Call for papers
Printing Historical Society Conference, 11 January 2002: 'Printing History:
New Criteria'
The Printing Historical Society will host a one-day conference, 11 January
2002, at the University of Reading, on the theme of the future of printing
history and the PHS. Reading is home to the Department of Typography in
which a number of printing historians have worked, and in which are located
both the Centre for Ephemera Studies and the recently founded Centre for
Writing, Publishing and Printing History (CWPPH). The Society hopes to
open a debate about its commitment to the many and varied recent
developments in printing.
Call for Papers: Printing history: new criteria
Issues that might be addressed include:
What is printing today? the structure of the printing industry; the case
for the history of recent developments; the computer's effects on the
industry; the shifting borders between the printing, publishing and
information industries
Printing history in the eyes of fine and other private printers
Printing history as a field of research/ its relationship to the history of
the book: the learned societies and printing history: the PHS, the CWPPH,
the Centre for Ephemera Studies, SHARP, IBIS, the Bibliographical
Societies, the BTHG, the NPHT, etc.; oral histories of the printing and
publishing industries
Printing history, the web and other electronic resources: web-based
resources for research in printing history; the teaching potential of the
web
Museum aspects of printing history: the role of artefacts, both those used
in the production processes (presses and type for examaple), and examples
of finished products; the role of libraries as museums/archives of the book
Printing history in the universities: research desiderata and potential;
does printing history have a place in the undergraduate curriculum? what
use is printing history to the practising designer?
The place of printing history in design and print-making histories
Speakers will have up to 45 minutes each, and proposals of up to 2 pages
should be submitted by 1 June 2001, to the Conference Committee, via Peggy
Smith, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
Reading, 2 Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AU, UK;
m.m.smith@reading.ac.uk
Peggy Smith
Dr. M.M.Smith, Course Director for MA in Theory and History; Postgraduate
Admissions Tutor
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AU
0118 9316399
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