Initiative for the Book

Andrew Stauffer of the UVA Department of English guides a scavenger hunt for annotated 19th-century books in the PS and PR sections of the Alexander stacks, as a session of the Book Traces project on the … Read More

Matthew Rubery is a professor of modern literature at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of The Untold Story of the Talking Book (Harvard University Press, 2016) and … Read More

Corinna Zeltsman , "Mexico's Workers of Thought: Rethinking Press Freedom & Political Culture through Printing." Response by Marcy Schwartz (Professor of Spanish, Rutgers.) Wednesday, Oct 12. 4pm - 6pm, Rutgers Academic Building West, Room 6051. Corinna Zeltsman is assistant professor of history at Princeton University. She is the author of Ink under the Fingernails: Printing … Read More

Panel discussion of Denise Gigante’s BOOK MADNESS : A Story of Book Collectors in America. Wednesday, Nov 16. 5pm - 7pm With Jesse Erickson (Morgan Library), Melina Moe (Columbia University) and Heather O’Donnell (Honey & Wax Books). Location: HYBRID Online: REGISTER In person: CCA, Rutgers Academic Building West, Room 6051 Book Madness: A Story of … Read More

Independent Publishing Perspectives from the Hispanophone World April 12-15, 2023 This conference convenes editors, publishers, and writers from Latin America and Spain to participate in a multi-day, multi-university conversation on the state of independent book publishing in the Spanish-speaking world. Events will take place at Rutgers, Columbia, CUNY, and NYU, and will include a series … Read More

RSVP at book@cca.rutgers.edu

A photo of Isabel Duarte-Gray before she gave her talk.