Rare Book School Lectures

Rare Book School

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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Rare Book School Lectures

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Education

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rarebookschool.org

Latest episode

Jun 16, 2026

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Episodes

Potter, Jeremy - "New Recipes for Old Stock: The Problem of Old Books in New Universities" 30.10.2015

Lecture 100 (30 September 1982)

Willison, Ian - "The History of the Book as a Field of Study" (7 September 1982) 30.10.2015

Lecture 97 (7 September 1982)

Krummel, D.W. - "Music Collectors and Bibliographical Scholarship" (29 April 1982) 30.10.2015

Lecture 95 (29 April 1982)

Currie, Kit - "Life As An Antiquarian Bookseller" (5 April 1982) 30.10.2015

Lecture 92 (5 April 1982)

Silver, Rollo - "Hand, Horse, Water, Steam: The Power of the Press" (16 November 1981) 30.10.2015

Lecture 84 (16 November 1981)

Fulford, R.J. - "The Founding and Development of the British Library, 1973 to the Present" 30.10.2015

Lecture 79 (27 April 1981)

Gottlieb, Gerald - "The Whole Picture" (7 April 1981) 30.10.2015

Lecture 76 (7 April 1981). Full title "The Whole Picture: The Role of the Rare Book Library and Museum in Collecting Early Children’s Books"

Feather, John - "The Future of the Past: Why Rare Books Matter" (24 March 1981) 30.10.2015

Lecture 74 (24 March 1981)

Davison, Peter - "On Editing Bibliographical Publications" (11 September 1980) 30.10.2015

Lecture 66 (11 September 1980)

Horton, Carolyn - "Academic and Research Libraries and Book Conservators" (16 April 1980) 30.10.2015

Lecture 62 (16 April 1980)

Werner, Sarah - "How to Destroy Special Collections with Social Media in 3 Easy Steps" 09.09.2015

Lecture 591 (29 July 2015). Full title "How to Destroy Special Collections with Social Media in 3 Easy Steps: A Guide for Researchers and Librarians"

Simpson, Marianna Shreve - "Who’s Hiding Here?" (24 July 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 589 (24 July 2015). Full title "Who’s Hiding Here? Artists and their Signatures in Persian Manuscripts of the Early Modern Period"

Singerman, Jerome E. - "Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads" (22 July 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 587 (22 July 2015). Full title "Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads: or, How Do We Move Forward Without Getting Run Over?" The 2015 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture

Karmiole, Kenneth - "Collecting the Abbey Press" (8 July 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 585 (8 July 2015)

Calvo, Hortensia - "Knots, Paint, Paper, and Ink: Books and Print in Early Spanish America" 09.09.2015

Lecture 583 (6 July 2015)

Maret, Russell - "The Post-Typographic Private Press" (17 June 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 582 (17 June 2015)

Tomasko, Nancy - "Oh, so THIS is Chinese Paper!" (15 June 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 581 (15 June 2015)

Bonnell, Thomas F. - "‘Pray gentlemen compositors …’" (9 June 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 580 (9 June 2015). Full title "‘Pray gentlemen compositors …’: Boswell’s 'Life of Johnson' from Manuscript to Book"

Zachs, William - "The Rev. Hugh Blair (1718–1800): The J. K. Rowling of C18 Britain?" (8 June 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 579 (8 June 2015)

Irmscher, Christoph - "Recovering Havell: A New Look at 'Birds of America'" (12 May 2015) 09.09.2015

Lecture 578 (12 May 2015)

Tanselle, G. Thomas - "A Bibliographer’s Creed" (28 July 2014) 09.09.2015

Lecture 575 (28 July 2014)

Basbanes, Nicholas - "Common Bond: Tales of a World Awash in Paper" (28 July 2014) 09.09.2015

Lecture 576 (28 July 2014)

Pauley, Benjamin F. - "Remediating Book History" (21 July 2014) 09.09.2015

Lecture 573 (21 July 2014)

Casper, Scott E. - "Teaching American Book History" (9 July 2014) 09.09.2015

Lecture 572 (9 July 2014). Full title "Teaching American Book History: Perspectives after Two Decades." The 2014 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture

Keninger, Karen - "That All May Read: A Brief History of Braille and Talking Books" 09.09.2015

Lecture 570 (18 June 2014)

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