The Director's seminar takes place in the CELL seminar room on Thursdays, 10.30-12.00

The theme of this semester's Director's Seminar will be 'the future of the history of the book'. Please read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 in preparation for the group discussion in session 3

14 January: Introduction — Are we sure about 'material culture'?

21 January: Karen Williams presentation 'John Edgerton's masque at Ludlow Castle'

28 January: Book burning & books by heart: Fahrenheit 451

4 February: Pierre Bourdieu and Roger Chartier, a reconsideration. Please read “Reading as a cultural practice”, which can be found in a rather unwieldy – but free – online version here.

11 February: Distinguished visiting speaker: Professor William Sherman, “The Beginning of 'The End'”.

18 February: honing your conference-paper skills

READING WEEK

4 March: Polishing your curriculum vitae

11 March: Lisa Skogh, “The Library of Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. An interpretation
of a list of books.”

18 March: The CELL Harvey marginalia project — where we are now

25 March: Jonathan Walker, “Show, Don’t Tell: Historical Argument through Images and Design”