UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY

The Textbook Colloquium

 announces a meeting on

The look of the textbook

to inaugurate the Colloquium's association with the
Institute of English Studies

15 March 2003

Senate House, Malet St, London W1

Registration/coffee will be at 10.30 am; the meeting will run from 11am to 4pm with a break for lunch. The registration fee is £10, to include coffee, lunch and tea.

 

10.30am -11.00am   Registration and coffee

11.00am - 12 noon 

Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London)
New ways of knowing: the transformation of the book in the age of the screen
12 noon - 1pm  Sue Walker (University of Reading)
Short texts and large type: typography and layout in children's readers, 1830-1930

1pm -2pm  Lunch 

2pm - 3pm

John Issitt (University of York)
A low form of illustration: pictures in popular pedagogy
3pm - 4pm

Chris Stray (University of Wales Swansea)
Orbis pictus: the role of illustration in classical textbooks
4pm  Tea

If you wish to attend, please send a cheque for £10.00 made out to 'University of London' and a completed registration form to: Institute of English Studies, Senate House, Malet St London WC1.    

Venue and Enquiries: Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, Senate House (3rd Floor), Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU; 
Tel: 020 7862 8675; fax: 020 7862 8720; email ies@sas.ac.uk