From: James R Kelly <jrkelly_at_library.umass.edu>
Please excuse duplicate postings of the call for papers included below.
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF AUTHORSHIP, READING, AND PUBLISHING
Call for Papers for SHARP 2001
19-22 July 2001
RICHMOND AND WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
The ninth annual conference for the Society for the History of Authorship,
Reading and Publishing will meet 19-22 July 2001 in Williamsburg and
Richmond, Virginia, under the sponsorship of the Library of Virginia and
the Virginia Center for the Book in Richmond and the American Studies
Program and the Earl Gregg Swem Library of the College of William and Mary
in Williamsburg. Convening in the historic capital of the Virginia colony
and the contemporary capital of the twenty-first century state, the
conference will span the centuries of book history.
In the SHARP tradition, we welcome proposals for individual papers and
entire sessions dealing with the creation, diffusion, or reception of the
written or printed word in any historical period or place. We also seek to
draw on the particular interests and strengths of the conference's
institutional sponsors in Virginia. To that end, we offer a special welcome
to proposals for papers and sessions on "Books and Libraries in the New
Millennium." With every aspect of communications undergoing change in the
electronic age, the SHARP meeting offers an occasion to reflect on the
present and future condition of the print medium. Among the featured
speakers will be David Baldacci, the best-selling author of suspense
thrillers (Absolute Power), talking about writing for the mass market.
Sessions will take place both in the state-of-the-art Library of Virginia
and at the College of William and Mary, adjacent to Colonial Williamsburg,
the outdoor museum of eighteenth-century Virginia history and culture.
Participants will have the opportunity to visit the historic sites,
including the printing office and book bindery. The conference will also be
highlighted by a special airing of "the Book Guys," a public radio show
devoted to book collecting and history, which will presented before the
"live" and lively SHARP audience. We are also planning a "book collectors"
tour of the region, beginning in Charlottesville before the conference and
culminating in Washington, D.C. (and the Library of Congress) thereafter.
Proposals for individual papers should be one page maximum, giving the
paper title, a short abstract, and brief biographical identification.
Session proposals should include a cover sheet explaining the theme and
goals and separate sheets for each paper. The deadline for submissions is
October 31, 2000. Proposals should be sent by email, if possible, to
Robert A. Gross at ragros_at_facstaff.wm.edu.
Those preferring to submit proposals by regular mail should direct them to:
Robert A. Gross
SHARP 2001 Program Chair
American Studies Program
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg VA 23187-8795
U.S.A.
SHARP offers a limited number of travel grants to graduate students and
independent scholars (that is, those with no institution to fund their
travel). Those wishing to apply for a grant should so indicate on their
submissions.
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP)
is a growing global network of scholars from a variety of disciplines who
study the social, economic, and cultural history of written and printed
communication. More information about SHARP can be found on the SHARP
webpage at http://www.indiana.edu/~sharp/
James R. Kelly
Humanities Bibliographer American Editor, Annual Bibliography
Collection Development of English Language and Literature
W.E.B. Du Bois Library English Dept., Bartlett Hall
University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003 Amherst, MA 01003
(413) 545-3981; (413) 545-6873 (fax)
jrkelly_at_library.umass.edu
Public Affairs Director, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading
and Publishing
Adjunct Faculty, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and
Information Studies
Lynn Sipe lsipe_at_usc.edu
Director, Collection Resources & 213/740-2929
Director, Information Delivery Organization & Retrieval 213/821-1617 (fax)
University Libraries
Information Services Division
c/o IDOR, UVI-A
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
Received on Fri Sep 08 2000 - 09:36:03 EDT