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 the history of the tools and materials, followed by making. Javiera Barrientos, cofounder of the Center for the Studies of Pretty and Useless Things, is … 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
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
