Event: Future of the Book Conference, October 30

Future of the Book

The Core Curriculum in the College of Arts and Science and the Office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education present

a one-day conference exploring the

FUTURE OF THE BOOK

Moderated by David Eckel, Professor of Religion, Director of the Core Curriculum and Victor Coelho, Professor of Music, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

1:00-2:30 pm

Libraries and Education in the 21st Century:

The Case of Cushing Academy

James Tracy

Headmaster, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts

Former Headmaster, Boston University Academy

Remarks by Christopher Ricks

Warren Professor of the Humanities

Co-Director, Editorial Institute, Boston University

3:00-4:00 pm

The Impact of Digital Technology on the Publishing Industry

Richard Sarnoff

President, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments

4:00-5:00 pm

Pedagogy and Textbooks in the Renaissance

Ann Blair

Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Harvard University

Friday, October 30, 2009

Metcalf Trustee Center, One Silber Way, Ninth Floor

Green Line B-Train to Blandford Street Stop

Reception to follow-free and open to the public

Co-Sponsored by the New England Renaissance Conference and the Boston University Humanities Foundation.

For more information please contact core@bu.edu or 617-353-5404.