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SINCE 1997

2009-2010 Program

ABSTRACTS

POSTERS
(Nov.19)

Steven Zwicker (Washington University, Saint Louis)
The Day that George Thomason Collected his Copy of the 'Poems of Mr. John Milton both English and Latin, Compos'd at Several Times'
Thursday, 19 November (Plangere Annex, Murray Hall)

Steven Zwicker will also conduct a Graduate Workshop titled, "Working in the Archives " on Thursday, 19 November, 1:30-3:30 p.m. (Alexander Library, Case Room). Due to space limitations, participation in this workshop is by reservation only. Please contact Curtis Dunn at CCA: 732.932.8426.

Other confirmed speakers:

Michael Gavin (Rutgers)
Writing Print Cultures Past: How the History of Literary Criticism Can Contribute to the History of the Book
Thursday, 3 December (place TBD)

William Sherman (University of York)
Thursday, 12 April

 

Lectures will start at 5:00 p.m.

Locations:

Plangere Annex, Murray Hall
Plangere Annex, Murray Hall
510 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ
Directions at: http://search.rutgers.edu/buildings.html?q=murray%20hall

Alexander Library
Case Room (November 19 workshop )
169 College Ave., New Brunswick, New Jersey
Directions at: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/alex_lib/alex_lib.shtml

 

We co-sponsored "Recycled Reading: Latin American Cartoneras and Alternative Book Publishing," October 12-13. More here.


For their support for the 2009-2010 lecture series, the Rutgers Seminar in the History of the Book would like to thank the following programs and units at Rutgers:


Center for Cultural Analysis
Department of English
Department of French
History Department
Program in Early Modern Studies
Rutgers University Libraries
School of Communication and Information
The Transliteratures Project


2009-2010 Series Organizers:

Marija Dalbello (SCI), Tom Fulton, with Michael Gavin (English), and Lorraine Piroux (French)
{dalbello at scils.rutgers.edu} {tfulton at rci.rutgers.edu, michael.a.gavin@gmail.com} {lpiroux at rci.rutgers.edu}



Last updated: October 30, 2009