| C L A S S | READING | ASSIGN | |||||
| Thurs. | Jan. 9 | Kirk Melnikoff - Welcome | Howsam, Chapters 1-3; Loneliness | ||||
| Tues. | Jan. 14 | What is Book History? What is a book? Share an "oral" cultural moment. | Howsam Chapters 4-5; Darnton, Ch. 11 | ||||
| Thurs. | Jan. 16 | Acts of Memory and Acts of Reading. | Frances Yates - Art of Memory - HO | ||||
| Tues. | Jan. 21 | The Word-- The Word on Papyrus/Parchment | Fink/McLeer - Ch. 1 | ANALYSIS | |||
| Thurs. | Jan. 23 | What does print mean historically? | Fink/McLeer - Ch. 2 | ||||
| Tues. | Jan. 28 | From Scrivener to Printer | Fink/McLeer - Ch. 3 | ||||
| Thurs. | Jan. 30 | Content, Authors, Patrons | Fink/McLeer - Ch. 4 | ANALYSIS | |||
| Tues. | Feb. 4 | The Business of Printing--Ballads; Broadsides; Pamphlets; Labels | Fink/McLeer - Ch. 5 | ||||
| Thurs. | Feb. 6 | The Role of the Reader in Determining the Book | Fink/McLeer - Ch.6; Darnton, Ch. 10 | ||||
| Tues. | Feb. 11 | Wither the Book? | Fink/McLeer - Ch.7 | ANALYSIS | |||
| Thurs. | Feb. 13 | Interlude: Rethinking the book--Kindle a Nook | Darnton vii-42 | Paper 1 | |||
| Tues. | Feb.18 | Interlude: A Nostalgic Future | Mr. Penumbra, 1--62; *Building Stories; Ship of Thesus; House of Leaves* | ||||
| Thurs. | Feb. 20 | Rewriting the Book as Print | Mr. Penumbra, 63-122; Paper-making; Darnton Ch. 8. | ANALYSIS | |||
| Tues. | Feb. 25 | The Book on the Shelf | Mr. Penumbra, 125-202; Library Visit | ||||
| Thurs. | Feb. 27 | The Mystery of Books | Mr. Penumbra, 203-288: Darnton Ch.9 | ||||
| Tues. | Mar. 4 | S P R I N G B R E A K | |||||
| Thurs. | Mar. 6 | S P R I N G B R E A K | |||||
| Tues. | Mar. 11 | Theorizing Print Culture | Chartier, 1-24 | ANALYSIS | |||
| Thurs. | Mar. 13 | Shape shifters & Authors | Chartier, 25-60 | ||||
| Tues. | Mar. 18 | Libraries withoutŠ | Chartier, 61-92; Borges HO | ||||
| Thurs. | Mar. 20 | More on Libraries | Darnton, Ch. 3: Niffenegger | ANALYSIS | |||
| Tues. | Mar. 25 | Sociology of Texts | Darnton, Ch. 9 | ||||
| Thurs. | Mar. 27 | Newspapers &Information Media | |||||
| Tues. | Apr. 1 | Taking stock digitally | Shillingsburg, Intro & Ch. 1 | ||||
| Thurs. | Apr. 3 | The future of history in a digital age | Shillingsburg, Ch. 2 | ANALYSIS | |||
| Tues. | Apr. 8 | Script Act Theory | Shillingsburg, Ch. 3 | ||||
| Thurs. | Apr. 10 | Making new texts from old | Shillingsburg, Ch. 4 (to 102) | ||||
| Tues. | Apr. 15 | Science Studies | Shillingsburg, Ch. 4 (103 to 126) | ANALYSIS | |||
| Thurs. | Apr. 17 | What digital humanities WINS!! (and loses) | Shillingsburg, Ch. 9 | ||||
| Tues. | Apr. 22 | Beauty... and the Book | Shillingsburg, Ch.10; Howsam, Ch. 5 | ||||
| Thurs. | Apr. 24 | Summary | |||||
| Tues. | Apr. 29 | Paper Review | |||||
| THURS | MAY 8th | 11:00 AM | PAPER 2 | ||||