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

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 15, 2025** 

 05:15PM - 07:30PM EDT 

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 **Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University**  

 [12 Quincy St  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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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).

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[Opening event in the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in History of the Book](https://bookhistory.harvard.edu/event/opening-event-mahindra-humanities-center-seminar-history-book-0?delta=0), 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'".



 

 



 

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