Deadline: November 30, 2004
Conference Date: July 22-24, 2005
Conference Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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
The conference is organised by The Centre for the History of the Book
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/chb
