Miræus lectures: James Raven - Forms of Enlightenment: Society, Commerce and the hidden Revolution of Print in Europe, 1450-1850 (15 may, 6 p.m.)

Ingezonden door Els Vercammen op wo, 16/01/2013 - 17:45
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This lecture concerns two neglected and importantly related histories: that of jobbing printing in the printing house, and that of jobbing printing in the social and economic transformation of Europe between the late fifteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Neither history has been given the attention it deserves.
 

Miræus lectures: David McKitterick - Putting the Past on Show. Old Books and Public Interpretation in the Nineteenth Century (22 may, 6 p.m.)

Ingezonden door Els Vercammen op wo, 16/01/2013 - 17:33
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The nineteenth century is celebrated as a great age of bibliophilia. But there is another aspect of this story in a world of rapid social and technological change. How did the more general public learn about books, and what were the consequences for our libraries and policies today? This paper will pay special attention to the display and exhibition of old books, and to the effect of this on public perceptions of the past.

Lezing in Museum voor Brieven en Manuscripten van Brussel (22 mei)

Ingezonden door Els Vercammen op zo, 12/05/2013 - 14:26
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Om u de kans te bieden de thema’s van de tentoonstelling “Zes eeuwen boekenkunst - Van wiegendruk tot kunstenaarsboek” te verkennen, organiseert het Museum voor brieven en manuscripten van Brussel een lezing op woensdag 22 mei om 18 uur.

Lezing: Michel Sicard - Le livre d'artiste (Brussel, 17 april)

Ingezonden door Els Vercammen op zo, 14/04/2013 - 19:29
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Om naast de tentoonstelling “Zes eeuwen boekenkunst - Van wiegendruk tot kunstenaarsboek”, de thema’s van de expositie in de kijker te zetten, organiseert het Museum der letteren en manuscripten van Brussel een lezing op woensdag 17 april om 18 uur.
 

Miræus lectures: Peter Stallybrass - Why Printing precedes Manuscript (6 march, 6 p.m.)

Ingezonden door Els Vercammen op zo, 17/02/2013 - 16:27
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Wittgenstein wrote that we cannot see what is familiar, because it is always before our eyes. Printed forms are both familiar and invisible in this way. So invisible that we don’t usually notice how strikingly innovative they are. When we talk of “manuscript” and “print,” however much we resist any simple opposition, it’s hard not to imagine manuscript as the technology of the Middle Ages and printing as the technology of the early modern and the modern. Yet blank forms reverse this before/after model.

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