̽»¨Ö±²¥transformation of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Press from the mid-20th century will be examined in a three-part lecture series starting on 26 April.
̽»¨Ö±²¥transformation of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Press from the mid-20th century will be examined in a three-part lecture series starting on 26 April.
Presented by Wolfson College President Gordon Johnson, pictured, the 2010 Sandars Lectures at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library will explore more broadly what it means to be an academic publisher in the contemporary world.
̽»¨Ö±²¥first talk covers topics including the CUP in the middle of the last century, crisis and recovery, and redefining the role of the academic, with subsequent lectures on 27 and 29 April focusing on the academic editor and the role of the publisher.
Audiences will also learn about the special position of a university publishing house and the impact on scholarly publishing of new technologies. All lectures take place at 5pm in the Morison Room of the Library, and are free of charge.
̽»¨Ö±²¥Sandars Lectures date back to 1895 when the bibliographer and barrister Samuel Sandars bequeathed £2,000 to the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge to fund the Sandars Readership in Bibliography.
As stipulated in a codicil to his will, the holder of the post is expected to deliver one or more lectures annually that embrace the subjects of ‘bibliography, palaeography, typography, bookbinding, book illustration, the science of books and manuscripts, and the arts relating thereto’.
Dr Johnson, a historian with research interests in the history of India since the late-18th century, has been a Syndic of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Press since 1981 and was Chairman of its Syndicate from 1993 to 2009. He joins an illustrious and varied list of former readers ranging from MR James to Bamber Gascoigne.
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