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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!