1st Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age

1st Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on
Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age

October 24-25, 2008
To be held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

***Registration deadline is October 19, 2008***

Public Lecture: Friday, October 24, 6:00 pm
“Archimedes in Bits: The Digital Presentation of a Write-Off”
William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, The Walters Art Museum
Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA

Symposium: Saturday, October 25, 9:00 am-5:45 pm (registration
begins at 8:30am)
"On the Nature of Things: Modern Perspectives on Scientific Manuscripts"
Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania

Speakers include:

Alejandro García Avilés, Universidad de Murcía
Gerhard Brey, Center for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College, London
Charles Burnett, The Warburg Institute
Marilyn Deegan, Center for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College, London
Gabriele Ferrario, Independent Scholar
Menso Folkerts, Institute for the History of Science,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Monica Green, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Kim Plofker, Union College
Dot Porter, Digital Humanities Observatory at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Michael Solomon, University of Pennsylvania
John Walsh, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University


For more info and registration, go to
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium1.html