Isabel Hofmeyr (Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand & Global Distinguished Professor, NYU): “Hydrocolonial Print Cultures: Coast, Custom House and Dockside Reading” With a response by Meredith McGill (Professor of English, Rutgers University) November 6 at 4:30pm Seminar room 6051, CCA, 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick Questions: book@cca.rutgers.edu What does the oceanic turn … Read More
Rutgers Book Initiative Lecture Series 5 March at 4:30pm Alexander Library—Teleconference/Lecture Hall: Room 403. 169 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ "Bodies of Evidence: A very brief history of knowledge" (Jill Lepore | Kemper Professor of American History | Harvard University)
From Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University Libraries Martin Antonetti, Rare Books Assessment Librarian will speak on "Why Study the History of the Book, the Archaeology of Texts" at the next Exploring Special Collections and University Archives program on Wednesday, September 22 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. The archaeology of the book--discovering clues in the … Read More
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 … 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 … Read More