Centre for the History of the Book

THE CHB Research Seminar is now in its tenth year and continues to take place in the University Library on alternate Fridays throughtout the Autumn and Spring Terms.

Current Session:

        Spring 2012

Past Sessions:

       Autumn 2011
       Spring 2011

       Autumn 2010

       Spring 2010 
       Autumn 2009
      1999-2000
       2000-2001
       2001-2002
       2002-2003
       2003-2004
       2004-2005
       2005-2006
       2006-2007

       2007-2008

       2008-2009

No forthcoming conferences

RSVP 1995 (Research Society for Victorian Periodicals)
SHARP 1995 (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing)
Across Boundaries: The Book in Culture and Commerce
Material Cultures: The Book, the Text, and the Archive
The Production of Culture
The New Information Order and the Future of the Archive
The Versatile Text
Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society
Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 3
Annual British Book Trade History Conference
10 Years of Freedom: A Celebration of South African Writing
Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 2
Material Cultures and the Creation of Knowledge
El Otro Lado: A Celebration of Latina Writing

Print Culture After Union

Book History Research Network

Correspondence: Travel, Writing, and Literatures of Exploration

Form and Function in the Late Medieval Bible

Material Cultures 2010

The Blackwell Lecture takes place occasionally and is sponsored by Blackwell Booksellers. Over the years the Centre's lectures have received support from the British Academy, James Thin Bookseller, and the National Library of Scotland.  Former CHB lecturers have included Asa Briggs, Marilyn Butler, Robert Darnton, Bamber Gascoigne, Stephen Greenblatt, and D.F. McKenzie.