Just a reminder about the BSANZ (Bibliographical Society
of Australia and New Zealand) conference in Dunedin this yr (November) & a
prompt for papers. We have a wide range so far, but wd happily accommodate
more. And if you are not wanting to deliver a paper, please consider attending
the conference. It will be stimulating.
CALL FOR PAPERS--Deadline in 10 days
The BSANZ (Bibliographical Society of Australia and New
Zealand) wishes to remind readers that abstracts for its annual conference, to
be held this year in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 14-17 November, are due the
first of May. Papers on all aspects of
bibliography and book history will be welcomed, but special consideration will
be given to those addressing the conference theme, "Thinking Through
Books."
Possible sub-topics include:
Issues of
surface reading - what do readers 'see' and attend to on the page and how does
that vary with time, genre and occasion?
Word and image
in electronic databases such as *British Printed Images to 1700*
How do books
influence culture, i.e. how does 'cultural thinking' happen through books?
How do readers
'compile' or create a coherent sense of a book when absorbing it only
sequentially?
Abstracts should be c. 250 words and should be emailed to
the conference organisers, Shef Rogers (shef.rogers@otago.ac.nz>)
or Donald Kerr ( donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz>),
by 1 May 2012.
University hall accommodation will be available for
NZ$70/night including breakfast.
Registration will be NZ$200 and include morning and teas and lunches on
all three days, as well as afternoon tea on the 15th and an opening reception
on the evening of the 14th. The
afternoon of the 16th will be free for various sightseeing activities, followed
by the conference dinner at the University Staff Club (separate fee). The conference will conclude with lunch on
the 17th.
For those especially keen to make the most of their
travels, why not consider attending the "Global Ireland" conference
the week before
(7-10 November)?
See
http://www.otago.ac.nz/irish_studies/irishconf2012/
for details.
For further information, visit the conference webpage at:
**
Dr. Donald Kerr, F.L.S.
Special Collections Librarian
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
Phone: (03) 479-8330
Email: donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz>
University of Otago Centre for the Book: www.otago.ac.nz/books/about/
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