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Computational Bibliography
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Jane Austen
Chinese History
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Johann Gutenberg

Since 1972, the Book Arts Press and Rare Book School have offered more than 600 public lectures on a wide variety of bibliographical topics.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐‘ต๐‘ฉ: ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ... more

Elizabeth Canning delivered Rare Book School's 2026 Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed Lecture, "Womenโ€™s Libraries & Their Afterlives," on 10 June, 2026. Womenโ€™s book collections appear in a wide range of forms: as catalogued libraries; as groups of survivin... more

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ When London viewers opened elegant folio books like Oriental Scenery or The Costume of China they were not just engaging with visual and cult... more

RBS faculty member Paul Needham (Princeton Univ.) gave a public lecture on "The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads" on 29 July 2025. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at youtu.be/o4aMEB38slw?feature... more

Christopher N. Warren delivered the 2025 Sol M. and Mary Ann Oโ€™Brian Malkin Lecture, โ€œWhat is Computational Bibliography?โ€, on 30 July 2025. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at youtu.be/ElvNacFyoWQ?feature=shared. ๐—”... more

Rachael DiEleuterio gave the inaugural Sue Allen Lecture for Women in Book History, on โ€œCurious and Creative Women,โ€ on 28 July 2025. She was joined by Daphne Sawyer, who endowed the lecture in memory of her mother, Mary Sawyer (1925โ€“2024), and of lo... more

James H. Marrow gave a public talk on โ€œIconographic Disjunction in the Ruskin Psalter/Hours: A Flemish Illuminated Manuscript of ca. 1470โ€“80,โ€ on 23 July 2025, as part of Rare Book School's 2025 Summer Lecture Series. You can watch the full recording... more

This NEH-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture by E. M. Rose was part of Rare Book School's 2025 Summer Lecture Series. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at youtu.be/VaN2qqFnPto?feature=shared. ๐—”... more

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Christopher Warren
Professor of English and History and Incoming Head of English at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Christopher N. Warren, "What Is Computational Bibliography?" Malkin Lecture, 30 July 2025
Emily Rose
Visiting fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University
Cambridge University
Episode: E. M. Rose, "Books for Virginia 1620: America's First Public Library?" 2025 NEH-SHARP Lecture

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Shidy Librarian at Princeton University Library
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Executive Director of Rare Book School

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E. M. Rose, "Books for Virginia 1620: America's First Public Library?" 2025 NEH-SHARP Lecture
Q: What evidence do we have that they are right?
The shipment arrived on the Abigail, but while there is no evidence of the books arriving, there is also no evidence contradicting their arrival.
Christopher N. Warren, "What Is Computational Bibliography?" Malkin Lecture, 30 July 2025
Q: What about integrating ornament analysis into your workflow?
It would be cool to incorporate compositor tools into our workflow, especially given Hazel Wilkinson's work alongside our focus on type since many of our materials omit ornaments.
Christopher N. Warren, "What Is Computational Bibliography?" Malkin Lecture, 30 July 2025
Q: How does the system Ocular treat ligatures?
Ocular can learn any symbol that is in Unicode, but it tends to have challenges with inferring ligatures.
Mark McConnell, "Christophe Plantin's Business Strategy," Karmiole Lecture, 9 July 2025
Q: Did Plantin amortize the capital asset he created?
It's unlikely that he structured a formal accounting amortization of the investment.
Mark McConnell, "Christophe Plantin's Business Strategy," Karmiole Lecture, 9 July 2025
Q: Is there evidence that Plantin himself thought in those terms?
Yes, there is evidence that he expressed uncertainties about whether the market would buy enough copies.

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The episodes skew toward scholarly exploration of book history, with deep dives into printing technology, bibliographic methods, and the social and political contexts of texts from the medieval to early modern periods. Recurring threads include materials analysis (nailheads, watermarks, and printing techniques), computational approaches to bibliography, and the role of women designers and publishers in shaping book culture. There is a strong emphasis on primary-source research, collaboration across disciplines, and elevating under-examined topics in the history of the book. The format tends to combine lecture-grounded discussions with case studies and a focus on intellectual history, printing economics, and the stewardship of rare books. A ... more

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