UPDATE: Material Cultures and the Creation of Knowledge (UK) (11/30/04; 7/22/05-7/24/05)

From: Bill Bell (B.Bell@ed.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Jun 16 2004 - 04:08:12 EDT


Update: deadline extended

Call For Papers:

MATERIAL CULTURES AND THE CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE

A three-day conference
at The University of Edinburgh
(July 22-24, 2005)

Speakers will include:
PETER BURKE, ROGER CHARTIER, and ROBERT DARNTON

Topics will include:

LIBRARIES AND THE ORDER OF KNOWLEDGE
CENSORSHIP AND REGULATION
THE CREATION OF DISCIPLINES
THE INTELLECTUAL AND THE CIRCULATION OF IDEAS
THE CULTURES OF COLLECTING
READERS AND READING PRACTICES
THE KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRIES
THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION
THE CARTOGRAPHIC IMAGINATION
GEOGRAPHIES OF THE BOOK

Proposals of 200-300 words are invited on these and
related topics, to be sent no later than NOVEMBER 30, 2004,
to Material Cultures, OLL, University of Edinburgh,
11 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LW or by email to
materialcultures@ed.ac.uk

For further information, please contact materialcultures@ed.ac.uk

The conference is organised by The Centre for the History of the Book
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/chb

--
Dr. Bill Bell
Centre for the History of the Book
& School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
18 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9LN
(0131)650-4283
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/chb

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