Program Opening Jerome Bruner Library

Wednesday January 8, 2020

13:00 Reception with coffee & tea

13:30 Welcome by Caroline Rowland, Managing Director MPI for Psycholinguistics

13:45 Pim Levelt, Director emeritus MPI for Psycholinguistics

The alpha and omega of Jerome Bruner’s contributions to the Max Planck Institute for  Psycholinguistics

14:30 Karin Kastens, head librarian MPI for Psycholinguistics

Cataloguing the Bruner Library treasure: Creating comprehensive records for over 3300 books

15:00 Coffee & tea

15:15 Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulations, New York U.

Literary Jerry and Justice

16:00 Jeremy Burman, Assistant Professor Theory & History of Psychology, Groningen U.

An archival approach to invisible colleges: Bruner's marginalia and engagements with Piaget and Inhelder

16:45 Exploring the Jerome Bruner Library, guided by the Institute’s librarians and speakers

17:15 Jamie Cohen-Cole, Associate Professor of American Studies, George Washington U.

Historical research and personal libraries

17:45 General discussion: Uses of the Jerome Bruner Library, led by Willem Koops, Professor emeritus, Utrecht U.

18:30 Drinks