Event Date & Time: Monday, March 9, 2020, 2:00pm to 5pm
Event Address:  Main Conference Room, Charles E. Young Research Library, 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Contact us at (310)825-4988 or spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
More info here: https://www.library.ucla.edu/events/feminist-bibliographies

Monday, March 9
Reception: 2:00-2:30PM
Presentations: 2:30-5:00PM
Charles Young Research Library, Main Conference Room

Featuring:

* Tia Blassingame, Assistant Professor in Book Arts, Art Department Director, Scripps College Press Scripps College
* Kate Ozment, Assistant Professor of English Literature, CalPoly Pomona, and co-editor of the Women in Book History Bibliography
* Sarah Werner, Book Historian and author of Studying Early Printed Books 1450-1800: A Practical Guide (2019)

Over the last two decades, some scholars have used feminist perspectives to explore the history of the book. Their work has revealed the centrality of female printers, publishers, and readers to the past and present of material texts, fundamentally altering our understanding of the relationship between gender and bibliography. In this conference, Tia Blassingame, Kate Ozment, and Sarah Werner will introduce feminist approaches to the study of the book. Their talks will show how feminist approaches to the study of the book open new avenues for inquiry and undermine popular assumptions about books and their readers.

The presentations will be preceded by a reception.