On Thursday September 28th at noon, the CHPDC will host Michael Edmonds for a talk to discuss his new book, Bringing Freud to America Publishers, Pirates and the Popularization of His Ideas, out this year …
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Christine Pawley Publishes “Organizing Women.” CHPDC book talk available on YouTube.
During the Spring 23 semester the CHPDC was thrilled to host our former director, Prof. Emerita Christine Pawley who joined us to discuss and celebrate her latest book, Organizing Women: Home, Work, and the Institutional Infrastructure of …
Print Culture PhD Students Publish in SHARP News
UW-Madison doctoral students pursuing a Ph.D. minor in Print Culture History have recently published contributions to the field of book history! Megan E. Fox, Ph.D. candidate in English, published a review of Zachary Lesser’s recent …
2023 Schewe Lecture: Obour Tanner’s Archive; or, How to Remember Your (Famous) Friend, Phillis Wheatley
The CHPDC is collaborating with the Friends of UW-Madison Libraries to host Dr. Tara A. Bynum from the University of Iowa to give this year’s Annual Schewe Lecture. The event will take place on Thursday October …
On Various Subjects: 250 Years of Phillis Wheatley
Exhibit celebrates 250th anniversary of the first book of African American poetry and explores its author’s long legacy. The CHPDC proudly collaborates with UW-Madison Libraries Special Collections to present a semester-long exhibit. In September 1773, Phillis …
Joshua A. Mitchell named 2017 Danky Fellow
Our 2017 James P. Danky Fellow is Joshua A. Mitchell! Joshua is a doctoral candidate in American Studies and Ethnicity at University of Southern California where he has previously been awarded the Anne Friedberg Memorial Award …
Grants Roundup!
The CHPDC is funded almost entirely through grants and collaborations. This was a big year for us on the grants front! We welcomed our great postdoctoral fellow Heather Wacha, funded by a grant from the …
Free Letterpress Workshops at Madison Public Library Branches
In collaboration with the SLIS Library and The Bubbler, the Text Technologies Press is holding letterpress workshops at Madison Public Library Branches this summer! Bring friends, kids, and yourself out to your neighborhood branch to …
Ready for Fall 2016 Classes! Text Technologies Press at SLIS Library
Many professors and other instructors were saddened to learn recently that the Silver Buckle Press, a cherished teaching resource for hands on work in print and text technologies, would no longer be available for our …
Annual Lecture: Laura Mandell (Texas A&M) 4/15, 4pm
“Gender and Big Data: Finding or Making Stereotypes?” CHPDC Annual Lecture Laura Mandell Professor of English and Director of the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture, Texas A&M University Friday, April 15 at 4:00 …