Call for Papers & Workshops

  The American Printing History Association welcomes proposals in three
areas for its 2005 annual conference, [r]Evolution in Print: New Work
in Printing History & Practice. The conference will be held in the San
Francisco Bay Area on September 22-23, 2005; the main proceedings will
take place on Friday, September 22, at Mills College in Oakland.
Geoffrey Nunberg, Stanford University linguist and Fresh Air
commentator, will deliver the keynote address. Full conference details
will be available at the American Printing History Association website,
www.printinghistory.org.

Papers. Papers are encouraged on a broad range of subjects relating to
the history of printing, in America and elsewhere across the world.
Topics of interest might include the current letterpress revival; the
history of typography and graphic design; printing along the Pacific
Rim; histories of comics, zines, graphic novels and street literature;
contemporary commercial print technologies; the end of ink on paper?;
radical printing and the counterculture; and of course any new work in
printing history. Papers will be 20 minutes in length, with groups of
three papers forming a panel. Questions will be welcomed from the
audience once the papers have been delivered. Proposals for a panel of
papers are welcome; please contact the Program Chair for guidelines.
All proposals should list specific equipment needs such as slide and
digital projectors, monitors, etc.

Workshops. Workshop and demonstration possibilities include techniques
for photopolymer, digital applications for use with paper and cuts,
traditional tooling for bookbinding, and other traditional and
experimental studio techniques. Workshops and demonstrations will be
from 1 to 2 hours in length and should not rely on the use of printing
presses or other major equipment. However, specific equipment needs or
requests should be outlined in the proposal, including the use of
computer technologies, polymer platemaker, small binding equipment and
the like. The conference will offer a materials preparation fee of up
to $200. for these workshops. Student assistance will be available at
the conference.

Panels. Proposals are welcome for an informal moderated general
interest panel of from one to one-and-a-half hours. This format would
consist of a small number (3-5) members plus a moderator. Topics might
include strategies for incorporating printing history into a range of
academic and studio curriculums; informal discussions of topics such as
the history of radical printing in the Bay Area; or a discussion about
the current state and future potential of printing technology and its
impact on print. Panels will be expected to encourage significant
audience discussion. Please note that this is a less structured format
than the panels of papers mentioned above under Papers.

Guidelines
Proposals, which should include the title of the presentation and
contact information, should not exceed one page. Please include a short
biographical statement with your submission.

All presenters must have current APHA membership at the time of
conference registration.

Deadlines
March 15, 2005: Contact Program Chair with ideas for informal moderated
discussions.
April 15, 2005: Paper and workshop proposals due.

Program announcements are expected around May 31, 2005.

Submission
Electronic (preferred) or hard copy submissions will be accepted. Email
proposals (Word document file or text) to [log in to unmask] Mail
proposals to Kathleen Walkup, Book Arts, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
CA 94613; fax if necessary to 510 430 3314 with a cover sheet.

Apart from its conference, APHA supports research and scholarship
through its journal Printing History, publications, an oral history
project, and a fellowship program. The association, founded in 1974,
encourages the preservation of printing artifacts and source materials
for printing history.

Janice Braun
Special Collections Curator
Mills College

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