Joshua Mitchell – Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California and James P. Danky Fellow 2017 In this blog series, we introduce people working for or associated with the Center for the History of …
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Dirty Old Books, aka a Library of Stains
#StainAlive! The Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture’s Postdoctoral Fellow Heather Wacha and two colleagues – Dr. Erin Connelly (University of Pennsylvania, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies) and Dr. Alberto Campagnolo (Library …
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 …
KATIE BUEHNER – LECTURE
Speaker: Katie Buehner, Head Librarian, Rita Benton Music Library, University of Iowa Title: From Document to Documentary Date: April 11, 2017 – 4191F, Helen C. White Hall Katie Buehner firmly believes that “all librarians should be creators, …
CHERYL SPINNER – LECTURE
Speaker: Cheryl Spinner, Ph. D. Duke University Title: Intuitive Historiography in the Archive Date: April 6, 2017 – Bunge Room, 4207 Helen C. White Hall On Thursday last, Cheryl Spinner, finalist and honorable mention for the James …
Medieval Maps Make the Front Page
What’s in a map? In the article linked below, Katie Vaughn from the University of Wisconsin College of Letters and Science shares what she’s found out about medieval maps and a new digital platform here at …
2017 James P. Danky Fellowship Applications are OPEN! (Due May 1)
2017 James P. Danky Fellowship Applications are due May 1. In honor of James P. Danky’s long service to print culture scholarship, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, …
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Symposium
Speakers: John Cole – Historian of the Library of Congress Wayne Wiegand – Historian and Co-Founder, CHPDC James P. Danky – Historian and Co-Founder, CHPDC Title: 25th Anniversary Symposium for the Center for the History of …
Mark Hauser – James P. Danky Lecture
Speaker: Mark Hauser, Ph. D. Candidate, James P. Danky Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University Title: All the Comforts of Hell: Doughboys and American Mass Culture in the First World War Date: October 4, 2016 – Bunge …
Stephanie Farrar – Lecture
Speaker: Stephanie Farrar, Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Title: The Poetry, Politics, and Insanity Trials of Wisconsin Poetess Maud Phillips Date: September 23, 2016 – Bunge Room, Helen C. White Hall Yesterday …