[DCRM-L] FW: [hist-book] Material Texts: Aylin Malcolm, February 14, 5:15 PM

Tue Feb 8 11:52:13 MST 2022

Who remembers the (in)famous volvelles discussion in the Thesaurus Editorial Group, way back in the early aughts? (The question was whether to add the term to an RBMS thesaurus, which oddly—in my estimation then and now—was a source of debate. It was added to Genre Terms in January 2004.)

Forwarding this for the sake of those interested in volvelles or are nostalgic for old lexicographical debates. And though not specific to cataloging or even librarianship, is part of an excellent series offered by Penn on Monday afternoons during term.
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From: english-hist-book <english-hist-book-bounces at groups.english.upenn.edu> On Behalf Of Aylin Malcolm
Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 13:32
To: english-hist-book at groups.english.upenn.edu
Subject: [hist-book] Material Texts: Aylin Malcolm, February 14, 5:15 PM

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for the next meeting of the Workshop in the History of Material Texts, which will take place on February 14th at 5:15 PM Eastern Time. We will be returning to the Class of 1978 Pavilion, on the sixth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/nbOZCkRjqgtwWkYc2zD59?domain=facilities.upenn.edu>. You can also attend virtually using the following link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94914204988?pwd=MlM1cXNxaDJwUU1SQnNqUHFHOHI5dz09<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/ix9bClYkr0iMn1OT9Ml-D?domain=upenn.zoom.us>

This week, Aylin Malcolm (Penn) will give a talk entitled "Revolutionary Science: Movable Books and the Medieval Universe." Aylin writes:

Movable parts such as tabs, wheels, and flaps were common components of premodern scientific texts. These features could serve as participatory pedagogical tools, calculating devices, or inexpensive alternatives to instruments such as the astrolabe. In this talk, I review a range of movable devices from the later Middle Ages, including their applications in cosmography, medicine, and the computation of the date of Easter. Focusing on astronomical volvelles, I then develop an ecological reading of these rotating discs, which encouraged readers to relate to the world around them in several complementary ways. Movable books could facilitate readers’ efforts to conceptualize their positions in the universe, an important aspect of premodern knowledge practices. Yet volvelles also call attention to the materiality of the texts in which they appear, and their susceptibility to damage visually suggests the impact of human actions. Often compared to modern apps, these devices therefore offer lessons for engaging with today’s media landscapes and their unseen material infrastructures.

Aylin Malcolm is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Pennsylvania and the 2021–22 Brizdle-Schoenberg Fellow in the History of Material Texts. Aylin's research interests include poetry and zoology in medieval England, the history of ecological crisis, and premodern gender studies. Aylin held a graduate fellowship at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies in 2019, during which they worked on medieval astronomical diagrams and their afterlives in digital spaces.

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Please forward this email widely to any who might be interested, and please join us on Mondays throughout the semester. Workshops are free and open to the public.

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SPRING 2022 SCHEDULE

Feb. 14: Aylin Malcolm (Penn): "Revolutionary Science: Movable Books and the Medieval Universe"

Feb. 21: Meg Leja (Binghamton): "Mending Bodies by (A)mending Texts: Medical Manuscripts from the Early Middle Ages"

Feb. 28: Marcy Dinius (DePaul): "David Walker's Textual Engagements"

Mar. 14, 15, 17: Peter D. McDonald (Oxford), Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/AkwyCo2nxmiwqDlcONnlJ?domain=library.upenn.edu>: "The Secret Life of Books"

Mar. 21: Sarah Werner: "Practicing Feminist Bibliography"

Mar. 28: Micha Perry (University of Haifa): "Medieval Jewish Bilingual Charters: Texts, Signs and Sounds"
Apr. 4: Roger Chartier (Penn): "The Skin of an Innocent Lamb: Jack Cade and the Roman Law"

Apr. 11: ONLINE EVENT: Material Texts Roadshow with Lisa Baskin, Emiko Hastings (William L. Clements Library), Sarah Lindenbaum, and Caroline Schimmel: "Women Collectors and Their Collections"

Apr. 18: Andrew Stauffer (University of Virginia) and Amanda Licastro (Penn Libraries): "Book Traces: Library History and the Marks of Collaborative Reading"
Apr. 25: Honoring Jerry Singerman: A Celebration of His Work as Humanities Editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press

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Zachary Lesser
Edward W. Kane Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania

Jerry Singerman
Senior Humanities Editor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Press

John Pollack
Curator, Research Services, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Aylin Malcolm
Brizdle-Schoenberg Fellow in the History of Material Texts

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