Book Studies events at Smith College, fall 2012

 

The Presentation of the Concentration

Monday, October 15, 2012, 4:30 p.m.

Mortimer Rare Book Room

Learn all about Book Studies and meet members of the advisory committee.

Application deadline

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

See the application form on this website; those admitted will be notified by November 5 (the first day of the pre-registration period).

 

Book-related events in the Five College area this semester

 

Susan Gibbons on Redesigning Libraries for Undergraduate Success

Monday, September 17, 2012, 4:30 pm

Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College

The University Librarian of Yale University will speak in our ongoing series on the future of libraries.

Conference on the History of the Book

Saturday, October 20, 2012, all day

Renaissance Center, University of Massachusetts

For further information follow this link.

Margaret Mitchell at Smith, 1918-1919

Thursday, October 25, 2012, 4:30

Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College

A presentation by President Carol Christ and Susan Van Dyne, Professor of the Study of Women and Gender and Chair of the Archives Concentration.

Against Wind and Tide: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 4:30

Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College

Reeve Lindbergh will read from her mother's writings and talk about the publication of her diaries.

Non-Visible and Intangible: Artists Books Respond to E-Books

Symposium keynote by Gretchen Henderson

November 8-9, 2012,

Hampshire College

Further info TBA

 

For further information

For information on any of these events or for help in applying to the concentration, contact Barbara Blumenthal, the adminstrative assistant, at x2906 or bblument@smith.edu.