Forgotten Books and Cultural Memory

Here are some of the photos from this fun day. If you have others that should be included, please pass them along!

A wonderful first day of cultural events! It was fascinating to hear about all of your research projects; we're looking forward to tomorrow!

The final conference schedule is up! See you in less than two weeks!

Schedule The final conference schedule is now available. Please download it here. As you plan for your presentation, please remember that papers on four-person panels should last approximately fifteen minut…

The NTU library staff would like us to remind that they are offering their Thursday, May 26 tour of the special collections free of charge.

We're extending the sign-up deadline for the Companion Cultural Events till next Monday, April 25. If you are free on Thursday, we'd particularly like to encourage you to join us for the morning (9:00–2:00 tour of Academia Sinica's Museum of the Institute of History and Philology and the Archives of the Institute for Taiwan History, followed by a set lunch at Fu Hsin Hotel) and/or our trip to Taipei Tea House at 2:15 to learn to make green tea from fresh leaves. The Museum of the Institute of History and Philology is opening specially in order to give us a tour of their collection, which includes Han Dynasty Wooden Slips and rare texts from the Sung Dynasty as well as exhibits on the ruins of Yin, artifacts from the Eastern and Western Chou dynasties, artifacts from southwestern ethnic groups, Lung Shan culture, and Taiwan archaeology. https://forgottenbookstaipei.wordpress.com/companion-cultural-events/

中研院歷史語言研究所歷史文物陳列館 居延漢簡──漢帝國的防衛線 展期：2015年10月21日起 展區：居延漢簡區（201室） 這是迄今為止所有出土漢簡中，木簡、墨跡及編繩保存都最完整的一份漢代簡冊。簡冊由四組編繩編連七十七支簡而成。除兩支空白簡，其餘簡上是五份廣地南部按月及四時上報部內破胡燧、澗上燧釜、磑、弩、箭等裝備數量及情況的報告書。這份簡冊不但使我們了解漢代如何編造簡冊，也使我們認識漢代邊塞有那些裝備，又如何檢查裝備。

Before and during the conference, attendees can register to visit museums and archives related to our conference theme. We have also made arrangements for visits to two tea houses, where conference presenters and attendees can relax and get to know one another better before the formal conference starts. Please take a look at our website to find out more about the visits to the Suho Memorial Paper Museum, the NTU library and special collections, Wisteria Tea House, the Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, the Archives of the Institute for Taiwan History, the Taipei Tea House, and the National Palace Museum.

https://forgottenbookstaipei.wordpress.com/companion-cultural-events/

Companion Cultural Events In addition to the two-day conference, which will be held on a Friday and a Saturday, we will also be organizing companion cultural events on Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27. The Thursday tours…

Registration for the conference and its companion cultural events is now open. Please see our website: https://forgottenbookstaipei.wordpress.com/registration/. Cultural event registration closes on April 15. Conference registration closes on May 1.

Registration Registration for both the conference and the companion cultural events is now open. Please register here by May 1. (Cultural event registration closes on April 15.) Visitors from abroad will be gla…

Monday, February 1 is our abstract deadline. If you haven't yet, please download the abstract and presenter information form and send your abstract to [email protected]. We're received a fascinating array of topics so far and are really looking forward to May! https://forgottenbookstaipei.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/

Call for Papers Please see the list of topics below and submit a 250–300 word abstract and the requested presenter information in one Word or PDF file to by Monday, February ...

Don't forget! The early-consideration deadline for abstracts is this coming Monday, January 4. Make sure to fill out the abstract and presenter information form available on our website: https://forgottenbookstaipei.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/. We will respond to all abstracts submitted by January 4 by January 18 so that you can begin to make your travel plans.

We have also updated the Transportation and Lodging page on our website for those of you who already would like to think about where you will be staying.

Transportation and Lodging Airport Transport Getting to Taipei Tech Lodging Airport Transport International conference attendees will fly into Taoyuan International Airport. From there, they may travel to their hotel easily ...

We are pleased to announce that SHARP (The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) is joining us as a sponsor of the Forgotten Books conference! It is a privilege to partner with them. If you are unfamiliar with SHARP's work and their resources for scholars of book history, take a look at their website below.

SHARP | The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing A Global Scholarly Society “The goal in the next decade or so should be to prepare students to be discerning users of, and contributors to, all media. An excellent starting point on the Web is the site of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing.” – Edward Tenner, Chronicle…