Dear All,
We are pleased
to announce a public lecture by Ms. Yasmeen Khan, Head of
the Paper Conservation at the Library of Congress, on
October 21, 5:00–6:30 PM EST
(5:00–6:45 PM CST). The title of her
presentation is “From the
Cover Inwards: A Conservator’s Approach to Reading Bound
Manuscripts.” Please register for the
conference using the QR Code or link provided in the flyer.
Registration is free.
Registration
link:
https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-01fqS91TCqPheKmfw44kQ
The lecture
will be presented in a hybrid mode. We will be hosting an
in-person viewing party at the Van Pelt Library (Lippincott
242, Seminar Room). No registration is required for the
in-person event. Please email
robbme@upenn.edu
if you would like to join us for the after-party dinner.
The public
lecture is sponsored by the Society of Fellows in Critical
Bibliography, Rare Book School, University of Virginia, as
well as by the University of Pennsylvania’s South Asia
Center, Department of Religious Studies, and Department of
South Asia Studies.
This public
lecture will be the keynote address for a day-long symposium
that we are organizing virtually at the Annual Conference on
South Asia at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on the
same day. The title of our symposium is “Material Texts in Post-Print South
Asia: Approaches to “History of the Book.”
Please find the details of our symposium and presenters as
an attachment here.
We look
forward to your attendance at the public lecture.
Sincerely,
Megan Robb and
Pranav Prakash
Megan
Robb
Julie
and Martin Franklin Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
University
of Pennsylvania | College of Arts and Sciences
robbme@upenn.edu |
(215) 898-7425 |
meganeatonrobb.com
Pranav
Prakash
Junior
Research Fellow
Christ
Church, University of Oxford
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