Beyond the Text: Literary Archives in the 21st Century

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
26 - 27 April 2013
8:00 a.m.
New Haven, Connecticut

Free and open to the public.

Registration opens January 15, 2013. Sign up for the waitlist on the even website to be notified when registration opens.

The two-day symposium will bring together literary and information science scholars, historians, curators, archivists, writers, and publishers. Panelists will explore the collaborations between library professionals and scholars around use of manuscript material in teaching and research, the intersections between archival and literary theory, and the impact of the changing shape of archives on institutional stewardship and scholarship.

PANELS

Born Digital Archives • Literary Sound Archives • Publishers’ Archives • Intersections of Archival and Literary Theory • Romance of the Archive • Teaching with Literary Archives • Mining the Archive