CMRS Lecture: Joshua Calhoun (U. Wisconsin-Madison) - "'Mark but This Fungi': Legibility, Interdisciplinarity, and Labor" | Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Joshua Calhoun. Photo: Bird on A Wire Photography, 2018.

October 3, 2020

4:00PM - 5:30PM

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Add to Calendar 2020-10-03 15:00:00 2020-10-03 16:30:00 CMRS Lecture: Joshua Calhoun (U. Wisconsin-Madison) - "'Mark but This Fungi': Legibility, Interdisciplinarity, and Labor" The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies cordially invites you to attend the first lecture of our 2020-2021 lecture series, which will also serve as the keynote lecture for this year's Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association symposium on Discipline and Interdisciplinarity.**This event, as with all the lectures in our annual series, is free and open to the public!**Abstract: How do we read the other forms of life that exist on and within a book—not just the metaphorical life forms such as that of the eponymous bloodsucking insect in John Donne’s “The Flea,” but also the material, microbial forms that persist on the page? This talk argues for the value of exploring book microbiomes and of making them more legible, but it also attends to the real, experiential, disciplinary challenges of that task. The work of interdisciplinary collaboration, like the work of close reading book fungi, is translational, so the latter part of this talk attends to the interpersonal and intellectual joys of collaborative scholarship as well as to the pitfalls and potential frustrations of such work.Bio: Joshua Calhoun, Associate Professor of English and Faculty Affiliate with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializes in Shakespeare, 16th- & 17th-century poetry, the history of media, and the environmental humanities. His work has been published in in PMLA, Shakespeare Studies, and Environmental Philosophy. His first book, The Nature of the Page: Poetry, Papermaking, and the Ecology of Texts in Renaissance England (UPenn Press, 2020), explores the ecopoetic interplay between literary ideas and the physical forms they are made to take as paper texts. Calhoun is also the co-founder of Holding History, a mentorship-driven public engagement project that involves hands-on training in book making and archival research.If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact cmrs@osu.edu. Requests made by about 10 days before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. Zoom Meeting Informationhttps://osu.zoom.us/j/95221274857?pwd=WjlQNnN5bnJEZjhpVGlvYWYvVE5EUT09Meeting ID: 952 2127 4857Password: 312680 One tap mobile+16513728299,,95221274857#,,,,0#,,312680# US (St. Paul)+13017158592,,95221274857#,,,,0#,,312680# US (Germantown) Dial by your location +1 651 372 8299 US (St. Paul) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)Meeting ID: 952 2127 4857Password: 312680Find your local number: https://osu.zoom.us/u/aedUPZB53 Join by SIP95221274857@zoomcrc.com Join by H.323162.255.37.11 (US West)162.255.36.11 (US East)115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai)115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad)213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands)213.244.140.110 (Germany)103.122.166.55 (Australia)64.211.144.160 (Brazil)69.174.57.160 (Canada)207.226.132.110 (Japan)Meeting ID: 952 2127 4857Password: 312680 --- CarmenZoom is supported by the Office of Distance Education and eLearning: http://odee.osu.edu/ Support Resources------------------ System Status: https://go.osu.edu/systemstatus- Find solutions and report issues: https://go.osu.edu/it- Help Articles: https://resourcecenter.odee.osu.edu/carmenzoom- Non-Discrimination Notice: https://go.osu.edu/nondiscrimination-notice- Privacy Statement: https://osu.edu/privacy Contact Us----------- Phone: 614-688-4357 (HELP)- Email: carmenzoom@osu.edu- In Person: https://techhub.osu.edu/buckeyebar- Accessibility Help Line: 614-292-5000 Zoom OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

2020-10-03 16:00:00 2020-10-03 17:30:00 CMRS Lecture: Joshua Calhoun (U. Wisconsin-Madison) - "'Mark but This Fungi': Legibility, Interdisciplinarity, and Labor" The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies cordially invites you to attend the first lecture of our 2020-2021 lecture series, which will also serve as the keynote lecture for this year's Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association symposium on Discipline and Interdisciplinarity.**This event, as with all the lectures in our annual series, is free and open to the public!**Abstract: How do we read the other forms of life that exist on and within a book—not just the metaphorical life forms such as that of the eponymous bloodsucking insect in John Donne’s “The Flea,” but also the material, microbial forms that persist on the page? This talk argues for the value of exploring book microbiomes and of making them more legible, but it also attends to the real, experiential, disciplinary challenges of that task. The work of interdisciplinary collaboration, like the work of close reading book fungi, is translational, so the latter part of this talk attends to the interpersonal and intellectual joys of collaborative scholarship as well as to the pitfalls and potential frustrations of such work.Bio: Joshua Calhoun, Associate Professor of English and Faculty Affiliate with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializes in Shakespeare, 16th- & 17th-century poetry, the history of media, and the environmental humanities. His work has been published in in PMLA, Shakespeare Studies, and Environmental Philosophy. His first book, The Nature of the Page: Poetry, Papermaking, and the Ecology of Texts in Renaissance England (UPenn Press, 2020), explores the ecopoetic interplay between literary ideas and the physical forms they are made to take as paper texts. Calhoun is also the co-founder of Holding History, a mentorship-driven public engagement project that involves hands-on training in book making and archival research.If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact cmrs@osu.edu. Requests made by about 10 days before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. Zoom Meeting Informationhttps://osu.zoom.us/j/95221274857?pwd=WjlQNnN5bnJEZjhpVGlvYWYvVE5EUT09Meeting ID: 952 2127 4857Password: 312680 One tap mobile+16513728299,,95221274857#,,,,0#,,312680# US (St. Paul)+13017158592,,95221274857#,,,,0#,,312680# US (Germantown) Dial by your location        +1 651 372 8299 US (St. Paul)        +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)        +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)        +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)Meeting ID: 952 2127 4857Password: 312680Find your local number: https://osu.zoom.us/u/aedUPZB53 Join by SIP95221274857@zoomcrc.com Join by H.323162.255.37.11 (US West)162.255.36.11 (US East)115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai)115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad)213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands)213.244.140.110 (Germany)103.122.166.55 (Australia)64.211.144.160 (Brazil)69.174.57.160 (Canada)207.226.132.110 (Japan)Meeting ID: 952 2127 4857Password: 312680 --- CarmenZoom is supported by the Office of Distance Education and eLearning: http://odee.osu.edu/ Support Resources------------------ System Status: https://go.osu.edu/systemstatus- Find solutions and report issues: https://go.osu.edu/it- Help Articles: https://resourcecenter.odee.osu.edu/carmenzoom- Non-Discrimination Notice: https://go.osu.edu/nondiscrimination-notice- Privacy Statement: https://osu.edu/privacy Contact Us----------- Phone: 614-688-4357 (HELP)- Email: carmenzoom@osu.edu- In Person: https://techhub.osu.edu/buckeyebar- Accessibility Help Line: 614-292-5000  Zoom America/New_York public

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies cordially invites you to attend the first lecture of our 2020-2021 lecture series, which will also serve as the keynote lecture for this year's Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association symposium on Discipline and Interdisciplinarity.

**This event, as with all the lectures in our annual series, is free and open to the public!**

Abstract: How do we read the other forms of life that exist on and within a book—not just the metaphorical life forms such as that of the eponymous bloodsucking insect in John Donne’s “The Flea,” but also the material, microbial forms that persist on the page? This talk argues for the value of exploring book microbiomes and of making them more legible, but it also attends to the real, experiential, disciplinary challenges of that task. The work of interdisciplinary collaboration, like the work of close reading book fungi, is translational, so the latter part of this talk attends to the interpersonal and intellectual joys of collaborative scholarship as well as to the pitfalls and potential frustrations of such work.

Bio: Joshua Calhoun, Associate Professor of English and Faculty Affiliate with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializes in Shakespeare, 16th- & 17th-century poetry, the history of media, and the environmental humanities. His work has been published in in PMLA, Shakespeare Studies, and Environmental Philosophy. His first book, The Nature of the Page: Poetry, Papermaking, and the Ecology of Texts in Renaissance England (UPenn Press, 2020), explores the ecopoetic interplay between literary ideas and the physical forms they are made to take as paper texts. Calhoun is also the co-founder of Holding History, a mentorship-driven public engagement project that involves hands-on training in book making and archival research.

If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact cmrs@osu.edu. Requests made by about 10 days before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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