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September 2006 Events

McNeil Center for Early American Studies symposium
The Atlantic World of Print in the Age of Franklin
September 28, 2006 - September 30, 2006

The tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin—who, as reader, writer, printer, and publisher epitomized the cultural world that print created in the eighteenth century—provides an ideal opportunity to examine a wide range of topics relating to the production, circulation, and consumption of texts in the early modern Atlantic world.
This major international academic conference will feature leading historians and literature scholars, including Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton, Ellen Cohn, David Hall, Kevin Hayes, James Raven, Peter Stallybrass, and David Waldstreicher. Papers will be pre-circulated for discussion by those in attendance.

Sponsors include The Library Company of Philadelphia, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. The conference will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Printing History Association.

For more information, see www.mceas.org/franklin.