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SUMMARY:Bookbinding in Theory and Practice
DESCRIPTION:I. Hands-on bookbinding workshop taught by Javiera Barrientos (3:30–4:30) \nRSVP to book@cca.rutgers.edu \nII. Lecture: Who Bound Books in Early Modern England? (5pm) \nAaron Pratt\, University of Texas at Austin \nCarl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts\, Harry Ransom Center \nRespondent: Javiera Barrientos\, Rutgers University \nAaron T. Pratt is Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center. His research and teaching focus on bibliography\, the history of the book\, and the literature and culture of early modern England. In addition\, his writing has appeared in several venues\, including Shakespeare Quarterly\, Shakespeare Studies\, The Library\, Fine Books and Collections magazine\, and the Times Literary Supplement. Moreover\, his work has appeared in edited collections published by Oxford and Cambridge. \nHis co-curated exhibition\, Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt\, is on view at the Ransom Center April 11 – August 2\, 2026. \nJaviera Barrientos is a PhD candidate in English Literature at Rutgers University\, where she researches bibliographic waste in colonial contexts during the early modern period. In addition\, she is a book historian\, bookbinder\, and essayist. \nHer most recent experimental essay\, Elegía a las bibliotecas perdidas\, is being reissued in the collection Habitar la Biblioteca published by Biblioteca Revelaciones. Additionally\, she is a graduate fellow at the Rutgers Initiative for the Book. \nFurthermore\, her work on waste paper and colonial bookbinding in libraries of the Viceroyalty of Peru was recognized with the D. F. McKenzie New Scholar Award from the Bibliographical Society of America in 2025. \nLocation \nBoth events will take place at Murray Hall 302\, 510 George St\, New Brunswick NJ.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/bookbinding-in-theory-and-practice/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260430
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SUMMARY:Day of Performance: Something Printed This Way Comes
DESCRIPTION:Puppets!  Playbills!  And Plenty of Performative Pandemonium! \nProfessor Talley Murphy and the Murray-Hall Players will be performing Macbeth in and around Murray Hall.  All are welcome– to perform\, to witness\, or to be made victims of the one-day regicidal celebration.  To mark the event\, the Scarlet Letterpress will be printing and distributing hand-made playbills\, and reconstructing some Shakespearean stage-blood.  Spot-remover will be provided! \nWednesday April 29th | Times TBD \nIn and around Murray Hall | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/day-of-performance-something-printed-this-way-comes/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260425T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260425T160000
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SUMMARY:The Scarlet Letterpress at Rutgers Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Visit our Rutgers Day table at Voorhees Mall\, and take home a bookmark or postcard! \nJoin us in printing historical materials associated with Bram Stoker’s 1894 Gothic novel Dracula. \nSunday April 25th | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm \nEnglish Department Tent | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/the-scarlet-letterpress-at-rutgers-day-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260422T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260422T170000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Medieval Materiality Event: Medieval Ink
DESCRIPTION:Join the Rutgers Book Initiative\, the Early English Reading Group\, and the Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium for our Second Annual Medieval Materiality Event! \nCome learn how to make medieval ink and hear live readings of Old and Middle English literature! The Scarlet Letterpress will demonstrate how to make medieval inks: black\, blue\, and red (and potentially more!). Anyone can stop by to participate in making medieval ink and writing with it on historic parchment and historical cloth paper. Email Novella Frasier (novella.r.frasier@rutgers.edu) to RSVP for a free lunch at noon among friends and medievalists! \nWednesday April 22nd | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm \nRoom 101A (The Lounge) Murray Hall | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/2nd-annual-medieval-materiality-event-medieval-ink/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260411
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T115337Z
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SUMMARY:RIB at the Black Bibliography Project Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Black Bibliography Project\, a digital humanities initiative that aims to revitalize descriptive bibliography for African American literary studies\, is hosting a conference at Rutgers from April 9-10. The proceedings will include two printing workshops at the Scarlet Letterpress and a panel presentation by a Book Initiative graduate fellow\, Mitchell Edwards. \n Please register here if you would like to attend. There is no registration fee. \nThursday & Friday April 9th & 10th | All Day \nAlexander Library | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/rib-at-the-black-bibliography-project-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260328T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
CREATED:20260316T113753Z
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SUMMARY:The Scarlet Letterpress at New Jersey Makers' Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Letterpress is going mobile! \nJoin us at the Piscataway Public Library\, introducing some not-yet-obsolete technology at their annual Makers’ Day celebration.  Visit and print a poem or a postcard! \nSaturday March 28th | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm \nPiscataway Public Library
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/the-scarlet-letterpress-at-new-jersey-makers-day-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260326T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260326T170000
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CREATED:20260316T114915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T204454Z
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SUMMARY:Rutgers Translation Studies Initiative in the Press
DESCRIPTION:The Translation Studies Initiative and the Scarlet Letterpress welcome all Rutgers translators to set type and print a translation. \nPlease join Professor Sean Silver and friends\, who will help translators set type and print translations. \nThursday March 26th | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm \nRoom 309 Murray Hall | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/rtsi-in-the-press/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260213T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260213T170000
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SUMMARY:Valentine's Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our second annual Valentine’s Day printing event! \nJoin us in printing handmade cards and memorabilia to celebrate the festivities! \nFriday February 13th | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm \nRoom 309 Murray Hall | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/valentines-day-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260206T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260206T170000
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SUMMARY:Scarlet Letterpress's Valentine's Collaboration with RAHSA
DESCRIPTION:Our first ever collaboration with the Rutgers Art History Student Association–printing for Valentine’s Day! \nJoin us in printing handmade linocuts and memorabilia to celebrate the festivities! \nFriday February 11th | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm \nRoom 309 Murray Hall | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/scarlet-letterpresss-valentines-collaboration-with-rahsa/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251208T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251208T203000
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SUMMARY:From Clay Tablet to Digital Tablet: The History of Jewish Books
DESCRIPTION:What is a Jewish book? How has it evolved from antiquity to the present? \nJoin us to explore how Jewish ideas have been transferred over the centuries–from oral traditions to handwritten manuscripts\, from printed books to computer code. \nRSVP required. Register online at BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu. \nMonday December 8th | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm \nVirtual
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/from-clay-tablet-to-digital-tablet-the-history-of-jewish-books/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251031T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251031T160000
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SUMMARY:Halloween
DESCRIPTION:Our second annual Halloween printing event! \nJoin us in printing handmade postcards and Halloween memorabilia to celebrate the autumnal festivities! \nFriday October 31st | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm \nIn front of Murray Hall | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/1998/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251023T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251023T193000
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SUMMARY:Printing Politics: a workshop and roundtable discussion
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join the Rutgers Initiative for the Book and Scarlet Letterpress for a multi-modal exploration of the relation between print and political action: \nPrinting Politics  \nThursday\, October 23 \n2:00-5:00pm: poster printing and zine making workshop \n5:30-7:00pm: roundtable discussion with artists\, art workers\, and scholars on the role of print media in their diverse practices. \nMurray Hall 303\, 510 George St\, New Brunswick\, NJ \nAll welcome.  RSVP here for the workshop portion of the event; attending the whole 3 hours is not required\, but participants who would like to print posters should plan to spend at least 45 minutes on their projects. No registration is required for the panel discussion. \nCo-sponsored by the Rutgers Democracy Lab \nAbout the panelists: \nShiva Addanki is an artist and educator primarily working in drawing\, painting\, and books. His work deals with divisions of land and labor\, and the defiance of the dispossessed. His most recent exhibitions were at A.D. NYC and Mason Gross School of the Arts\, where he is currently pursuing an MFA and teaching. He publishes the book series Shadow Comms. He previously taught printmaking at Groundswell Community Mural program in Brooklyn and holds an M.A. from the department of Social & Cultural Analysis at NYU. \nBelle Handler is a letterpress printer and multimedia artist whose work and studio practice emerge from her lived experience with disability\, and the use of print technologies spanning from traditional letterpress printing to contemporary computer-aided design and CNC machining. As a printmaker and arts educator she reflects the understanding that artmaking\, printmaking\, and diy-publishing are pivotal resources for disabled communities and individuals. Working as the Studio Coordinator for the Soapbox Community Print Studio in Philadelphia\, her practice has continued to expand towards a focus on arts education and community-building through the shared preservation and community use of book arts technologies. \nDaylon Orr is the founder of Fugitive Materials. He is an archivist\, publisher\, and rare bookseller committed to the preservation of radical\, lesser-known\, and alternative histories\, and to the disruption of informational privilege. Fugitive Materials specializes in global material cultures of resistance: the detritus of radical social movements\, queer histories\, counterculture\, pedagogy\, urbanism\, uprisings\, and art. Daylon organizes\, catalogs\, and places archives\, ephemera\, and primary-source documents with universities and museums around the world. As a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA)\, he also buys and sells books\, periodicals and ephemera and locates rare and out-of-print publications. \nWhitney Trettien is an Associate Professor of English and Faculty Director of the Price Lab for Digital Humanities. Her scholarship explores the history of literary technologies across a wide range of periods\, with a particular interest in how they shape digital media today. Her first book is Cut/Copy/Paste: Fragments from the History of Bookwork. She is currently working on a second book on the history of digital text. She also runs the digital website Printing in Prisons\, which traces how printing presses have been used as means of both exploitation and creative expression within prisons. \nRoberto Gonzalez is the Philadelphia Community Education Navigator for the Petey Greene Program\, where he supports community-based programming. In 2021\, Roberto was accepted to Eastern University’s Prison Education Program. He earned his associate’s degree in liberal arts and graduated in August 2024 as valedictorian of his class with a 4.0 GPA. Released from prison in 2024\, he dedicated himself to furthering his education and supporting other incarcerated scholars. He is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree with a major in Psychology\, and a minor in Communications at Eastern University.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/printing-politics-a-workshop-and-roundtable-discussion/
LOCATION:Murray Hall\, Room 302
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250918T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250918T133000
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SUMMARY:Type-High Day
DESCRIPTION:Our first celebration of the printing press’s equivalent of pi day: Type-High Day! \nJoin us in printing handmade postcards on the day that celebrates metal type technology and leave with your own memorabilia. \nThursday September 18th | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm \nIn front of Murray Hall | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/type-high-day/
LOCATION:Murray Hall\, Room 302
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250430T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250430T152000
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SUMMARY:Roundtable on Medieval Manuscripts
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are excited to announce that this scriptorium will feature a roundtable-style panel\, with talks given by Dr. Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University)\, Dr. Thomas O’Donnell (Fordham University)\, and Dr. Emily Runde (Columbia University). This panel will begin at 2:00pm and end at 3:20pm\, and will address topics from how these medieval manuscripts were made to archival information to teaching manuscripts in the classroom.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/roundtable-on-medieval-manuscripts/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250430T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250430T190000
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SUMMARY:Scriptorium Moravianum
DESCRIPTION:Join the Rutgers Initiative for the Book as we switch out our printing paper and presses for animal parchment and quills in the English department’s first transcribathon! This event will be on Murray Hall’s first floor lounge. \n  \nThis event will take place on April 30th\, beginning at 8:00am with a light breakfast served. We will transcribe the opening 1\,000 lines of two famous medieval poems: Beowulf and Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The event will conclude at 7:00pm\, at which point the Rutgers English Department will have their own loose-leaf hand-made copies of the poems. \n  \nIf you are interested in the history of the book\, the Middle Ages\, manuscripts\, calligraphy\, and pedagogy of teaching history\, please consider joining us for this event. Visitors are encouraged to stop by for short periods of time and participate in the transcribing. \n  \nWe invite all of those interested in this event. You do not need any prior knowledge of the Middle Ages or calligraphy in order to participate in this event. Please bring any undergraduates who may be of interest–and feel free to circulate this flyer widely!
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/moravia-scriptori/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250214T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250214T140000
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SUMMARY:Valentine's Day Printing Event
DESCRIPTION:On the day of love\, Friday\, February 14th from 10:00am to 2:00pm the Rutgers Initiative for the Book will host a card-printing event in Murray Hall 309. \n  \nJoin us in printing some lovely cards themed in the colors and spirit of Valentine’s Day with our one-of-a-kind linocuts and hand-pressed printing.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/valentines-day-printing-event/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241115T121000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241115T133000
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CREATED:20241025T151721Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Making Workshop with Rejin Leys and Brad Evans's "Writing Forests"
DESCRIPTION:  \nPaper Making Workshop with Rejin Leys and Professor Brad Evans’s Class “Writing Forests” \nJoin us in recycling printed waste matter into new\, usable paper\, demonstrated by Rejin Leys for Professor Brad Evans’s students in his class “Writing Forests.” \nFriday November 15 | 12:10 am and 1:30 pm \nMurray Hall 309 | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/paper-making-workshop-with-rejin-leys-and-brad-evanss-writing-forests/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241108T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241108T140000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
CREATED:20241025T144024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T144024Z
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SUMMARY:The Scarlet Letterpress's First Birthday
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Rutgers Book Initiative’s Scarlet Letterpress’s First Birthday. \nJoin us in printing aging- and fall-related poems! \nFriday November 8 | 10:00 am and 2:00 pm \nMurray Hall 309 | College Avenue\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/the-scarlet-letterpresss-first-birthday/
LOCATION:Murray 309
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241004T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241004T170000
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CREATED:20240926T113634Z
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SUMMARY:Halloween DIY Decor Event
DESCRIPTION:A close-up image of a pumpkin being cut from waste paper.\n  \nOctober 4th\, from 10am to 5pm\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Scarlet Letterpress in Murray 309 and 302\, where we will be welcoming in the fall season with DIY decor.\nPrint Halloween poems\, spells\, or seasonal cards\, or bring old books back to life by recycling the pages of expired\nvolumes into ghost- and pumpkin-garlands. Stop by for any amount of time to get crafty and learn a bit about how\nthe RIB uses “waste” books and meet our new printing presses. All materials will be provided. Please share the\nword and feel free to invite undergraduates\, children\, or just yourselves! Reach out to the Rutgers Initiative for the\nBook (book@cca.rutgers.edu) with questions or for more information.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/halloween-diy-decor-event/
LOCATION:Murray 309
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240620T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240620T110000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
CREATED:20250125T002858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T002858Z
UID:1907-1718877600-1718881200@sites.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:Rutgers Future Scholars visit the Letterpress Studio
DESCRIPTION:RFS Novi introduces the studio
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/rutgers-future-scholars-visit-the-letterpress-studio/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240613T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240613T110000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
CREATED:20250125T002741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T002741Z
UID:1905-1718272800-1718276400@sites.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:Rutgers English Diversity Institute's Tour of the Scarlet Letterpress
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/rutgers-english-diversity-institutes-tour-of-the-scarlet-letterpress/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240418T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240418T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
CREATED:20240326T133721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T133903Z
UID:1747-1713445200-1713463200@sites.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:The Second Colloquium on Independent Publishing
DESCRIPTION:The Second Colloquium on Independent Publishing \nCome hear Dante Gonzalez present his “Edición\, Literatura y Pensamiento en Lenguas Originarias” (event in Spanish) and the subsequent conversation “Independent Publishing and the Sociology of Literature” with John Thompson\, Ana Cecillia Calle\, and Gustavo Guerrero\, with a response by Marcy Schwartz. \nThursday April 18 | 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm \nAcademic Building West Room 6051\, 15 Seminary Place\, New Brunswick
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/the-second-colloquium-on-independent-publishing/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240417T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240417T183000
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CREATED:20240326T134051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T175634Z
UID:1751-1713373200-1713378600@sites.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:Self-Publishing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Self-Publishing Workshop \nCome learn abotu the world of spirit duplication. Bookseller and historian of radical publishing Brian Cassidy will provide an overview of these technologies and their use in early zines. Then try your hand at making your own ditto and hectography copies! All are welcome! \nWednesday April 17 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm \nScarlet Letterpress | Murray Hall 309\, 510 George St.\, New Brunswick \nIf you have any questions\, email us at: book@cca.rutgers.edu \n  \nBryan Cassidy demonstration\n  \nPage in spirit solution\n  \n“This Machine Kills Facists” hand-drawn paper for spirit duplication
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/self-publishing-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240410T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240410T133000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
CREATED:20240115T121115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T123524Z
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SUMMARY:Audiobooks: A Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Karl Berglund (assistant professor of literature at Uppsala University\, Sweden)\,  “The most difficult stage to study’? Understanding reading practices through streaming audiobook data” \n& \nJustin Tackett (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow\, English & Comparative Literary Studies\, University of Warwick)\, “Sound Technology and Vocalizing the Text”.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/audiobooks-a-symposium/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240320T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240320T140000
DTSTAMP:20260827T184903
CREATED:20240326T145135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T184142Z
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SUMMARY:RIB and Medieval & Renaissance Colloquium Trip to Pergamena
DESCRIPTION:Photo of the four graduate students in front of a stretched goat skin.\n  \nOn March 20th\, 2024\, four graduate students from the Rutgers English Deparment were sponsored by the Rutgers Book Initiative and the Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium to attend a five-hour tour and workshop at Pergamena: Handmade Parchments and Leathers. This event was organized by Novella Frasier and Alice Grissom\, both medievalists invested in material studies and historical practices of book (and manuscript) making. \nPergama rolles of stocked leather.\n  \nTwo graduate students posed in front of Pergamena’s leather stock.\n  \nPergamena is a family-owned leather and parchment making company. They have been making leather for over 400 years! \nStacks of stretched and drying parchment.\n  \nDuring this trip\, the graduate students learned the development process that Pergamena’s resident parchment expert and artist Jesse Meyer has developed and continues to experiment upon. The students were guided through the factory by Dave\, Liv\, and Jesse\, each member emphasizing the creativity and perseverance required to be a small business in such an industry as parchment and leather making. \nJesse Meyer demonstrates how to stretch and scrape parchment to the graduate students.\n  \nThe graduate students were enthusiatic\, not only to ask questions about the process\, production\, time requirements\, and chemical solutions\, but also in working with the materials themselves. Jesse demonstrated how to stretch and scrape the parchment\, after which the students were ready to get their hands working with the slimy material. \nJesse Meyer demonstrates how to hang the goat skin for scraping.\n  \nMimi McMillan skillfully scrapes the stretched goat skin. Novella Frasier lurks behind\, scraping another skin.\n  \nAlice Grissom and Mary Alcaro scrape streteched skins with dexterity.\n  \nAt the end of the visit and workshop\, the graduate students were allowed to browse the parchment stock to purchase any piece of their choosing. During which Dave showed them examples of different skins and details about them. \nThe graduate students look excitedly at parchment samples.\n  \nThe Rutgers Book Initiative and the Medieval & Renaissance Colloquium are incredibly happy with the success of the trip\, and with the educating experience the graduate students had. The trip to Pergamena has reinvigorated the graduate students’ and their colleagues’ appreciation for and attention to matieral studies and production. \n  \nIf you are interested in participating in a trip like this in the future\, or if you have recommendations for places to visit that involve book history and material studies\, please reach out to the Rutgers Book Initiative and/or the Medieval & Renaissance Colloquium. We hope to have more events like this in the future!
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/rib-and-medieval-renaissance-colloquium-trip-to-pergamena/
LOCATION:Pergamena – Handmade Parchment & Artisanal Leather\, 11 Factory St.\, Montgomery\, NY\, 12549\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Novella Frasier":MAILTO:novella.r.frasier@rutgers.edu
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SUMMARY:Serial Blackness & William Still's Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime talk by University of Delaware Professor\, Derrick Spires. Dr. Spires\, whose most recent book\, The Practice of Citizenship: Black Politics and Print Culture in the Early United States was published in 2019\, will be giving a talk called “Serial Blackness and William Still’s Underground Rail Road” about his current project.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/1735/
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SUMMARY:Unbinding Latinidad: Book History and the Horizon of Publishable Latinidad
DESCRIPTION:A photo of Isabel Duarte-Gray before she gave her talk.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/unbinding-latinidad-book-history-and-the-horizon-of-publishable-latinidad/
LOCATION:Academic Building West\, CCA Room\, 15 Seminary Place\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey
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SUMMARY:The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century
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URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/the-chapter-a-segmented-history-from-antiquity-to-the-twenty-fist-century/
LOCATION:Academic Building West\, CCA Room\, 15 Seminary Place\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey
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SUMMARY:Launch Party: Scarlet Letterpress
DESCRIPTION:RSVP: book@cca.rutgers.edu
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/launch-party-scarlet-letterpress/
LOCATION:Murray 309
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SUMMARY:Inkface: Othello and White Authority in the Era of Atlantic Slavery
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URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/event/inkface-othello-and-white-authoroty-in-the-era-of-atlantic-slavery/
LOCATION:Academic Building West\, CCA Room\, 15 Seminary Place\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey
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