#  Opening event for History of the Book 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 12, 2024** 

 05:30PM - 05:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Barker Center, Room 133**  



 

 



 

##  [HISTORY OF THE BOOK](/history-book)

##  SPEAKERS: Arthur Bahr, Molly Taylor-Poleskey, Joseph Rezek, Sarah Robbins

###  Featuring four flashtalks:

 “Between Close and Distant Reading” - Arthur Bahr (Literature, MIT)

 “Reading the *Raum*: Spatial History in Early Modern German Itinerary Books” - Molly Taylor-Poleskey (Map Room, Harvard)

 “The Racialization of Print” - Joseph Rezek (English, Boston University)

 “'Reader, you may ask me, but in vain,—I will not tell you.' Gossip in William Wells Brown's Travel Narrative." - Sarah Robbins (English, Tufts)

 Followed by a reception.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Seminar ](/event-type/seminar)
- [ History of the Book ](/seminars/history-book)
 
 

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