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Welcome

Welcome to the Book Culture from Below – The Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP). The conference will take place in Helsinki, 17-21 August 2010.

Submit a Proposal

You can now submit a proposal for an individual presentation or a session at Send Your Proposal (the link is available also on the left panel). The proposal form includes practical instructions for submissions, but remember to check also the Call for Papers for scientific guidelines. The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2009.

Keynote speakers and panel discussions

The conference is pleased to present two keynote speakers:

• Professor Martyn Lyons (University of New South Wales)
• Professor Ruth B. Bottigheimer (Stony Brook University, New York)

The conference will also include three panel discussions on the main theme Book Culture from Below:

• Conceptual re-evaluations from below
• Exposing the oral and literary background of fairy tales
• How the aspect “from below” changes book history