I wonder if anyone who attended the one-day symposium on teaching
book history to undergraduates might report to the list (or, if I
alone am interested in it, just to me) about it? I very much wish I
had been able to attend, but the timing and the cost of flying to the
UK prevented me.
Thanks in advance,
Erick Kelemen
On Tuesday, 27 November, 2007, at 3:45 PM , Wim Van Mierlo wrote:
> A friendly reminder to SHARP-ists about this forthcoming event (and
> the
> related survey) - details below.
>
> There are a few free spaces available for undergraduate (or recently
> graduated) students who would be willing to participate in the student
> roundtable; if you have a student who has encountered book history
> in their
> studies and who might be interested in attending, please let me
> know as soon
> as possible.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Ian Gadd
> ------------------------
>
> [Please cross-post]
>
> ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM:
> Teaching the history of the book to undergraduates
>
> Saturday 8 December 2007
> Institute of English Studies, London
>
> Organisers: Dr Ian Gadd, Dr Aileen Fyfe, Dr John Hinks, Dr Cathy
> Shrank and
> Professor Simon Eliot
>
> History of the book, long the preserve of the graduate seminar, is
> beginning
> to find its way into the undergraduate curriculum, as tutors find
> that the
> questions history of the book raises, the methodologies it uses,
> and the
> perspectives it provides are increasingly useful to their students.
> Yet, how
> can something so interdisciplinary < that is taught in departments of
> history, English, media studies, publishing and elsewhere < and so
> material
> < that needs access to books and archives < make its way
> successfully into
> the undergraduate classroom? What disciplinary, institutional,
> pedagogical,
> and intellectual problems does it encounter? And what are the possible
> implications for history of the book as a field or mode of enquiry?
>
> This one-day symposium, the first of its kind in the UK, brings
> together
> scholars from a variety of disciplines and universities, research
> librarians, and undergraduate students to debate these questions
> and to
> share experiences and good practice. We hope that it will be of
> interest to
> anyone involved in, or thinking about becoming involved in,
> teaching the
> history of the book.
>
> The conference programme and registration form is available at
> http://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/conferences/2007/BookHist/index.htm
>
> Registration is £30 (£20 concessions) and covers refreshments, but not
> lunch.
>
> On the website, there is also information about a survey of Book
> History
> teaching in the UK and Ireland. We've already received a good
> number of
> responses, but we would welcome more!
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