Democratizing Knowledge: Examining Archives in the Post-custodial Era
Online eventDrew University (Madison, NJ) Submission deadline: August 24, 2020 To acknowledge the archive as a construct is to understand that power, as Michel-Rolph Trouillot has argued, “is constitutive of the […]
The Book in Movement: Experimentation & Craft in Autonomous Publishing Networks in Latin America
Online eventOver the past two decades, Latin America has seen an explosion of experiments with autonomy, as people across the continent express their refusal to be absorbed by the logic and […]
Book/Print Artists/Scholars of Color Collective: Irene Chan, Devin Fitzgerald, Colette Fu, and Radha Pandey
Online eventBook artist Tia Blassingame founded The Book/Print Artists/Scholars of Color Collective to build community and collaborations with BIPOC book/print practitioners and scholars. The Collective represents a growing community of more than twenty […]
Princeton-Rutgers Book History Colloquium | “The Virtual Materiality of Texts: Book History during a Pandemic”
Online eventA virtual colloquium on teaching, reading, and research in the time of Covid-19 https://history.princeton.edu/news-events/events/colloquium-virtual-materiality-texts-book-history-during-pandemic The global pandemic and consequent ‘lockdown’ in most nations around the world have affected academic activity […]
W.J. Alexander Lecture in English Literature
Online eventA Conversation with Folger Director Michael Witmore on the Future of Research Libraries and the Humanities Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 6:00-7:30 p.m. This is a virtual event. Zoom details […]
Building Better Book Feminisms
Online eventRecent years have seen a surge of interest in feminist bibliography, sparked primarily by work by Kate Ozment and Sarah Werner, drawing on a 1998 piece by Leslie Howsam in SHARP News. In this […]
Writers and their Archives: A Conversation with Lawrence Hill
Online eventTo celebrate Black History Month in February, the Fisher Library will present a special episode of Between the Pillars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Ubg_wMOs8HOPwcySVdCKdckNxyBJQVF Writers and Their Archives: A Conversation with Lawrence Hill. Award-winning […]
Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair
Online eventPrinted Matter, Inc. presents PMVABF (Printed Matter's Virtual Art Book Fair) February 25–28, 2021 Opening Wednesday, February 24, 4pm EST The event will take place on pmvabf.org This February, Printed […]
Book History and the House of Murray
Online eventFree webinar on Book History March 4th at 10 am - 11 am EST Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5715143106402915599 To celebrate World Book Day 2021, Adam Matthew Digital invites you to a […]
Digital Archive and Canon
Online eventRegistration is now open for the workshop "Digital Archive and Canon" https://www.digitales-archiv-und-kanon.de/ The canon debate of the 1970s asked the fundamental question of which authors’ works are published, reviewed, and […]