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12th Annual Book History Workshop (Lectures)

19 May 2013 - 24 May 2013 - Texas

This five-day workshop provides an intensive, hands-on introduction to the history of books and printing. The workshop is intended for librarians, archivists, students, teachers, collectors, and private individuals who have an interest in the first three and a half centuries of the printed book. The course consists of a unique combination of labs and seminars designed to provide students with practical experience, as well as a broad historical survey of the field.
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CINOA Annual Conference & General Assembly 2013 (Lectures)

06 Jun 2013 - 08 Jun 2013 - AUSTRIA , Vienna

The CINOA Conference & General Assembly 2013 will take place in the beautiful city of Vienna from June 6th to June 8th. Beside the official activities, there will be a diversified cultural program.
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Rare Book School Summer Course I (Lectures)

10 Jun 2013 - 14 Jun 2013 - UNITED STATES , Charlottesville, VA

Rare Book School (RBS) was founded in 1983. It provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.
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Seminars on Book Collecting at Senate House - Collecting John Camden Hotten (Lectures)

11 Jun 2013 - UNITED KINGDOM , London

The seminar on collecting John Camden Hotten will be given by Simon Eliot, Director of the London Rare Books School, as well as Professor of the History of the Book at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, Deputy Director of its Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies and visiting Professor of Book History at the Open University. Simon Eliot's publications include Some Patterns and Trends in British Publishing 1800-1919 1994 and A Handbook to Literary Research (with W. R. Owens) 1998. He was an Associate Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and has recently...
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Rare Book School Summer Course II (Lectures)

17 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 - UNITED STATES , Charlottesville, VA

Rare Book School (RBS) was founded in 1983. It provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.
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Rare Book School Summer Course III (Lectures)

17 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 - UNITED STATES , New Haven, CT

Rare Book School (RBS) was founded in 1983. It provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.
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Book History Workshop (Lectures)

24 Jun 2013 - 27 Jun 2013 - FRANCE , Lyon

In its 10th edition the Book History Workshop, organized by Institut d’histoire du livre, offers three courses in the fields of book and printing history, taught by Kristian Jensen, Anne Mœglin-Delcroix with Françoise Lonardoni and Nicholas Pickwoad. (The fourth course by Marianne Besseyre has been cancelled.)
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International Summer School - La civiltà italiana ed europea del libro (Lectures)

25 Jun 2013 - 02 Jul 2013 - ITALY , Castiglione del Terziere

The Centro di Ricerca Europeo Libro Editoria Biblioteca (CRELEB) organizes seminars and lectures that strengthen the knowledge of the book in European culture. The International Summer School is open to students, scholars, collectors and antiquarian booksellers.
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Book Arts Classes, Session 1 (Lectures)

07 Jul 2013 - 13 Jul 2013 - UNITED STATES , Aurora, NY

The Wells College Book Arts Center, established in 1993, provides a broad learning opportunity in the arts and crafts of the book. Students learn first-hand the traditions and history of the book through letterpress printing and hand bookbinding courses, a History of the Book course, an introduction to calligraphy course, and special topics courses such as Digital Design and the Artist Book, Boxmaking, Inspiration and the Medieval Binding, and the Printed Book.
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Rare Book School Summer Course IV (Lectures)

08 Jul 2013 - 12 Jul 2013 - UNITED STATES , Charlottesville, VA

Rare Book School (RBS) was founded in 1983. It provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.