H-220. The Materiality of Jewish and Christian Books
Books studied in class will include papyrus fragments of Homer and the Bible; Hebrew Esther scrolls; early Qur’an leaves; Greek and Latin codices; Books of Hours and many other illuminated …
Books studied in class will include papyrus fragments of Homer and the Bible; Hebrew Esther scrolls; early Qur’an leaves; Greek and Latin codices; Books of Hours and many other illuminated …
This short, three-day course will introduce participants to these and related questions with a series of focused investigations centered within the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the …
To the extent possible in a week, the class will attend to the full lifecycle of handpress-era books, from the practices of early printers, booksellers, binders, and readers to the …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 9–14 August 2026 Format: in person, University of Chicago in Chicago, IL Fee: $1,495 Many sessions will focus on censorship in early modern Europe, including the Inquisition …
Oxford is home not just to lost causes and dreaming spires but to the largest concentration of medieval manuscripts within any European university. This course will give you privileged access …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 3-8 August 2025 Format: in person, Newberry Library in Chicago, IL Fee: $1,495 This course will provide a general overview of the history of …
The course will start with the European invasion of the Americas in 1492, analyzing the Spanish Crown’s deployment of the press as a tool to establish sovereignty over Indigenous peoples …
Length: 10 hours Format: Online This course will explore the history of textual technologies in the region now referred to as Spanish America, from the pre-contact period to the colonial …
“Never has a single professional development opportunity so profoundly transformed my research, thinking, and teaching.” – 2021 student Course Length: 12 hours Course Week: 9–13 June 2025 Format: online only …
Length: 10 hours Format: Online Each session in this 10-hour course will present multiple approaches to the study of connected textual histories. By following the trajectories of a work, a …
Assisted by Caroline Duroselle-Melish Length: 10 hours Format: Online This online course will concentrate on the production history of illustrated books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and natural …
It is a cliché of Shakespeare scholarship that he was a “man of the theater.” But he was also a product of print. This class will be an intensive exploration …
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