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--- Peter Davies <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:

> Datum:         Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:52:31 +0000
> Von:         Peter Davies
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Betreff: CFP: Authority in European Book Culture
> (1400-1600)
> An:           [log in to unmask]
> 
> Call for Papers:
> 
> Authority in European Book Culture (1400-1600)
> University of Liverpool, UK June 29th-July 1st 2006
> 
> 
> Through its many and varied manifestations authority
> has frequently played
> a role in the communication process in both
> manuscript and print culture.
> Rulers and governments, the papacy and Church
> hierarchy, civic and
> ecclesiastical societies and fraternities, guilds
> and corporations, local
> governments, religious orders, have all influenced
> production methods and
> forms of publication, essentially trying to
> determine where, when and how
> information was to be circulated. Authority, whether
> religious,
> intellectual, political or social, has sometimes
> enforced the circulation
> of certain texts and text versions or conversely
> acted to prevent the
> distribution of books, pamphlets and other print
> matter. It has also
> stimulated the development of new publication forms
> and methods of
> dissemination. At times, authority has been explicit
> by encoding itself in
> structures or legislation. At others, it has
> operated in a more discreet
> way, seemingly imperceptibly influencing cultural
> attitudes to the written
> and printed word which have acted to the detriment
> of particular
> communities. Authority has not always gone
> unchallenged: readers, writers
> and printers have also rebelled against its
> constraints and restrictions,
> publishing controversial works anonymously or
> counterfeiting authoritative
> texts. The written or printed word itself has
> sometimes been perceived to
> have a kind of authority, which might have had
> ramifications in social,
> political or religious spheres.
> 
> This three-day conference brings together history of
> the book scholars with
> interests in late medieval and early modern Europe
> to reflect upon the
> questions that authority raises. The participation
> of postgraduate students
> is particularly welcomed. Some bursaries will be
> available for postgraduate
> students giving a paper.
> 
> Keynote speakers:
> Adrian Armstrong (University of Manchester)
> Jos Biemans (University of Amsterdam)
> Brian Richardson (University of Leeds)
> 
> Short proposals (200-300 words) for 20-minute papers
> should be submitted to
> the conference organisers Pollie Bromilow
> ([log in to unmask])
> and Godfried Croenen (gcroenen @liverpool.ac.uk) by
> January 13th 2006.
> 
> It is anticipated that a selection of papers from
> this conference will be
> published.
> 
> This call for papers can be viewed on-line at:
> http://www.liv.ac.uk/sml/conferences/
> European_Book_Culture/index.htm
> 
> For more information about the University of
> Liverpool Book History
> Research Group see:
>
http://www.liv.ac.uk/sml/research/researchgroups/index.htm
> 



	

	
		
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