<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Would it be possible to circulate the following call for papers?<u></u><u></u></span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Graeme Reynolds</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:graemere@usc.edu">graemere@usc.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 9:20\u202fAM<br>Subject: CFP: Traditions of East Asian Typography Conference<br>To: Graeme Reynolds <<a href="mailto:beetrootfox@gmail.com">beetrootfox@gmail.com</a>><br></div><span style="font-size:11pt"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></div> </span><br><div class="msg-4728100738508174778"><div lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_6839469123474433052WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Conference on Traditions of East Asian Typography seeks to investigate the autochthonous traditions of movable type in East Asia before the arrival of Western letterpress and lithography in the late nineteenth
century. Woodblock was the dominant and preferred method of printing in East Asia up until the nineteenth century. By contrast, East Asia\u2019s home-grown typographic traditions often seem like an afterthought, an eccentricity, or an abandoned experiment that
failed to match the Gutenberg revolution. Yet, typography was never entirely discontinued, and diverse actors utilized movable type at particular times, in specific places, or for certain objectives, often in direct competition with xylography. The aim of
this conference is to interrogate these traditions as distinct technological systems, explore their possible mutual interactions, and to push the English language scholarship on East Asian typography, and East Asian book history more broadly, in new directions.
We welcome proposals from scholars of any academic rank or geographical location. All proposals must engage substantially with East Asian contexts and typography prior to the twentieth century, although comparative chronological or geographic investigations
are welcome. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2025. The conference will be held March 6, 2026, at the University of Southern California.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please see the CFP on H-Net: <a href="https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20126472/traditions-east-asian-typography" target="_blank">
https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20126472/traditions-east-asian-typography</a> or the conference website:
<a href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/east-asian-typography/" target="_blank">https://dornsife.usc.edu/east-asian-typography/</a> for further information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Graeme R. Reynolds</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures <br>
Taper Hall of Humanities<br>
3501 Trousdale Parkway<br>
University of Southern California<br>
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0357</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</div></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Graeme Reynolds<br><a href="mailto:beetrootfox@gmail.com" target="_blank">beetrootfox@gmail.com</a></div></div>