Dear Colleagues
The Centre for the History of the Book at the University of Edinburgh is hosting a one-day conference for postgraduates and early-career researchers on the topic of 'Creativity and Commerce in the Age of Print'. Abstracts are due on 5 May and the conference takes place in Edinburgh on 26 July.
This interdisciplinary conference will explore the sometimes-fraught connections between the ‘art’ and ‘trade’ of books from the Western invention of printing to today. Are the interests of authors and publishers always opposed, or can they lead to productive forms of collaboration? Does work undertaken for the marketplace necessarily compromise its moral and cultural standing? How does literature become property, and how has authorship evolved between the starving writer of ‘Grub Street’ and the modern book festival circuit? Can the requirements of the printing and bookselling industries constitute a form of de-facto censorship, determining the types of work that are published and circulated?
Please circulate the attached Call for Papers to anyone who might be interested, and send 200-word abstracts to [log in to unmask]
Thank you
Tom
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Tom Mole
Reader in English Literature
Director of the Centre for the History of the Book
University of Edinburgh
www.tommole.org
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