Sharp 2006

‘Trading Books - Trading Ideas’

Conference date: 11-14 July 2006
Location: The Hague, Leiden (The Netherlands)

IMAGES OF SHARP 2006

Images of SHARP 2006 events are divided in 7 sections. They were made available by Berry Dongelmans (section 3-7) and Jos Uljee/Koninklijke Bibliotheek: sections 1-2).
Section 1: Preconferences, opening, Peace Palace
Section 2: Peace Palace, round table, closing addresses and banquet
Section 3: Registration, Peace Palace, Lakenhal, excursion to Antwerp
Section 4: Registration, Museum Meermanno, Peace Palace
Section 5: Leiden day
Section 6: Last conference sessions, excursion to Antwerp
Section 7: Excursion to Antwerp

SHARP 2006

The 14th annual conference was organised by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) in co-operation with the Universities of Leiden, Utrecht, Nijmegen and Amsterdam.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday the venue was held at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague; on Thursday at the University of Leiden.

Organising committee

Koninklijke Bibliotheek: Paul van Capelleveen (Treasurer), Marja Smolenaars, Monique Baardman.
Leiden University: Berry Dongelmans (Chair), Paul Hoftijzer, Adriaan van der Weel
Utrecht University: Frank de Glas (Secretary), Jeroen Salman (on behalf of the Dutch Society for the History of the Book).

Programme committee

Dr. Berry Dongelmans, Prof. Dr. Paul Hoftijzer, Prof. Dr. Adriaan van der Weel, Prof. Dr. Robert L. Patten (SHARP president), Prof. Dr. Michael Hancher (University of Minnesota, SHARP2007). The programme is archived here.

Keynote speakers and masterclasses

SHARP 2006 was opened with a keynote speech by Robert Darnton (Slander: the Art and Politics of Vilification, Paris and London, 1770-1800) in Theatre Diligentia in The Hague. Other keynote speakers were Marika Keblusek and Peter Kornicki. Evening activities/receptions included the Peace Palace (The Hague) and the Rembrandt exhibition at the Lakenhal (Leiden).

On 11 July 2006 a Master Class in the History of the Manuscript and the Printed Book was planned in cooperation with the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, the Huygens Institute, the Huizinga Graduate School of Cultural History and the Netherlands Graduate School for Literary Studies. The Master Class consisted of two sections: Section I (pre-1800), by Prof. Gabriele Müller-Oberhäuser (University of Münster, Germany) and Section II (post-1800) by Prof. Jonathan Rose (Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA).

The conference 'Trading Books - Trading Ideas' highlighted the importance of the European and the North American heritage for the book and print cultures of the world. Special attention was paid to the history of the trade in books between Eastern and Western European countries, to mark the occasion of ten new Eastern member states joining the European Union on 1 May 2004.

Last update: 22 December 2011.