Opening event in the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book

Three old books

Date and Time

September 15, 2025
05:15PM - 07:30PM EDT

Location

Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University

Sponsor: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book.

Features flashtalks by: Eric Gurevitch (History of Science, Harvard), Ann Blair (History, Harvard), Spence Weinreich (Society of Fellows, Harvard), Paul Russell (Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard).

 


 

Opening event in the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book, featuring flashtalks by 

  • Eric Gurevitch (History of Science, Harvard), "Two inscriptions, three tables of contents, and one cannon: Artisanal literacy in precolonial South Asia"
  • Ann Blair (History, Harvard), "The appeal of composite volumes among early European imprints"
  • Spence Weinreich (Society of Fellows, Harvard), "The Jailer's Key, the Prisoner's Code"
  • Paul Russell (Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard), "Gerald of Wales, Edward Lhuyd and some 'Welsh scribbles'".