Seminar Programme
Autumn Term
Week |
Seminar Topic |
| 1 | No seminar |
| 2 | Introduction: What is the History of Books? |
| 3 | Indian Ink |
| 4 | Reading the Bible in Colonial India |
| 5 |
Mapping an Empire |
| 6 | Reading Week |
| 7 | India’s Information Panic |
| 8 | Printing the People of India |
| 9 | Nationalism and Vernacular Print Culture |
| 10 | Gandhi’s Printing Press |
Spring Term
Week |
Seminar Topic |
| 1 | Early African Print Cultures |
| 2 | The Portable Bunyan |
| 3 | African Cartography |
| 4 | Abolition and the Popular Press |
| 5 | Useful Knowledge in the West Indies |
| 6 | Reading Week |
| 7 | Printing the Pacific |
| 8 | Imagined Communities in the Antipodes |
| 9 | Gutenberg in Shanghai |
| 10 | Mapping the Middle Kingdom |
Summer Term
Week |
Seminar Topic |
| 1 |
No seminars in Term 3, but please do make use of my office hours, and speak to me about your final essay as to get feedback on your ideas. |