Showing posts with label book history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book history. Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Keynote Speaker Announced

We are pleased to announce that the keynote lecture for this year's colloquium will be delivered by Patricia Fleming.

"Now professor emeritus at the Faculty of Information, Patricia Fleming taught analytical and historical bibliography and book history in the master’s and doctoral programs and served as the first director of BHPC. Her research interests include all aspects of the material text and the circumstances of its production. She is the author of a series of bibliographies of early Canadian imprints and, most recently, project director, co-general editor, and volume editor of History of the Book in Canada / Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada published in three volumes in French and English in 2004, 2005, and 2007."

Professor Fleming will conclude the two-day colloquium with her talk, "Toronto and the Book: A Retrospect" on Saturday, March 29th.

Thursday, 16 January 2014

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN



To attend the colloquium, please register ahead of time by completing this online form. This will ensure you receive a name-tag, and help the colloquium organizers plan accordingly for the lunch and reception. Thank you!

Any questions regarding the upcoming events can be directed to the conference organizers at bhpc2014@gmail.com.

A reminder that we will be accepting proposals for the graduate student panel until February 15th, 2014th - please see below!