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3rd Symposium on Middle East Printing History Leipzig, 25-27 September 2008
| Location: | Germany |
| Call for Papers Deadline: | 2007-12-31 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2007-11-29 |
| Announcement ID: |
159652 |
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Some themes which may be discussed and developed in the
conference papers are the following (but other suggestions are most welcome):
Middle Eastern printing before Gutenberg
The origins and developments of European typography in Middle Eastern scripts
The arrival and development of typography in the Middle East
The aesthetic and practical dimensions of Middle Eastern typography (design, cognitive effects, etc.)
Lithography in the Middle East
The printing, publishing and readership of newspapers and magazines [but not their journalistic, intellectual or literary content]
Aspects of descriptive and analytical bibliography of early and rare Middle Eastern printed material
The history of Middle Eastern publishing, and its social, economic, and literary consequences
The history of publishing in Middle Eastern languages outside the Middle East
The art and techniques of illustrations in printed books and periodicals
The working languages of the Symposium are English, French and German.
Papers should not exceed 20 minutes.
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