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Programs that cultivate connection and deepen historically grounded perspectives on our cultural heritage
Michael Stamm: Landscapes, Labor, and the Infrastructures of Printed Newspapers
The 2026 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades
This talk returns to the decades in our previous century when the printed newspaper thrived as the center of the news cycle, and it highlights some of the hidden landscapes, labor, and infrastructures enabling that.
Mike Kelly: Indigenous Agency and Intervention in the Bibliographical Record
The 2026 NEH-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture
This talk will draw from the past thirteen years that Mike Kelly has spent building the Native American Literature Collection in the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College, as well as current work to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into library, archives, and museum practices. Kelly will demonstrate how a deep knowledge of traditional bibliography coupled with an understanding of Indigenous history results in a rich and complex understanding of this aspect of book history.
A “brilliant, once-in-a-lifetime, phenomenal chance to learn”
Experience cutting-edge, specialized instruction on bibliographical inquiry through intensive summer courses offered at the University of Virginia, online, or at partner institutions across the U.S. and in the U.K.
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