Nové události v dějinách knihy
19/10/2026
USA
Upcoming: Talks, Workshops and Conferences
*Palimpsests Past and Present: The Sufis and Sultans of the Maklī Necropolis, 1380–1660
October 15, 2026, 6:00PM – 7:30PM EDT
Sponsor: Fall 2026 AKPIA Lecture Series: A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture
Speaker: Fatima Quraishi, Assistant Professor, Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
Location: 485 Broadway, Room 422, Cambridge, MA
Boston Book Festival
October 17, 2026, 10:00AM – 5:00PM EDT
Copley Square, Boston MA
*God’s Arsenal: The Libraries of the Society of Jesus in the Early Modern Age (1540–1773)
October 22, 2026, 9:20AM – 10:00AM EDT
Sponsor: Jesuit Studies Café series, organized by the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Boston College
Speaker: Natale Vacalebre, University of Alcalá, Spain
Location: Online, via Zoom. RSVP required
Scytale: A Historical Analysis of Cryptography, Military Intelligence, and Military Science: Ancient Secrets, Messages, and Sensitivity
October 22, 2026, 12:00PM – 1:15PM EDT
Sponsor: Harvard Early Sciences Working Group
Speaker: Xiao Di „Janice“ Tong (H-Net Reviews Editor)
Location: Science Center 252, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA
Mass Book Awards Ceremony
October 28, 2026, 1:00PM EDT
Organizer: Massachusetts Center for the Book, Easthampton, MA 01027
Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133
*War of Words: Pop-up Exhibition
November 3, 2026, 2:00PM – 4:00PM EST
Sponsor: Houghton Library, Harvard University
Organizer: John Overholt, Curator of the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson and of Early Books and Manuscripts
Location: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Harvard Yard
*Writing on Bamboo and Wood: Text Technologies in Early China
November 9, 2026, 4:00PM EST
Sponsor: China Humanities Seminar (Mahindra Humanities Center, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University)
Speaker: Yunxiao Xiao, University of Washington
Location: Yenching Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge MA (in person)
A Closer Look at the Crespi Chronicle: An Illustrated History of Mankind in the Early Renaissance
November 10, 2026, 5:15PM EST
Sponsors: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in the History of the Book and Early Modern Workshop in the Department of History, Harvard University
Speaker: Paolo Sachet (Sapienza University of Rome and Institut d’Histoire de la Réformation, University of Geneva)
Location: Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St, Cambridge MA
Copyrighting Common Knowledge: The Annotations of the Abridgement of the Eighteen Histories in Modern Japan
November 13, 2026, 10:15AM – 12:00PM EST
Sponsor: Global Information History Workshop
Speaker: Jeonghun Choi, Ph.D. Candidate in HEAL/Japan, Harvard University
Location: Online, RSVP required
Book Talk: „Antiquity Made Whole: The Renaissance Continuation of Ancient Literature“ (2026)
November 17, 2026, 5:00PM – 7:00PM EST
Sponsors: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminars on Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome and on History of the Book, and the Renaissance Colloquium in the Department of English, Harvard University
Author and discussant: Leah Whittington (English, Harvard)
Respondents: Gordon Teskey (English, Harvard), Eric Weiskott (English, Boston College), Megan Heffernan (English, DePaul) and Stephen Hinds (Classics, University of Washington, Seattle)
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA. Please use the main entrance to enter the Barker Center.
The Corporate Forms of Antebellum US Literature with Peter Jaros
November 19, 2026, 2:00PM – 3:00PM EST
Virtual only
Sponsor: American Antiquarian Society, Worcester
Speaker: Peter Jaros, Professor of English at Franklin & Marshall College, PA
Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair
November 20-21, 2026, Friday 5:00-8:00PM and Saturday 10:00AM-4:00PM EST
Center for the Arts at Northampton Community Arts Trust, 33 Hawley Street, Northampton, MA 01060
The Logistics and Materiality of Print in Middle Eastern History (Panel at MESA Boston)
November 22, 2026, 4:00PM EST
Sponsor: The Bibliographical Society of America
Chair: Annette Damayanti Lienau; Discussant: Hala Auji
Presenters: Radha Dalal, Aram Ghoogasian, Ava Hess, and Johannes Makar
Location: Panel VI-23, Hilton Park Plaza, Boston, MA
The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre Seen from Rome: The Making of a Transnational News Culture
December 11, 2026, 10:15AM – 12:00PM EST
Sponsor: Global Information History Workshop
Speaker: Lana Martysheva (University of Basel)
Location: Online, via Zoom. RSVP required
Exhibits (organized by their end-date)
Exhibit: Making a Scene 125 Years of the Harvard Theatre Collection (Houghton)
Aug. 31 – Dec 18, 2026
Houghton Library, Lobby at Floor 1, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Curator: Karintha Lowe, Assistant Curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection, with exhibition identity and design by Mary Y. Yang (Open Rehearsal) and Lauren Greenblatt
See the website link for curatorial talks.
Exhibit: Adam Smith and the Other Revolution of 1776
Aug. 31 – Dec 18, 2026
Houghton Library, History of Ideas Case, Harvard Yard
Exhibit: Amy Lowell: Poet, Propagandist, Collector
Aug. 31 – Dec 23, 2026
Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library, Floor 2, Harvard Yard
Exhibit: 50 Shades of Modern (Houghton Library)
Aug. 24 – Jan 8, 2027
Edison and Newman Room, Floor 1, Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Hands-on Programs
Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover MA provides programs and funding opportunities for book and paper conservation
interrobang letterpress in Jamaica Plain, MA is the last traditional letterpress printing office in the Boston/Cambridge metro area with hot-metal typecasting capabilities.
Reflex Letterpress in Charlestown, MA presents Boston-based printing & instruction in the antique art of letterpress
Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studio in West Newton, MA offers workshops in book arts in their Book Arts Workroom for various levels from beginners to experienced artists and printmakers.
The Beaver Press Printshop at MIT offers workshops and lectures
The Beaver Press Print Shop features a Gutenberg-facsimile wooden letterpress designed by former MIT Hobby Shop Director and alumnus Ken Stone ’72, and built by MIT students in the Spring 2016 term.
For classes in bookbinding and book arts, see the offerings of the North Bennet St School, 150 North St, Boston
https://nbss.edu/community-education/book-arts/
The Museum of Printing in Haverhill MA offers exhibitions, hands-on workshops, lectures, garage sales and much more around their collection of printing, typesetting, and bindery machines.
Masssachusetts Center for the Book in Northampton MA is a nonprofit offering programs and events dedicated to inspiring a love of reading and honoring the rich literary culture of the Commonwealth.
Ongoing Projects
Brown University, John Carter Brown Library Blog: https://jcblibrary.org/news
Harvard Library Preservation Services Blog: https://preservation.library.harvard.edu/blog
Houghton’s digital collection and exhibit: „Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources at Houghton Library“