Tomorrow I'm in Delaware and You're in Persia

Reminder: Tomorrow's class does not meet at the Corcoran. Those of you who want to attend Daniel Kelm's lecture at 3:00 in the Rosenwald Room (across from LJ 239) in the Jefferson Building should plan to get there early. Unlike an art college, the LC adheres to clock time. Lectures advertised to start at 3:00, start at 3:00. I once went to a lecture that started two minutes late and I was shocked (maybe my watch was fast). 

Remember to spend adequate but not exhaustive time in the "One Thousand Years of the Persian Book" exhibition. I think 45-60 minutes is about right, maybe a little short (60-75 minutes?). Twenty minutes really won't do it. Try to stay with the pieces that intrigue you the most for more than a few minutes. Sometimes ideas emerge in this space of time. PLEASE CONSULT THE FULL BLOG POST FROM LAST WEEK FOR DETAILS.

Also spend some time (15-30 minutes?) in the Main Reading Room of the Jefferson. This reading room vies with the NYPL for the most famous reading room in North America. The LC is far less busy with researchers and readers than the NYPL, but so is DC compared to NYC. As for the room itself, I think the LC takes the prize. Find study-shelves #1506 and #1507. Explore.

I'll be giving a tour of the exhibition I curated at the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection at the University of Delaware on micro-circulation Victorian periodicals.  I'll bring a copy of the brief catalogue (my essay and a checklist of items) to class next week. 

If you want to learn more about the conference and see examples of how scholars write proposal abstracts in the field of book history, check out the Program of the 46th Annual Conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. My proposal is on page 76.