: Migration, Identity and Printing Skills Transfer Across the English-Speaking World, 1840-1914
Mary Hammond (University of Southampton)


Friday 24 March
Occult Materialities: On the Production and Reception of Magic Books
Stuart McWilliams (Queen's University, Belfast)




Organised by
The CENTRE for the HISTORY of the BOOK
& EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb