From the Kislak Stacks
Join us for these monthly lunchtime presentations (noon – 1 pm) by Kislak curators, faculty, and students focusing on specific works or small archives/collections found among the holdings of the Kislak Center.
- Lecture
1789: Revolution and Erasure in Jubert's Almanac
Roger Chartier, Annenberg Visiting Professor in History, University of Pennsylvania, and Emeritus Professor at the Collège de France
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In this presentation, Roger Chartier will introduce and analyze a recent acquisition, La Cocarde citoyenne, printed in Paris by Jean-Pierre Jubert in 1789. This miniature almanac contains a series of engravings documenting early events of the revolution, as well as a "secretaire" or notebook containing pages prepared on erasable paper.
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Roger Chartier
Roger Chartier is Annenberg Visiting Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania Emeritus Professeur in the Collège de France. He regularly teaches courses on book history in the Kislak Center.
Featured image: frontispiece detail from La Cocarde citoyenne: etrenne dedié à la nation (Paris : Chez Jubert Doreur, 1789), Kislak Center