Collecting the Medieval Book in America: Panel Discussion and Keynote Lecture

About This Event

An interdisciplinary panel discussion and a keynote lecture by Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America.

4-5:15pm - Panel Discussion

• Panelists include:
  • Brian Brege, Associate Professor, History, Syracuse University
  • Anna Siebach-Larsen, Director of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Koller-Collins Center for English Studies, University of Rochester
  • Juilee Decker, Director of the Museum Studies program, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Irene Malfatto, Independent Scholar and Bookseller at Bruce McKittrick Rare Books (Philadelphia)
• Moderators:
  • Samantha Herrick, Associate Professor, History, Syracuse University
  • Irina Savinetskaya, Curator of Early to Pre-20th Century, Special Collections Research Center

5:15-5:45pm - Light Refreshments

5:45-7pm - Keynote Lecture and Q&A

• “Since the Census: A Century of Manuscript Collecting in North America" with Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America.

Featured Guests

• Panelist member: Irene Malfatto, Independent Scholar/Bruce McKittrick Rare Books
• Keynote speaker: Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America

Co-sponsors

• Bibliographical Society of America
• Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries
• Global Premodern Studies Faculty Writing Group, Syracuse University
• Department of Art and Music Histories, College of Art and Sciences, Syracuse University
• History Department, Maxwell School, Syracuse University