‘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 now available. These images are divided in 7 sections. They were made available by Berry Dongelmans (section 3-7) and Jos Uljee (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands: 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.
Registration
Registration is closed.
Official Opening
Location: Theatre Diligentia, Lange Voorhout 5, The Hague.
Time: 19.30-22.00.
Keynote speech Robert Darnton, Slander: the Art and Politics of Vilification, Paris and London, 1770-1800
Programme
Keynote speakers of SHARP2006 are Robert Darnton, Marika Keblusek and Peter Kornicki.
Evening activities/receptions included the Peace Palace (The Hague) and the Rembrandt exhibition at the Lakenhal (Leiden).
The updated programme is available, as well as the abstracts of the papers. We have also provided links to PDF-files if you wish to print the programme or abstracts.
Conference theme
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.
Contact
The names of the members of the organising committee and the paper proposal committee are listed on the contact page.
Last update: 14 December 2006.
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| Sponsors of Sharp 2006: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands (KB); Leiden University (UL); Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen (KNAW); Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds: Oost-Europa Fonds (PBC); Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO); Nationaal Archief (NA); Pallas, Leiden University (PLU); Nederlandse Boekhistorische Vereniging (NBV); Thijssen-Schoute Stichting; City of Leiden; Onderzoek Instituut voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur, Utrecht (OGC). Sponsors of the excursions: Library of the University of Amsterdam (UVA), University of Antwerp (UA), the Municipality of Antwerp (A), and Museum Meermanno (MM). Sponsors of the Masterclasses: Huizinga Instituut, Huygens Instituut, Onderzoekschool Literatuurwetenschappen |
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