Feminist Bibliographies - An event sponsored by UCLA Library Special Collections
Channel: UCLA Library
Date: 2020-04-20

This event took place on March 9, 2020 in the Main Conference of the UCLA Charles Young Research Library.

Organized by UCLA Library Special Collections Rare Books Curator, Devin Fitzgerald, this event features presentations by 

* Tia Blassingame, Assistant Professor in Book Arts, Art Department Director, Scripps College Press Scripps College
* Kate Ozment, Assistant Professor of English Literature, CalPoly Pomona, and co-editor of the Women in Book History Bibliography
* Sarah Werner, Book Historian and author of Studying Early Printed Books 1450-1800: A Practical Guide (2019)

Over the last two decades, some scholars have used feminist perspectives to explore the history of the book. Their work has revealed the centrality of female printers, publishers, and readers to the past and present of material texts, fundamentally altering our understanding of the relationship between gender and bibliography. In this conference, Tia Blassingame, Kate Ozment, and Sarah Werner will introduce feminist approaches to the study of the book. Their talks will show how feminist approaches to the study of the book open new avenues for inquiry and undermine popular assumptions about books and their readers.