Tag: History of Reading

  1. Speaking with the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society

    This blog post was originally published on the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society website and can be read here. My talk was part of the Society's 2016-2017 programme. Choosing a topic for my recent talk at the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society was a relatively easy one. Not only is the Royal High School…

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  2. SHARP2015: Generation and Regeneration of Books

    This year's Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing's conference was held in Montreal, Canada between the 7th and 10th of July. The theme was the Generation and Regeneration of Books and this was my first major conference! I was presenting a traditional 20-minute paper on “A large…

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  3. The 21st Century Book Historian: Challenges in History of Reading Research

    This post originally appeared as a guest post on the '21st Century Book Historian' Blog at https://dundeescottishculture.org/activities/21st-century-book-historian/ on the 29th of April, 2015. Methodologies in History of Reading Our first Book History workshop, held back in December at the University of Stirling, focused on methodologies in…

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