Program in the History of the Book in American Culture

Virtual Book Talk

Virtual Book Talks - 2020

The Virtual Book Talk showcases authors of recently published scholarly monographs, digital-equivalents, and creative works broadly related to book history and print culture. Each installment includes an informal presentation from the author and a Q&A with the audience.

The following talks were streamed live in 2020 for registered participants and have been recorded for posterity. Talks typically last 45 minutes to one hour. For more information, contact Kevin Wisniewski, Director of Book History and Digital Initiatives at kwisniewski@mwa.org. To receive notifications about upcoming PHBAC programs, join the PHBAC mailing list

05/28/2020 Derrick R. Spires The Practice of Citizenship: Black Politics and Print Culture in the Early United States Watch on YouTube
06/25/2020 Glenda Goodman Cultivated by Hand: Amateur Musicians in the Early American Republic Watch on YouTube
07/30/2020 Jonathan Senchyne The Intimacy of Paper in Early and Nineteenth-Century American Literature Watch on YouTube
08/27/2020 Amy Hildreth Chen Placing Papers: The American Literary Archives Market Watch on YouTube
09/24/2020 Jessica Pressman Bookishness: Loving Books in a Digital Age Watch on YouTube
10/29/2020 Adam Gordon Adam Gordon Prophets, Publicists, and Parasites: Antebellum Print Culture and the Rise of the Critic Watch on YouTube
11/12/2020 Rodrigo Lazo Rodrigo Lazo Letters from Filadelfia: Early Latino Literature and the Trans-American Elite Watch on YouTube
12/03/2020 Brigitte Fielder Relative Races: Genealogies of Interracial Kinship in Nineteenth-Century America Watch on YouTube


These virtual book talks have been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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