Charisma of the Book: Global Perspectives

Workshop

WHEN March 14-16, 2016
WHERE Abu Dhabi WHO NYU Abu Dhabi Institute By Invitation Interested scholars please contact nyuad.programs@nyu.edu

This workshop brings together scholars, artists, and curators in the fields of religion, literature, art history, and media, to develop global perspectives on the history and future of the book. How might the concept of charisma illuminate the materialization—and marginalization—of the book's cultural status and social power in the digital age? Image © Dia Azzawi

Convened by

Thomas Augst, Associate Professor of English, NYUAD
Kiene Brillenburg Wurth, Professor of Literature and Comparative Media and Director of Graduate Studies, Utrecht University

Hosted by

NYU Abu Dhabi Institute

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