Sandars Lecture 1: Isness and Aboutness

Do we trust books to be truthful in regard to their Isness and their Aboutness? The first lecture as part of the 2024 Sandars Lectures on Resistance to Bibliography is a meditation on how bibliography functions and how we think about the practice today. With a focus on the work of interrogating books to discern what they are meant to do in the world, this discursive talk aims to expand bibliography beyond the steadfastly descriptive and analytical to the ludic - an approach that engages with books that deceive slyly, lie boldly, and subvert our expectations.

Attending this lecture in-person

This lecture is FREE and OPEN TO ALL. Booking required.

In the event in-person tickets are sold out, please email [email protected] to be added to the waiting list. Or you can sign up to watch the livestream here.

The lecture will take place in Robinson College’s Umney Theatre in Cambridge. For accessibility information, please visit https://www.accessable.co.uk/robinson-college/access-guides/umney-theatre.

All those attending this lecture are invited back to Cambridge University Library for a drinks reception and display until 7.30pm.

Accessibility information for the drinks reception hosted in the Milstein Seminar Rooms at the University Library, can be found here: https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/using-library/disabled-library-users/access-milstein-exhibition-centre-and-seminar-room.

Full information about the 2024 Sandars Lectures can be found at .

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