Randall McLeod, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Toronto November 4, 2013 (Monday) Butler Library, Room, 523, at 6:00 p.m. The 1501 Venetian Vergil was the first book printed entirely in italics. On the verso of the title page, the printer, Aldo Manuzio, celebrated the type-cutter, Francesco da Bologna. (The two fell out a year […]
Book History Colloquium: Girls, Zines, and their Afterlives: On the Significance of Multiple Networks and Itineraries of Dissent
Janice Radway, Walter Dill Scott Professor of Communications, Northwestern University October 24, 2013 (Thursday) Barnard Zine Library Tour at 5:00 PM (meeting in Lehman Hall lobby) [See, map @ no. 20] Talk at 6: 00 PM in Butler Library, Room 523 Dissident and non-conforming girls and young women developed an interest in what are now […]
Tues., Oct. 22nd, a Celebration Concert: “The Ulysses Kay Project” @ Columbia
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at 6:00 pm Columbia University Columbia University Office of the Chaplain’s Concert Series will feature the Harlem Chamber Players at St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University 117th Street and Amsterdam (See, map @ no. 12). This concert is part of what the Harlem Chamber Players have titled […]
Ulysses Kay Project Pre-Concert Talk with Prof. George Lewis & Others, Oct. 21 @ 5:00 PM
Event Date: Mon, 10/21/2013 – 5:00pm Event Location: Room 754 of Schermerhorn Extension Event Sponsors: Department of Music, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Office of Government and Community Affairs Admission Charge: Free and Open to the Public ULYSSES KAY PROJECT@ Columbia University Presents: A […]
Book History Colloquium: Panel on Handmade Books, Remade Genres
Rachel Feder, "Marginal Experiments" Ellen Gruber Garvey, "Repurposed Books" Karen Sánchez-Eppler, "Beyond the Press of History" October 10, 2013 (Thursday) Butler Library, Room 523 at 6:00 p.m. This panel brings together three scholars who work on 19th-century American and British handmade books. In “Marginal Experiments”, Rachel Fader will explore the […]