with Courtney Roby, Cornell University, Susan W. Cook, University of Iowa, Kimberly Maher, University of Iowa

Schedule

2:00–3:15 Distributed Cognition in Ancient Science
   Courtney Roby, Cornell University
   Room 2032 Main Library

3:30–4:45 Art, Science, and the Mind in the Moveable Book Response and Roundtable Discussion
   Courtney Roby, Susan W. Cook, University of Iowa, Kimberly A. Maher, University of Iowa
   Room 2032 Main Library

5.30–6.30 Handy Books Reception
K.K. Merker Gallery, North Hall

Handy Books is held in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name. An international array of artists have contributed new works of book art drawing upon ‘handy’ books held in University of Iowa Special Collections and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences as inspiration.

Exhibit Dates

August 20 – September 15
University of Iowa Center for the Book
K.K. Merker Gallery, North Hall, Basement

September 15 – November 1
Unversity of Iowa Special Collections
Main Library, 3rd Floor

Symposium organizers: Elizabeth Yale, University of Iowa Department of History and Center for the Book Julie Leonard, University of Iowa Center for the Book

Sponsored by The University of Iowa Center for the Book, The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School, University of Iowa Special Collections, and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Image reproduced from the Hardin Library copy of The Practical Doctor by Henry M. Lyman.

For further information on the Symposium or Exhibit: elizabeth-yale@uiowa.edu, julia-leonard@uiowa.edu.