Join colleagues for an in-person discussion of “Felon: A play; A discourse” by poet and scholar Reginald Dwayne Betts. Felon: An America Washi Tale is about re-imagining paper. A solo performance that begins with the pages of a book being slid into a cell, traverses stoves made of toilet paper, kites from a father, handwritten … Read More
Exploring Special Collections and University Archives The Architecture of Books: The Artists’ Books of Golnar Adili Book artist Golnar Adili will elaborate on her process-oriented approach in looking at the book as architecture in small scale, and the importance in tactility, be it in language or exploring the body. Golnar Adili is a mixed media … Read More
Instructor: Javiera Barrientos In this workshop you will learn basic pamphlet stitch techniques for making zines, plaquettes, chapbooks, small journals and more. The session will include a brief introduction to … Read More
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November 18, 2021 4:00pm What ways of teaching have we invented or reinvented after a year of hands-off reading (for those of us lucky enough to be working or learning … Read More
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Friday, March 4, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 4th Fl. Conference Hall, Alexander Library, CAC Join us for hands on workshops, presentations and exhibits highlighting an array of exciting materials (print … Read More
This year Professor Janice Radway will deliver the 36th annual Louis Faugères Bishop Lecture online on March 10, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Janice Radway is the Walter Dill Scott Professor … Read More
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 the coeditor of Further Reading (Oxford University Press, 2020), part of the series Oxford Twenty-First Century Approaches to Literature. April 26 at 6:00pm Podcasts, Audiobooks, … Read More