October 24-25, 2003
The Grolier Club www.grolierclub.org
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY
For its 27th annual conference, to be held at The
Grolier Club in New York 24-25 October 2003, the American Printing History
Association (APHA) seeks papers which fit into the rubric of "new work in
printing history." Printing history is broadly defined as the history of
printing in all its forms, including all the arts and technologies
relevant to printing, the book arts, and letterforms-typography,
typefounding, presses and presswork, papermaking, calligraphy,
bookbinding, illustration, publishing, and the literature of printing.
Submissions are especially wanted from those working
in the area of American printing history, but the subjects of papers have
no geographical or chronological limitations, and may be national or
regional in scope, biographical, analytical, technical, or bibliographical
in nature. We seek in particular proposals that use new methods of study
or interpretation, that benefit from newly available primary sources, or
that treat overlooked or forgotten persons, techniques, or design
elements.
Speakers need not be academics, and we welcome
participation by printers, book artists, design professionals, librarians,
curators, independent scholars, and collectors. All papers are limited to
a reading time of twenty minutes. Proposals (not to exceed the equivalent
of one page, typewritten double-spaced) should be sent with contact
information to:
Mark Samuels Lasner
Vice-President for Programs
APHA P.O. Box 4519
Grand Central Station
New York, N.Y. 10163
e-mail Contact Mark Samuels Lasner,
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The deadline is 1 May 2003.
Apart from its annual conference, APHA supports
research and scholarship through its journal
Printing History,
occasional special publications, an
oral history project, and a
recently-inaugurated fellowship program. The association, founded in 1974,
encourages the preservation of printing artifacts and source materials for
printing history. It recognizes achievement in the field through annual
Individual and Institutional Awards and by means of the
J. Ben Lieberman
Lecture given each year at a different host institution by a distinguished
figure in printing history or the book arts. These national events are
supplemented by the activities of APHA's regional chapters, which sponsor
programs of lectures, field trips, and other opportunities to meet fellow
members.
Additional information, including a membership form,
may be found online at
www.printinghistory.org.
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