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Conference: The Reader in the Book: Books, Reading and Libraries in Fiction

Dates
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 09:00 to Friday, March 20, 2020 - 17:00
Location
Institute of English Studies, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London

OU English researchers will headline a 2-day conference, ‘The Reader in the Book: Books, Reading and Libraries in Fiction’, at the Institute of English Studies, Senate House London, on 19-20 March 2020. Dr Shafquat Towheed, Director of the Open University’s History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) research collaboration is one of the plenary speakers, while his colleague Dr Edmund King will be chairing a specially convened panel. Members of The Open University’s collaborative READ-IT project will also be running a half-day workshop at the event.

More details of the conference is available from the conference website and contact email is iesevents@sas.ac.uk. The submission deadline is 15 December 2019.

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