Samuel Johnson Tercentenary Symposium--Harvard 2009

Samuel Johnson Tercentenary Symposium--Harvard 2009

Location:	Massachusetts, United States
Symposium Date:	2006-06-24 (Archive)
Date Submitted:	2006-03-23
Announcement ID:	150334

The year 2009 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Johnson. To commemorate the event, Harvard University’s Houghton Library will host an international symposium to celebrate Johnson’s manifold contributions to intellectual and creative cultures. The symposium, which will be held Thursday, August 27, through Saturday, August 29, 2009, will coincide with the opening of a major exhibition featuring rare books and manuscripts from the Mary & Donald Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

Details will be announced over the next six months, so please check our website periodically.

Thomas Horrocks
Houghton Library
Harvard University
Email: horrocks@fas.harvard.edu
Visit the website at http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/conference_johnson.html

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