The tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin—who, as reader, writer, printer, and publisher epitomized the cultural world that print created in the eighteenth century—provides an ideal opportunity to examine a wide range of topics relating to the production, circulation, and consumption of texts in the early modern Atlantic world.

This major international academic conference will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Printing History Association and is co-sponsored by The Library Company of Philadelphia, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, with support from The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Ben Franklin 300, Philadelphia’s year-long commemoration of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday.

Conference papers will be pre-circulated and should be read by all who plan to attend. Those who preregister for the conference will be provided free web access to the papers beginning in late August 2006. Paper copies will also be available at a modest cost. Preregistration is required to obtain access to the conference papers.
 
Program committee:
Amy Baxter-Bellamy, James N. Green, Carla Mulford, Daniel K. Richter, Paul W. Romaine, Peter Stallybrass