The National Diet Library will invite Prof. Roger Chartier of the Collège de France, and hold a lecture meeting.
Prof. Chartier holds the chair of writing and cultures in modern Europe at the Collège de France. His work is devoted to the history of print culture, publishing and reading practices, and also to a reflection of the relationship between history and social sciences. He is the author of many books on these themes and several of them have been translated into Japanese.
In his lecture, Prof. Chartier will talk about the history and future of books and reading. After the lecture, a three-way conversation will be conducted between Prof. Chartier, Prof. Norihiko Fukui (President of Gakushuin University) and Dr. Makoto Nagao (Librarian of the National Diet Library).

Latest news related to the National Year of Reading:

• 2010/6/11  Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan
• 2010/6/4  Lecture meeting "Libraries and Reading in Germany and Europe"