*DEADLINE EXTENDED 15 November 2016*

CFP: “Manuscript in the Age of Print”
Session Organizers: Rachael King (University of California, Santa Barbara), Marissa Nicosia (Penn State University, Abington College)
Saturday, 14 October 2017, 10:45am–12:15pm
Bibliography Among the Disciplines Conference
12–15 October 2017, Philadelphia, PA

In the period after the rise of print culture(s) and public sphere(s), we now know that the production and circulation of manuscripts—from letters and diaries to scientific treatises and novels—continued and even flourished alongside innovative printing practices. Even so, many aspects of the relationship between manuscript and print remain to be explored by scholars. How should we best describe the status of manuscript and print (and, for that matter, of orality and literacy): in terms of transition, transcendence, interaction, symbiosis, co-dependence? To what extent do the different affordances of the two media account for the ongoing prominence of manuscripts after the advent of printed publications? How do we (should we) avoid teleology while also noting progressive change in materials and processes over time? This panel seeks to address such questions through papers that investigate manuscript practices and texts and/or explore the interaction of manuscript and print in the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. We invite scholars working in different geographical and linguistic contexts to contribute to this interdisciplinary effort. During this conference session, three participants will give 20-minute presentations, followed by a half-hour discussion led by a moderator.

Please submit a proposal of no more than 500 words by *15 November 2016* at: rarebookschool.org/bibliography-conference-papers