Mark McConnell, "Publishing in the Renaissance: Christophe Plantin's Business Strategy"
Mark McConnell, "Publishing in the Renaissance: Christophe Plantin's Business Strategy" by Rare Book School Lectures
Jul 17, 2025•59 min
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Janine Barchas, "Jane Austen on the Cheap"
Janine Barchas, "Jane Austen on the Cheap" by Rare Book School Lectures
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Mindell Dubansky, "A Parallel History of Books and Blooks"
Mindell Dubansky, "A Parallel History of Books and Blooks" by Rare Book School Lectures
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Richard B. Sher, “New Light on the Early Publication History of Boswell's Life of Johnson," Karmiole Lecture, 10 July 2024
Richard B. Sher, “New Light on the Early Publication History of Boswell's Life of Johnson," Karmiole Lecture, 10 July 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•48 min
LeRonn Brooks, "Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company, 3 June 2024
LeRonn Brooks, "Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company, 3 June 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•37 min
Stephen Karian, "Scholarly Editing and the Challenges of Attribution," 10 June 2024
Stephen Karian, "Scholarly Editing and the Challenges of Attribution," 10 June 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•34 min
Deborah Parker, "A Librarian Like No Other: Belle da Costa Greene and Self-Invention," 12 June 2024
Deborah Parker, "A Librarian Like No Other: Belle da Costa Greene and Self-Invention," 12 June 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•45 min
G. Scott Clemons, "De Motu Librorum: On the Movement of Books," Rendell Lecture, 8 July 2024
G. Scott Clemons, "De Motu Librorum: On the Movement of Books," Rendell Lecture, 8 July 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•46 min
Aaron Pratt, “Buying a Book in Early Modern England,” 22 July 2024
Aaron Pratt, “Buying a Book in Early Modern England,” 22 July 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•45 min
Li Wei Yang, “Yongle Dadian: An Emperors' Encyclopedia,” Malkin Lecture, 29 July 2024
Li Wei Yang, “Yongle Dadian: An Emperors' Encyclopedia,” Malkin Lecture, 29 July 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•29 min
Ashley Cataldo, “Collecting Daily Life in Early American Manuscripts," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 31 July 2024
Ashley Cataldo, “Collecting Daily Life in Early American Manuscripts," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 31 July 2024 by Rare Book School Lectures
Oct 24, 2024•36 min
Kailani Polzak, "Pacific Encounters in Print," The Kress Foundation Lecture, 31 July 2023
Kailani Polzak, "Pacific Encounters in Print," The Kress Foundation Lecture, 31 July 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•53 min
Craig Welsh, "The Typesetting & Designs of the Declaration of Independence Broadsides," 26 July 2023
Craig Welsh, "The Typesetting & Designs of the Declaration of Independence Broadsides," 26 July 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•59 min
Christy S. Coleman, "A Nexus of Learning—Museums and the Importance of Public History," 24 July 2023
Christy S. Coleman, "A Nexus of Learning—Museums and the Importance of Public History," 24 July 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Jeffrey Makala, "Lives (& Afterlives) of Stereotype Plates," Karmiole Lecture, 12 July 2023
Jeffrey Makala, "Lives (& Afterlives) of Stereotype Plates," Karmiole Lecture, 12 July 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•50 min
Walter O. Evans, "Why Collect?" The 2023 Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture, 14 June 2023
Walter O. Evans, "Why Collect?" The 2023 Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture, 14 June 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•58 min
Barbara E. Mundy, "Books in the Contact Zone," Malkin Lecture, 12 June 2023
Barbara E. Mundy, "Books in the Contact Zone," Malkin Lecture, 12 June 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•57 min
Leah Price, "Reader=Inessential Worker: Book History After Lockdown," 7 June 2023
Leah Price, "Reader=Inessential Worker: Book History After Lockdown," 7 June 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•55 min
S. Max Edelson, "The Surveyor's Eye," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 5 June 2023
S. Max Edelson, "The Surveyor's Eye," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 5 June 2023 by Rare Book School Lectures
Nov 13, 2023•57 min
Kinniburgh, Mary Catherine - "Surface and Relief in Literary Archives" - SoFCB, 10 Oct 2023
Mary Catherine Kinniburgh is the co-director of Granary Books, an independent publisher and archives/rare book dealer. As a scholar of postwar American poetry and an archives broker, her activities occur at the intersection of research and praxis, and her writing often focuses on the poetics of archival work. In particular, her research explores making sense of high volume in literary collections. In this talk, Kinniburgh discusses her ongoing series "Messy Archivist," which explores the interst...
Oct 26, 2023•54 min
Rezek, Joseph - "Ideologies of the Codex in Hakluyt and Smith" - NEH-SHARP Lecture, 1 Aug 2022
Rezek, Joseph - "Ideologies of the Codex in Hakluyt and Smith" - NEH-SHARP Lecture, 1 Aug 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures
Aug 16, 2022•56 min
Marcus, Hannah - "Characterizing the Elderly across Formats in Early Modern Italy" - 27 July 2022
Marcus, Hannah - "Characterizing the Elderly across Formats in Early Modern Italy" - 27 July 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures
Aug 05, 2022•52 min
McNamee, Megan - "Significance of a Concertina-Fold Almanac" - Kress Lecture - 25 July 2022
McNamee, Megan - "Significance of a Concertina-Fold Almanac" - Kress Lecture - 25 July 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures
Jul 26, 2022•53 min
Roldán Vera, Eugenia - "Book Trade in the Anglo-Iberian Atlantic" - Karmiole Lecture - 13 July 22
Roldán Vera, Eugenia - "Book Trade in the Anglo-Iberian Atlantic" - Karmiole Lecture - 13 July 22 by Rare Book School Lectures
Jul 21, 2022•59 min
White, Eric - "A History of the Gutenberg Bible (continued)" - Malkin Lecture, 11 July 2022
White, Eric - "A History of the Gutenberg Bible (continued)" - Malkin Lecture, 11 July 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures
Jul 21, 2022•56 min
Wisecup, Kelly - "Making and Reading Indigenous Archives" NEH-GBHI - 15 June 2022
Wisecup, Kelly - "Making and Reading Indigenous Archives" NEH-GBHI - 15 June 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures
Jun 23, 2022•55 min
Rogers, Beverly - "Victorian Connections: Books and Stories" Rendell Lecture - 13 June 2022
Rogers, Beverly - "Victorian Connections: Books and Stories" Rendell Lecture - 13 June 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures
Jun 22, 2022•48 min
Wong, Dorothy - “Making Merit: East Asian Buddhist Material Culture” NEH-GBHI Lecture - 6 June 2022
Wong, Dorothy - “Making Merit: East Asian Buddhist Material Culture” NEH-GBHI Lecture - 6 June 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures
Jun 08, 2022•57 min
Rustow, Marina - “Lost Archives and Paper Reuse in the Medieval Islamic World” - 20 July 2021
“Lost Archives and Paper Reuse in the Medieval Islamic World” Marina Rustow, Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, and Director of the Geniza Lab, Princeton University A Rare Book School lecture, 20 July 2021
Oct 03, 2021•59 min
Arista, Noelani - “He Lau Nā Moʻolelo” - 29 June 2021
“He Lau Nā Moʻolelo: The Challenge and Promise of Hawaiian Language Textual Archives” Noelani Arista, Director, Indigenous Studies Program, and Associate Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University A Rare Book School lecture29 June 2021
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 4 min
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