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Forbidden Books in Inner Austria until the End of the 18th Century

Title page of Index Liborum Prohibitorum
May 6, 2014
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
University Hall 143

Dr. Luka Vidmar of the Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts will present his lecture entitled "Forbidden Books in Inner Austria until the End of the 18th Century" on May 6th at 4pm in University Hall 143.  Light refreshments will be served at the beginning of the lecture.  To attend, please RSVP to csees@osu.edu by May 5th.  Through the new Slovene Studies Initiative, Dr. Vidmar will be a visiting scholar at Ohio State in May to conduct research on censorship in Catholic and Protestant lands during the 16th-18th centuries.  He will use the University Libraries' Rare Books and Manuscripts Library and Hilandar Research Library extensively. Dr. Vidmar's background is in the history of literature and the cultural history of Slovenia, Austria, Italy, and Eastern Europe.