Society for History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing Conference Recap
Serendipitously I was walking between sessions and met Cassie Brand. She was a first timer but also a doctoral student at Drew University and a rare book and manuscript librarian. Clearly she knew a lot more than I did about this field. Cassie had worked in publishing but had been drawn to the scholarly/library world for various reasons. One singular reason was her discovery that librarians and book history scholars are very collaborative and inclusive, and that helped draw her into the field. She commented on the congenial and nonhierarchal atmosphere at this specific conference. Not that other academic conferences aren't congenial, but we both sensed a heightened degree of that reality during this gathering. When a group of scholars are "discovering" and establishing a new academic discipline, then maybe the only way forward is through collaboration across academic and geographic lines.
- Companies:
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Places:
- Philadelphia
- United States