[NORSLIS] Call for papers - Doctoral Workshop in Book History, Helsinki, October 31st 2007

[Pertti Vakkari]

FYI:

Call for Papers

Possession and Distribution of Books
Doctoral Workshop in Book History, Helsinki, October 31st 2007

The research network HIBOLIRE will arrange on October 31st 2007 a doctoral
workshop in Helsinki under the theme Possession and Distribution of Books.

The workshop seeks to promote regional book history studies. It offers a
possibility to deliver a presentation of an ongoing Ph.D. research for an
international audience and receive comments from the participants and a
specific commentator from the HIBOLIRE network.

The workshop is arranged in conjunction with the decennial Jubilee Seminar
of the Finnish Book Historical Association on November 1st - 2nd 2007. The
participants of the workshop are welcome to participate in the Jubilee
Seminar as well.

Abstracts for the doctoral workshop, max. 500 words, and a short CV, should
be sent via E-mail to Jyrki Hakapää [jyrki.hakapaa(at)helsinki.fi] until
April 10th 2007. Notifications of acceptance will be sent in May. Eligible
are all interested doctoral students, but priority is given to students 
from
the HIBOLIRE countries and institutions represented in the network. The
network can support travel costs of doctoral students coming from the 
member
institutions. The workshop will also include the yearly meeting of the 
board
of HIBOLIRE and a general meeting of members.
More information on HIBOLIRE: 
http://www.helsinki.fi/historia/hibolire/index.html#

-- 
Pertti Vakkari,
Professor
Department of Information Studies
FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
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