Yale Program in the History of the Book: “Reading Children: Literacy and the New Work of Nineteenth-century U.S. Childhood”

Event time: 
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Beinecke Library, Mezzanine See map
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06520
Event description: 

The Yale Program in the History of the Book presents:

Patricia Crain, Associate Professor of English, Department of English, New York University: “Reading Children: Literacy and the New Work of Nineteenth-century U.S. Childhood.

To foster discussion across the many related fields practicing book history, the Yale Program in the History of the Book is organized around two events with each speaker: a public lecture and, on the following day, a seminar discussion centering on our guests’ work in progress. We also hold an annual symposium in the fall semester.

Papers are pre-circulated in the week preceding the seminar. To be added to the seminar list, please contact Eve Houghton (eve.houghton@yale.edu) or Andrew Brown (andrew.s.brown@yale.edu).

Admission: 
Free
Open to: 
General Public