

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pforzheimer Lecture: Dr. Ann Blair
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Dr. Ann Blair presents her lecture How Renaissance Scholars and Printers Decided on the Size of BooksAbout this EventPrinting in early modern Europe made few technical constraints on the size of books, which could range from very large to small in format and in length. Instead, commercial and cultural factors determined the size of books in various genres. In particular, strong partnerships between learned authors and printers in the sixteenth century helped establish norms for the publication of books in Latin. Examples will include the publication patterns of the famous humanist Erasmus (d. 1536) with his Basel printers, and of the naturalist Conrad Gessner (d. 1565) in Zurich.Ann Blair is the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor in the Department of History at Harvard University where she teaches book history and early modern European cultural and intellectual history. Her research focuses on the working methods of scholars and authors ca. 1500-1700. She has studied for example practices of reading and note-taking, of composing and using reference works and finding devices, paratexts, and, in her book currently in production, the role of amanuenses. Her publications include: Too Much To Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age (2010); Information: A Historical Companion (2021) co-edited with Paul Duguid, Anja Goeing, and Anthony Grafton; and, due out in summer 2026, In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship.The event will be livestreamed on YouTube.Please have your reservation confirmation ready upon entering. A reservation does not guarantee a seat. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance. Doors to our theater will open approximately 30 minutes before the event begins. No food or beverages are allowed inside our theater or gallery space.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Austin
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Harry Ransom Center
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- **full address**: Harry Ransom Center, 300 West 21st Street, Austin, United States

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  - **A:** Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
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