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RBSC's History of the Book Seminar Series: Home

The History of the Book is an interdisciplinary realm of study that includes printing and publishing, materials and technologies of the book, the book trade, reading and readers, and collectors and collections, as well as library and information history.

The Seminar Series

Founders Memorial Library, Rare Books & Special Collections

Room 403

February Program

"The Indissoluble Bands of Love and Devotion": Creation, Collection, and Adulation

February 6, 2025 @ Noon-1:30pm

Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room

Founders Memorial Library, Room 403

Brown Bag Lunch Welcome

 

Elinor Olin (L); Beth McGowan (M); Nora Jimenez (R).

March Program

J'Accuse: The Politics of Propaganda and Prosecution

March 6, 2025 @ Noon-1:30pm

Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room

Founders Memorial Library, Room 403

Brown Bag Lunch Welcome

Katharina Barbe (L); Elizabeth Nowak (M); Jessica Cima (R).

April Program

A Sense of Place: Maps and Meaning-Making

April 3, 2025 @ Noon-1:30pm

Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room

Founders Memorial Library, Room 403

Light refreshments will be provided.

Decorative

Jim Wilson (L); Junlin Pan (R).