Symposium on Book & Print Culture

at the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of
Toronto

Tuesday May 28, 9am-5pm

Clara Benson Building, Room 307

A one-day Symposium at this year's Congress will be an occasion for scholars
working in a broad range of humanities and social science disciplines in
Canadian universities to meet on the common ground of studies of book and
print cultures. The gathering will celebrate and draw upon an impressive
body of academic activity within Canada, and at the same time, extend its
disciplinary boundaries and increase its numbers.

9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks:

Leslie Howsam (University of Windsor), General Editor, University of Toronto
Press series in Book and Print Culture

9: 30 Betty A. Schellenberg (Simon Fraser University)

"Remembering Beyond 'The Great Forgetting': Women Writers, Literary History,
and Print-Culture Studies"

10:15 coffee

10:30 Jacques Michon (Université de Sherbrooke)

"Vingt ans de recherche sur le livre et l'édition"

11:15 Lorraine Janzen Kooistra (Nipissing University)

"Problems in The History of the Book: The Case of Victorian Illustrated
Poetry"

12:00 lunch

1.00 Jeet Heer (York University)

"From Everyday Art to Microfilm: The Challenges of Writing the History of
Newspaper Comics"

1:45 Brian McKillop (Carleton University)

"Researching Mr. Canada: A Prospective Biographer Looks to the Sources"

2:30 coffee

2:45 George Elliott Clarke (University of Toronto)

"Landing a Voice: Locating the Early Dionne Brand"

3:30 to 4.30 Discussion of future Congress events featuring Book and Print
Culture Studies.

Unbearables Arts Festival Calendar of Events

May 1 - 31, 2001

Events Venues:

Bowery Poetry Club, 305 Bowery btwn Houston and Bleeker

Bullet Space, 292 East 3 Street btwn Avenues C & D

Collective: Unconscious, 145 Ludlow

Fire Patrol No. 5, 307 West 121 Street btwn Manhattan & 8th Avenue

Fusion Arts, 57 Stanton Street btwn Forsyth & Eldridge

Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East 3 Street

Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston Street, corner of Attorney Street

Tonic, 107 Norfolk btwn Delancey & Rivington Street

Tribes Gallery, 285 East 3 Street btwn Avenues C & D

May 1: Opening - "Corporate Delecti" art opening and reading at Fire Patrol
No. 5, 6 - 9 PM

May 3: Ugly Duckling Presse presents and evening of Quasi-Poetic Mayhem at
Tribes Gallery.
6 - 9 PM

May 4: Rob Hardin presents A reading at Tonic, 1 - 5 PM
Opening - "Face to Faith" art opening and reading at Tribes Gallery 6
- 9 PM

May 6: A Night at Tonic with Steve Dalachinsky, 8 - 11 PM

May 7: James Kowalczyk and Survivor Theatre present and evening at Fusion
Arts, 8 - 11 PM

May 8: Tsaurah Litzky presents: "Wet Wednesday" - an evening of erotica at
Fusion Arts,
8 - 11 PM

May 9: Joe Maynard and the Illbillies at the Parkside Lounge, 8 - 11 PM
May 11: Carol Wierzbicki presents "Iron Poet Triathlon" at Tribes Gallery, 4
- 7 PM

May 12: Thad Rudkowski presents: "Dilated Pupils" a reading at Fusion Arts, 7
- 10 PM

May 15: James Kowalczyk and Survivor Theatre present and evening at Fusion
Arts, 8 - 11 PM

May 16: P.A.N. artists arrive n New York

May 18: An afternoon with Kristan Ryan and actors reading her dark one-act
comedy "Unplugging Nathan", at Fusion Arts, 3 - 5 PM

Shalom presents: "an evening with Andrei Codrescu" at Fusion Arts, 8
PM

May 19: 1st Annual Unbearables Arts Festival Lower East Side Street Fair on
Stanton Street
btwn Forsyth & Essex, 12 - 7:30 PM

P.A.N. Arts at The Collective: Unconscious, 8 PM - Midnight

May 20: Shalom presents: An Unbearable Evening at the Bowery Poetry Club,
9:30 PM - Midnight

May 21: P.A.N. Arts at The Collective: Unconscious, 7 - 9 PM

May 22: P.A.N. Arts at The Parkside Lounge, 5 - 7 PM

May 23: P.A.N. artists depart

May 25: James Kowalczyk and Survivor Theatre present and evening at Fusion
Arts, 8 - 11 PM

May 26: Tom Savage presents: Sunday afternoon with The Unbearables @ The
Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 4 - 7 PM

May 29: Jim Gardiner presents: An Evening at Fusion Arts, 8 - 11 PM

May 30: The New Pythagorean Poets present: An Evening at Fusion Arts, 7:30 PM

May 31: Lee Klein presents: The Unwearables Fashion Show, 63, West 23 Street
Pier, 6 - 9 PM

RADICAL ENCUENTRO Camp

May 25-27 (Memorial Day weekend)

Near Dallas, TX

For more information:

Website: www.radicalencuentro.org

Email: radical encuentro

(214) 642-6580

Don't miss this opportunity to build grassroots solidarity in Texas!
Learn about the histories of different radical struggles!
Apply lessons learned to our future action plans!



Mission: The Radical Encuentro camp is organized with the mission to build
solidarity amongst diverse grassroots communities and activist groups in
Tejas and beyond so that we complement each other and the movement in
general though our efforts towards resistance and evolution.

Via a-infos news service:

"TAKE THE CAPITAL! TAKE YOUR CAPITALS!"

A CALL FOR GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION AGAINST THE G8

JUNE 26-27, 2002

This coming June 26-27, the executive board of global capitalism is
retreating to the foothills of Alberta, Canada. Jean Chretien, George W.
Bush, Tony Blair and the other so-called leaders of the industrialized
world continue planning for war at home and abroad, surrounded by
pristine wilderness, putting greens, and thousands of police and
soldiers.

The self-serving "war on terrorism", orchestrated by the leaders of the
G8, continues to militarize and brutalize the world, while cynically
making appeals to civilization and freedom. From Afghanistan to
Colombia, from the Philippines to Somalia, Western powers continue to
exercise their self-proclaimed right to dominate and determine the
destiny of the global South at an ever more accelerated pace.

NL-Design and Paradiso present

6TH INTERNATIONAL BROWSERDAY

WIRELESS – CELLSPACE – RICH AIR

PARADISO – AMSTERDAM - friday May 17 - 2002

Start at 2 PM

Browserday, the international competition for new media designers, is
coming back to Amsterdam. After Browserdays in New York and Berlin, the next
event will take place at Paradiso on 17 May 2002. In 1998, the first
Browserday was staged in the midst of the so-called 'Browserwar' between
Netscape and Microsoft. Ever since the question who owns infrastructure and
thus determines the ways in which billions of people communicate has become
increasingly urgent. The techno-economic battleground has shifted from the
Internet to mobile networks but the issues are still the same: who sets the
standards and owns them? What degree of freedom does the user have and what
is the role of designers in this fast changing world of new media? Almost 35
young designers will present their alternative proposals that leave the
existing software and interface culture far behind.

Wireless

The networks have liberated themselves from their cables. Electroclouds blow
through the streets. The heavy desktop computers of yesteryear have shrunk
and accompany us everywhere and nowhere. The unbearable lightness of the
media makes us feel uneasy about the almost perfect accessability of the
world. The invisible abundance of signs takes users into a technological
unconscious. For the moment all problems seem to be solved. But who are the
ones that invite us to this technological wonderland? Are wireless networks
part of society or are we mere paying guests of this cell space; clients
granted access only after having paid? Does wireless mean powerless? Can we
act against wireless devices being tapped? Are there public spaces on the
network that aren't being run by the big telecoms? What do the tiny screens
look like that offer more facilities than sending text messages or photos?

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Harry Cleaver, autonomist, author, academic, and activist; will
be speaking on Long Island, NY on May 4th at a Long Island Free Space event. Author of 'Reading Capital Politically' (anti-thesis/ak press) and long time proponent of autonomist Marxism, it is rare that we have the opportunity to hear from this exciting individual in this area.

Also that nite the Freespace will be hosting its regular DIY Flea
Market w/ potluck & wares for sale/trade.

Kevin Skvorak, an NYC activist who is now in Palestine, is also booked to speak that night, speaking about stopping the Middle East Conflict with non-violent direct action!

Come to the lovely San Francisco Bay Area for MayDay! We're having summer weather (bring a sweatshirt), and we have a famous tradition of fabulousness, labor activism, and
of course an active anarchist scene.

Mayday Convergence: Autonomous Festivals of Resistance

Week of Resistance In Many Forms, Celebrating Mayday

May Day: Anti-capitalist Convergence & Autonomous Festivals of Resistance
is a week-long series of direct actions, demonstrations, marches and
celebrations to oppose Global Capitalism and all forms of oppression. A
variety of events will take place in the San Francisco Bay Area from April
26th to May 1st. The convergence continues the centuries-old tradition of
May Day as a time of celebration of the Earth and human creativity. May
Day has been an Anarchist and pro-worker holiday internationally since the
general strikes of 1886. For a more complete schedule of events,
including photos, contact information and more details, visit
www.festivalsofresistance.net

The International Center for Migration,
Ethnicity and Citizenship at New School University is pleased to present the
concluding conference of a three-year study funded by The Pew Charitable
Trusts

Religion and Immigrant Incorporation in New York
May 9-11, 2002

Mile High Resistance coloradicals writes:

"The day of opening ceremonies of the 34th Congress of
the International Chamber of Commerce in Denver,
Colorado, is quickly approaching.

For those who do not know, the ICC World Congresses
are regularly attended by the world's leading business
and political leaders. Some of the companies involved
in the ICC include Monsanto, McDonalds, Du Pont,
Exxon, AOL-Time-Warner, and thousands more. The
topics of the three-day discussion will be about
furthering global capitalism. For more on the ICC
visit their website at http://iccwbo.org.

The Colorado Anti-Capitalist Convergence has made a
call to protest the ICC and it's activities. Planned
events are as follows:

Anonymous Comrade writes "Forward far & wide!

Harry Cleaver, autonomist, author, academic, and activist; will be speaking on Long Island, NY on May 4th at a Long Island Free Space event. Author of 'Reading Capital Politically' (anti-thesis/ak press) and long time proponent of autonomist Marxism, it is rare that we have the opportunity to hear from this exciting individual in this area.

Also that nite the Freespace will be hosting its regular DIY Flea Market w/ potluck & wares for sale/trade & Kevin Svorak, an NYC activist who is now in
Palestine, is also booked to speak that night!

Where: Ethical Humanist Building - www.ehsli.org for directions - (Freespace Offices) in Garden City, Long Island, NY

What Time: the event at which Harry will be speaking goes from 7 to 11, Harry will go on at about 8:30

How Much: $5, money goes to opening a social center here on the Island

DIRECTIONS:

From NYC, take LIRR train from Penn Station to Mineola, from Mineola Station walk 1 block south to Old County Rd. and make a right... walk for 5 min, until you see a water tower on your left & the Ethical Humanist Building immediately after

CONTACT:
Freespace


Freespace@longislandrevolt.org


516.616.3151

www.longislandrevolt.org"