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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 2d

On Monday, October 13, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Tajah Ebram to our weekly workshop, where she will deliver a talk titled “Black Print as Prison Praxis.”

Attend in person at Van Pelt Library or on Zoom! Full details at pennmaterialtexts.org

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 4d

This is today at 5:15 PM EST! You are invited to attend, either in-person on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library or remotely on Zoom (See pennmaterialtexts.org for details.) Hope to see you there!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 9d

Monday, October 6 at 5:15PM ET, we welcome Dee E. Andrews & Christopher S. Parmenter to the workshop for a talk titled “Thomas Clarkson’s Latin Essay: Radical Antislavery, Classical Reception, and Abolitionist Print in the Age of Revolution."
At Penn & on Zoom! Full details at: pennmaterialtexts.org

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 9d

Monday, October 6 at 5:15PM ET, we welcome Dee E. Andrews & Christopher S. Parmenter to the workshop for a talk titled “Thomas Clarkson’s Latin Essay: Radical Antislavery, Classical Reception, and Abolitionist Print in the Age of Revolution."
At Penn & on Zoom! Full details at: pennmaterialtexts.org

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 12d

This event with Jean-Christophe Cloutier takes place tomorrow at 5:15 PM Eastern, on the 6th floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library (and on Zoom). Hope to see you there!
(Pics: The Maggie Cassidy notebooks. Source: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature at the NYPL)

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 16d

Monday, September 29 at 5:15 PM ET, we will welcome Jean-Christophe Cloutier to the workshop for a talk titled “These thoughts were all in French, almost untranslatable”: The Bilingual Manuscript Notebooks of Kerouac’s Maggie Cassidy.

At Penn & on Zoom! Full details at: pennmaterialtexts.org

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 18d

Happening today at 5:15 PM EST! Please join us, either in-person on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library or remotely on Zoom. Hope to see you there!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 23d

This Monday, September 22, at 5:15pm, we welcome Megan Heffernan to the workshop, for a talk titled "Between Libraries: The Maintenance of Early Modernity”

In-person and on zoom! Full details at: pennmaterialtexts.org

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 23d

This Monday, September 22, at 5:15pm, we welcome Megan Heffernan to the workshop, for a talk titled "Between Libraries: The Maintenance of Early Modernity”

In-person and on zoom! Full details at: pennmaterialtexts.org

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 25d

This is today at 5:15 PM EST! Please join us, either in-person on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library or remotely on Zoom (See pennmaterialtexts.org for details.) Hope to see you there!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Sep 10

At our next meeting on Monday, September 15, at 5:15pm, we welcome Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld to the workshop, for a talk titled "The Age of Choice Technology.”

In-person and on zoom! Full details at: pennmaterialtexts.org

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Sep 6

The event takes place in person on the 6th floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library, and on Zoom. Full details for this talk, and upcoming talks this semester, are on our website: pennmaterialtexts.org

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Sep 6

Our Fall 2025 History of Material Texts seminar series kicks off this Monday, Sep. 8, at 5:15pm! We welcome Dr. Anne Tiballi, Penn Museum's Director of Academic Engagement. She will speak on "Text, Language, Object: The Utility of Textual Thinking in the Study of Archaeological Materials."

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Apr 14

This event with Jana Dambrogio takes place today at 5:15 PM Eastern, on the 6th floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library (and on Zoom). As always, feel free to DM for details, including the Zoom link if desired!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Apr 8

For our next talk, we are thrilled to welcome Jana Dambrogio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for a talk titled: “Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter.”

Monday, April 14 at 5:15 PM Eastern — 6th floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library (and on Zoom). As always, DM for details!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Apr 8

For our next talk, we are thrilled to welcome Jana Dambrogio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for a talk titled: “Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter.”

Monday, April 14 at 5:15 PM Eastern — 6th floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library (and on Zoom). As always, DM for details!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Apr 6

Next up, Geoffrey Turnovsky (University of Washington) will present his talk: “Characters, Epistolary Novels, and the Analog History of A.I.”

This talk is tomorrow (Monday, April 7) at 5:15 PM ET, on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library and on Zoom — DM us for more information!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 26

At our next meeting, our brilliant and wonderful graduate fellow, Peter Diamond, will present his research: “‘Inscriptions of Sundry Sorts’: Literacy, Populism, and Early American Epigraphic Culture.”

Monday 3/31 at 5:15 PM, in-person (Penn's Van Pelt Library, 6th floor) & on Zoom — DM for details!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 25

We admire your commitment!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 23

This week, Kelly Wisecup (Northwestern) delivers the Rosenbach Lectures at Penn, “Indigenous Ecologies of the Page: Bibliography, Birchbark, and Remediation.”

Mon 3/24, Tue 3/25, and Thu 3/27 at 5:30 PM. All all are open to the public in-person and on Zoom.

Registration required using this link:

The A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography

The Rosenbach Lectures are the longest continuing series of bibliographical lectureships in the United States. Rosenbach Fellows typically present three lectures over a period of one-two weeks.

www.library.upenn.edu

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 17

This is this evening at 5:15 PM Eastern!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 15

This Monday at 5:15 PM ET, the founder of our workshop, Peter Stallybrass, returns to give his talk: “Printers’ Waste: Fanny Hill and Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.”

Please join us either in-person on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library, or on Zoom (DM us for the link)!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 15

This Monday at 5:15 PM ET, the founder of our workshop, Peter Stallybrass, returns to give his talk: “Printers’ Waste: Fanny Hill and Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.”

Please join us either in-person on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library, or on Zoom (DM us for the link)!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 10

Due to Penn's spring break, there is no meeting of Material Texts tonight! We will resume with a talk by our Workshop's founder, Peter Stallybrass, on Monday, March 17 at 5:15 PM ET — more info forthcoming!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Mar 3

This is today at 5:15 PM EST! Please join us, either in-person on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library or remotely on Zoom (DM for more information/the link). Hope to see you there!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Feb 27

Monday, March 3 at 5:15 PM ET, we will welcome Marissa Nicosia (@nicosiamarissa.bsky.social) to the workshop for a talk called “Shakespeare in the Kitchen: Culinary Metaphor, Cookbooks, and Recipe Recreation.”

At Penn & on Zoom — DM for info!

(Strawberry photos courtesy of @gaypanek.bsky.social)

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Feb 27

Monday, March 3 at 5:15 PM ET, we will welcome Marissa Nicosia (@nicosiamarissa.bsky.social) to the workshop for a talk called “Shakespeare in the Kitchen: Culinary Metaphor, Cookbooks, and Recipe Recreation.”

At Penn & on Zoom — DM for info!

(Strawberry photos courtesy of @gaypanek.bsky.social)

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Feb 24

Tonight @ 5:15 PM ET! Georgios Boudalis (Museum of Byzantine Culture) will present: “Books in Late Antiquity: Their Making, Depiction and Interpretation.”

He'll explore codex book formats from late antiquity & their depiction in the art of the time.

In-person at Penn, & on Zoom — DM for more info!

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · Feb 16

Tomorrow, we will welcome James Wilson (University of Konstanz, Germany) for his talk, “Joseph Chahin: A Syrian Maronite Merchant and the 'Recueil des historiens des croisades.'”

Tomorrow (Monday 2/17) at 5:15 PM ET. Join us on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library, or on Zoom (DM for link)!

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Whitney Trettien @whitneytrettien.bsky.social · Feb 6

Hey, Penn's Workshop in the History of Material Texts is here now! I use videos of these lectures in my teaching every semester. @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social

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