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July 2020
Virtual Book Talks at AAS
American Antiquarian Society's Book History and Digital Initiative offers monthly Virtual Book Talks. Each 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. These talks are streamed live for registered participants and are recorded for posterity. Talks typically last 45 minutes to one hour. For more information, contact Kevin Wisniewski, Director of Book History…
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Renaissance Invention – Nova Reperta
The Newberry Library presents: Renaissance Invention: Nova Reperta During a time of globalization, colonization, and warfare, Europeans in the Renaissance embraced new technology even as they lamented its disruptive, destructive, and destabilizing consequences. Sound familiar? " Renaissance Invention explores the conception of novelty and technology through an unprecedented study of Nova Reperta (New Discoveries). Nova Reperta is a late sixteenth-century print series. It celebrated the marvels of the age, including the stirrup, the cure for syphilis, and the so-called discovery…
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