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4th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age

at the University of Pennsylvania & The Free Library of Philadelphia

October 21-22, 2011

Writing the East: History and New Technologies in the Study of Asian Manuscript Traditions

In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 4th annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. This year's symposium will explore a range of issues relating to Asian reading and writing cultures, especially as they pertain to the manuscript source. Our focus will be on manuscripts from the Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian traditions. We will bring together scholars representing these traditions to examine the ways in which hand-produced texts shape both meaning and interpretation, and to a larger extent, the cultural norms that define their use.  We will also consider the role that modern digital technology can play in facilitating the study of manuscripts today.  This year's program will feature a special Friday afternoon workshop, "Bringing Out the Best from Your Collections:  Ask the Experts!", on the care and preservation of manuscripts and documents from Asian manuscript traditions.

For more information and to register, go to:  http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium4.html

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Lynn Ransom, Ph.D.

Project Manager, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts

Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

3420 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206

215.898.7851

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/schoenberg