American Antiquarian Society
Summer Seminar in the History of the Book Syllabus
Sunday, June 13- Friday, June 18, 2010
-Provisional Syllabus-
This syllabus may be subject to change.
Sunday, June 13: Welcome and Introductions
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4:30-6:00 |
Welcome and collections overview
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6:00-8:00 | Drinks and dinner
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Monday, June 14: Southern Scales of Print
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9:00-10:00 |
Welcome and introductions
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10:15-12:00 |
Seminar 1:
Conceptualizing the Global American South
and Early American Print Culture
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12:00-1:15 |
Lunch
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1:30-4:45 |
Archival experience A: Traffic in Print, Traffic in Slaves
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Tuesday June 15: A Mudsill Book History?
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9:00-12:00 p.m. |
Archival Experience B: Southern Manifestos
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12:00-1:15 | Lunch |
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1:30-3:15 | Seminar 2: Labor, Sectionalism, Politics & Literature:
A Mudsill Book History?
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3:30-5:00 | Research time
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Wednesday June 16: Beyond a Domestic, Dependent Print Culture
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9:00-10:30 p.m. |
Seminar 3: Elias Boudinot and the Cherokee Phoenix
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10:30-10:45 p.m. |
Break |
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10:45-12:00 | Discussion continued
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12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
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1:30-4:00 |
Seminar 4: Multilingulaism and the Global South
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4:30-8:00 |
Library open late tonight only
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Thursday, June 17: Nations Within and Beyond the Nation
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9:00-12:00 |
Archival experience D: Les Cenelles and the Tinker Collection
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12:00-1:15 | Lunch and Meet to Drive to Pequot Museum
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1:30-4:45 | Pequot Museum
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Friday, June 18: Final Thoughts
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9:00-10:30 p.m. |
Seminar 5: Reconceptualizing the Global American South and Early American Print Culture
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10:45-12:00 | Recap and conclusion |
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12:00 | Lunch and goodbye |
