Stephen Sword (stiff’n’sore press), “Skills and Mechanization: The Transition from Hand Press to Cylinder”
Massey College (Colin Friesen Room) 4 Devonshire Place, TorontoStephen Sword is a printing historian and proprietor of the stiff’n’sore press in Stouffville, Ontario, an experimental shop committed to historic letterpress techniques. His printing interests encompass everything from typography and technology to shop practices and the place of the press in society. He combines his scholarly interests with hands-on craftsmanship. His current research in […]
Jeff Peachey, “Pulled to Pieces: Life as an Independent Book Conservator”
Faculty of Information (Room 728) 140 St. George Street, TorontoIn this fast paced illustrated lecture, Jeff Peachey will discuss the variety of book related activities he is engaged in as a New York City based independent book conservator. This includes pretending to be an actor playing a bookbinder in a Samsung Galaxy Note TV advertisement, inventing the Peachey Board Slotting Machine, manufacturing leather paring […]
Houari Touati (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), “The Calligraphic Albums of Medieval Islam”
Jackman Humanities Building (Room 100) 170 St George Street, TorontoCo-Sponsors: Centre for Medieval Studies, Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture, Department of History, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Institute for Islamic Studies, Jackman Humanities Institute. This event is free and open to all. Registration is not required. For further information, please contact the Department of History at (416) 978-3363 or […]
Houari Touati (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), “The Coming of the Book in Islam, 7th-8th Centuries”
Sidney Smith Hall (Room 2098) 100 St George Street, TorontoCo-Sponsors: Centre for Medieval Studies, Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture, Department of History, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Institute for Islamic Studies, Jackman Humanities Institute. This event is free and open to all. Registration is not required. For further information, please contact the Department of History at (416) 978-3363 or […]
CRRS Erasmus Lecture
Victoria College: Alumni Hall (VC112) 91 Charles Street W., Toronto, OntarioFrancesca Trivellato: “Jacob Burckhardt and the Economic Historians of Renaissance Florence: A Missed Encounter” In his landmark 1860 The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Jacob Burckhardt identified individualism as a hallmark of the Italian Renaissance. During the decades to come, several modern social theorists, and Max Weber in particular, elevated individualism to a defining trait […]
The Alexander C. Pathy Lecture in the Book Arts
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Maclean Hunter Room 120 St. George Street, Toronto, OntarioDr. Andreas Janke, Universität Hamburg, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, speaking on 'Tracing the Afterlife of the Fisher Antiphonary.’
The George Kiddell Lecture on the History of the Book
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Maclean Hunter Room 120 St. George Street, Toronto, OntarioDr. Margaret Jane Kidnie, Professor of English and Theatre Studies, Western University, on Shakespeare printing
The Johanna and Leon Katz Memorial Lecture
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Maclean Hunter Room 120 St. George Street, Toronto, OntarioDr. Michael F. Suarez, S. J., Director of Rare Book School and Professor of English, University of Virginia, speaking on ‘Glorious Bookishness: Learning Anew in the Material World.’