[Discussion] ‘Trading Books - Trading Ideas’

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‘Trading Books - Trading Ideas’
SHARP
July 11-14, 2006
The Netherlands

call for papers

The fourteenth annual conference of the Society for the History of Authorship,
Reading and Publishing (SHARP) will be held at the National Library of The
Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) in The Hague and in Leiden, The
Netherlands, on 11-14 July 2006. The Conference will be organized by the
National Library in cooperation with the Universities of Leiden, Utrecht,
Nijmegen and Amsterdam.

The conference focus on ‘Trading Books - Trading Ideas’ seeks to
highlight the importance of first the European and then the North American
heritage for the book and print cultures of the world. Special attention will be
paid to the history of the trade in books between Eastern and Western European
countries, to mark the occasion of ten new Eastern member states joining the
European Union on 1 May 2004. Papers on these specific themes are particularly
welcome. In keeping with the inclusive tradition of SHARP conferences, proposals
on any other aspects of book history and print culture in any place or period
are also welcome.

The conference will be open to both individual papers, combined into sessions by
the program committee, and to complete panel sessions of three papers and a
chair organized and proposed by members. As is the SHARP custom, each paper will
be twenty minutes in length, followed by a discussion. Each panel session will
be 90 minutes in duration.

Paper and session proposals (in English) should be submitted by 30 November
2005. Proposals may be submitted either online with the webform provided at
http://www.kb.nl/hkc/congressen/sharp2006/callforpapers/guidelines-en.html, or
to:

SHARP 2006 Conference
c/o Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Paul van Capelleveen
Postbus 90407
2509 LK Den Haag
The Netherlands
sharp2006@kb.nl

Proposals received after 30 November 2005 will not be considered. Each
individual proposal should contain a title, an abstract of no more than 400
words, and brief biographical information about the author(s). Proposals for
panel sessions should include a cover sheet explaining the theme and goals, as
well as the three individual abstracts. Presenters (at least one author of each
paper proposal) must be a member of SHARP or must join SHARP at the time of
submission of proposals (for information on membership and dues see SHARPweb).
If special audio-visual technology is required, it should be requested when the
proposal is submitted.

Among planned pre-conference activities are a book studies masterclass for
graduate students, and a graduate student network meeting.

SHARP makes available a small number of travel grants to graduate students and
to independent scholars. If you wish to be considered for such a grant, please
state this when submitting your proposal.

Please visit the conference webpage at http://www.kb.nl/sharp2006 for further
information, and plan on joining us in July 2006 for this exciting conference.

The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing is a dynamic
global community that welcomes scholars from all disciplinary perspectives who
are working on any aspect of the history of the written or printed word. For
more information about SHARP and how to join, visit our website at
http://www.sharpweb.org

SHARP 2006 Conference
c/o Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Paul van Capelleveen
Postbus 90407
2509 LK Den Haag
The Netherlands

Email: sharp2006@kb.nl

Visit the website at http://www.kb.nl/sharp2006