[KATALIST] kethetes nyari konyvtortenet kurzusok FW: [EXLIBRIS-L] London Rare Books School

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> From: Christopher A. Adams <returne@gmail.com>
> Date: 2011/4/13
> Subject: [EXLIBRIS-L] London Rare Books School
> To: EXLIBRIS-L@listserv.indiana.edu
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> *The London Rare Books School 2011 *
>
> *Institute of English Studies, University of London *
>
>
> The London Rare Books School (LRBS) is still accepting applications for many
> of its summer courses. If you haven't visited our website lately, please
> visit: *http://ies.sas.ac.uk/cmps/events/courses/LRBS/index.htm *
>
>
> The LRBS is a series of five-day, intensive courses on a variety of
> book-related subjects to be taught in and around Senate House, University of
> London. The courses will be taught by internationally renowned scholars
> associated with the Institute's Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies,
> using the unrivalled library and museum resources of London, including the
> British Library, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the
> University of London Research Library Services, and many more. All courses
> will stress the materiality of the book so you can expect to have close
> encounters with remarkable books and other artefacts from some of the
> world's greatest collections. Each class will be restricted to a maximum of
> twelve students in order to ensure that everyone has plenty of opportunity
> to talk to the teachers and to get close to the books.
>
>
> In 2011, the LRBS will run for two weeks: 27 June to 1 July and 4 July to 8
> July. The courses planned are:
>
>
> Week One: 27 June - 1 July
>
>
> 1. The Book in the Ancient World
>
> 2. Children's Books, 1470-1980
>
> 3. European Bookbinding, 1450-1820 (This course is fully booked)
>
> 4. A History of Maps and Mapping
>
> 5. An Introduction to Bibliography
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> 6. The Medieval Book
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> 7. The Printed Book in Europe 1450-2000
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>
>
> Week Two: 4 July - 8 July
>
>
> 1. The Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian Book, c.600-1050
> 2. An Introduction to Illustration and its Technologies
>
> 3. Modern First Editions: Dealing, Collecting and the Market
>
> 4. Modern Literary Manuscripts
>
> 5. Reading, Writing, and Sending Texts 1400-1919
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> 6. *The History and Practice of Hand Press Printing 1450-1830***
>
> Each course will consist of thirteen seminars amounting in all to twenty
> hours of teaching time spread between Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon.
> There will be timetabled 'library time' that will allow students to explore
> the rich resources of the University's Senate House Library, one of the UK's
> major research libraries. The evening programme will include an opening
> reception and talk, a book history lecture, and receptions hosted by major
> London antiquarian booksellers.
>
> Postgraduate credit is available for these courses at the Institute, which
> is one of the ten member-Institutes of the University of London's School of
> Advanced Study. In order to achieve the award of credit a student will have
> to complete and pass a 5,000 word essay within two months of the course (an
> extra fee to cover marking and other costs will be charged).
>
>
>
> The fee will be £550 which will include the provision of lunch, and coffee
> and tea throughout the week. A small number of bursaries are available.
>
>
>
> A range of different sorts of accommodation will be available including
> cheap student housing (on a bed and breakfast basis) close by Senate House;
> Senate House is next to the British Museum in the heart of Bloomsbury.
>
>
>
> Further details and application forms can be found at:  *
> http://ies.sas.ac.uk/cmps/events/courses/LRBS/index.htm*
>
>
> Christopher Adams
>
> Institute of English Studies
>
> (With apologies for cross-posting)