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Subject:        CFP - 21st Annual SHARP Conference, Philadelphia, 18-21 July 2013
Date:   Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:49:58 -0500
From:   Simran Thadani <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Colleagues:

A gentle reminder about the approaching November 30th deadline for
paper, panel, and poster proposals for the Society for the History of
Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) 2013 Conference.
Proposals can be revised, even after submission, until the November 30
deadline.

The Conference will held in Philadelphia from July 18 to 21, 2013.

The theme for the 21st annual SHARP conference is  Geographies of the
Book. It can be approached from at least three perspectives:

1. Recent developments that take particular texts and use them to
construct multiple histories including, but not limited to, the
circulation of books, the plurality of interpretations and uses of the
texts, and the forms of domination and resistance within the political
and social spheres made possible by the written word.

2. Case studies exploring geographies of books and geographies within
books. Geographies of books can refer to the role of the author, the
history of publishing (including pirated editions and false imprints),
the book trade (circulation of print, within cities, countries, and
across continents), and the translation/transformation of texts into
other languages, other forms (adaptations, abridgements, epitomes),
and other genres (histories into plays, poetry into prose). Or the
subject of the geography of reading might also be contemplated.

3. Geographies within books may invoke imaginative topographies or
journeys within fictional works, the place of maps and images in
travelogues and novels, or the circulation of type and ornament
between print shops and cities, and variations or similarities in the
regional or national habits of printers and compositors. Tensions
between the universal diffusion of printing and its local
instantiation might here be considered.

The full Call for Papers is posted on the following web page:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/SHARP2013/SHARP2013_papers.html

On the CFP page, you will find a link to the Paper submission online
form (note: all proposals must be submitted electronically).

The URL for the conference web site is:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/SHARP2013/SHARP2013_index.html

If you have questions regarding the Philadelphia SHARP conference
please contact the organizing team @ [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Philadelphia
next July.

Sincerely,

David McKnight, Chair
SHARP 2013 Organizing Committee