The Paul Oskar Kristeller Memorial Lecture Prof. Dr. Eef Overgaauw Director, Manuscripts Department Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin When Johannes Gutenberg and his followers started printing books, around 1452, the production of manuscripts did not come to a sudden end. On the contrary: during the second half of the 15th century, the production of handwritten books increased […]
Mon., 4/13 @ 6:00 PM – Panel: “Comics, Underground and Above: The Story of the Kitchen Sink Press”
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April 16th @ 6:00 PM – Book History Colloquium: “The Geography of History: Plotting Columbus in Map and Narrative”
Lindsay Van Tine, Ph.D. Candidate in English, Columbia University Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 6:00 PM Butler Library, Room 523 In the nineteenth century, an era in which geography was held to be the “eye of history,” books ranging from Bibles to exploration narratives included prominent fold-out maps. Yet modern scholarly editing and digitization […]
Tues., 4/7 @ 1 PM Lehman Ctr: CU Prof. Farah Jasmine Griffin, “Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II.”
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Mon., 3/30 @ 1:00 PM – Lehman Ctr: Prof. Marta Gutman, CUNY, “A City for Children: Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950”
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