Videos of All RBS Summer 2024 Lectures Now Available

Rare Book School proudly presents the video recordings of all eight talks from our Summer 2024 Lecture Series. The complete list, with links, is below.

Audio recordings of the lectures will be posted soon. In the meantime, please enjoy these and other videos on the RBS YouTube channel!

Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company
Watch on YouTube
LeRonn Brooks
Curator of the African American Art History Initiative, Getty Research Institute

Scholarly Editing and the Challenges of Attribution
Watch on YouTube
Stephen Karian
Professor and Catherine Paine Middlebush Chair of English, University of Missouri

A Librarian Like No Other: Belle da Costa Greene and Self-Invention
Watch on YouTube
Deborah Parker
Professor of Italian, University of Virginia

De Motu Librorum: On the Movement of Books
Watch on YouTube
G. Scott Clemons
Collector, Aldine Press & RBS Board Chair
The Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed Lecture

New Light on the Early Publication History of Boswell’s Life of Johnson
Watch on YouTube
Richard B. Sher
Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Newark
The Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades

Buying a Book in Early Modern England
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Aaron Pratt
Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Yongle Dadian: An Emperor’s Encyclopedia
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Li Wei Yang
Curator of Pacific Rim Collections, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
The Sol M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture

Collecting Daily Life in Early American Manuscripts
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Ashley Cataldo
Curator of Manuscripts, American Antiquarian Society
The NEH-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture