What is a Scientific Author? Cultures of Scientific Publishing
A One-Day Symposium
Friday, 10 May 2013

Sponsored by the Department of the History of Science and the Book History Seminar of the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

This one-day workshop, to be held at Mahindra Humanities Center of Harvard University on 10 May 2013, will bring together scholars working on all aspects of these questions, from the early modern period to the present, from the emergence of print to the current period of experimentation with new digital formats and spaces of evaluation. All papers will be precirculated two weeks before the event, and, while time will be allowed for short paper presentations, the bulk of the meeting will be devoted to intensive discussion. The event will include a tour of The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard and conclude with a round-table panel of Ann Blair, Robert Darnton, and Elizabeth Eisenstein.