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A reminder that the deadline for individual and panel proposals for the
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) 2011
conference, "The Book in Art & Science," is November 30, 2010. The links
to the electronic proposal submission forms can be found at

http://www.sharpweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=360&Itemid=62&phpMyAdmin=1326493665cf5bcaf15cc4e30ad5ea2c〈=en

SHARP's nineteenth annual conference will be held in Washington, DC,
Thursday, 14 July through Sunday, 17 July 2011. The sponsors of the
conference are the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Library of
Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library and Institute, and the Corcoran
College of Art + Design. The National Library of Medicine will be the
site for welcome ceremonies and the conference's opening keynote address
by Dr. Jon Topham, Senior Lecturer in History of Science & Director of
the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds.

Evoking Washington's status as an artistic and scientific center, "The
Book in Art & Science" is a theme open to multiple interpretations.
Besides prompting considerations of the book as a force in either art or
science or the two fields working in tandem, it also encourages
examinations of the scientific text; the book as a work of art; the art
and science of manuscript, print, or digital textual production; the
role of censorship and politics in the creation, production,
distribution, or reception of particular scientific or artistic texts;
the relationship between the verbal and the visual in works of art or
science; art and science titles from the standpoint of publishing
history or the histories of specific publishers; and much more.

Such topics raise a host of possible questions:

What tensions exist between the book in art and the book in science?
What collaborations emerge? How do these tensions or collaborations
differ according to time or place? What roles have material
forms—manuscript, print or digital embodiments or books, periodicals,
journals, editions—played in the histories of artistic and scientific
works? How does the lens of art or science inform histories of reading
and readers? What does this lens reveal about histories of authorship?
How have commercial factors or economics influenced the production or
distribution of scientific or artistic works? What roles have states or
institutions played in the history of the book in art and science?

The conference hopes to welcome many longstanding SHARP members but also
aims to attract new members. The conference’s address of art and science
in its title invites those working on the history of science,
technology, knowledge production, or the scientific book, to join us.

The full CFP is available now at www.sharpweb.org.

Eleanor F. Shevlin, Ph.D.
Dept. of English
548 Main Hall
West Chester University
610-436-2463
eshevlin@wcupa.edu

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP)
Membership Secretary
members@sharpweb.org

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