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MEDIA CONTACT: Helene Snihur hsnihur@rochester.edu
585.275.7800
March 15, 2007
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, in Lander Auditorium in Hutchison Hall on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public.
Media scholars and experts in both digital and traditional publishing will gather to discuss the issues surrounding the use of digital technology in the book publishing industry. While the traditional bound book remains dominant, the methods of how books are written, published, read, sold, and archived have increasingly raised questions about the status of the book as a cultural artifact and symbolic object in this digital age.
The participants in this discussion include Kathleen Fitzpatrick, associate professor of English and media studies at Pomona College; Suzanne E. Guiod, editorial director of the University of Rochester Press; Daniel Simon, publisher and director for Seven Stories Press; and McKenzie Wark, associate professor of media and cultural studies at Eugene Lang College and the New School for Social Research.
A reception will follow this event from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Green Lounge.
This symposium is part of the "The Future of the Archive in the Digital Age" series, one of the 10 projects funded by the Humanities Project, an initiative at the University of Rochester emphasizing the contributions of the humanities to academic and civic life.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact anbl@mail.rochester.edu or visit the website at www.rochester.edu/college/humanities/projects/?archive&events.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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