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The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association and the London Rare Books School

The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association and the London Rare Books School

by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources, Training and Research

Laurence Worms, owner of Ash Rare Books since 1971 and past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, on a partnership that spans some 12 years. The Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) has long had a problem with the lack of training opportunities...
Teaching on the London Rare Books School

Teaching on the London Rare Books School

by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources, Training and Research

Dr David Pearson, retired librarian and creator of the electronic database, Book Owners Online, talks about the rewards of teaching and how his summer school students helped to hone his thinking and knowledge. Teaching on the London Rare Books School (LRBS) run the...
The educational and career opportunities provided by the London Rare Books School

The educational and career opportunities provided by the London Rare Books School

by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources, Training and Research

Amy Kaufman, head law librarian at the William R. Lederman Law Library, Queen’s University, Ontario, remembers her first London Rare Books School.   I had been a law librarian at a Canadian university for about ten years when I first heard about the Institute of...
Internationalising the study of manuscripts

Internationalising the study of manuscripts

by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Graduate Study, Research & Resources, Training and Research

Katherine Hindley, assistant professor of medieval literature at Singapore’s Nanyany Technological University, discusses the advantages of studying palaeography as a cross-institutional community. My interest in manuscript studies began as a postgraduate student on a...
Developing a digital ‘tool-kit’ for book history at the London Rare Books School

Developing a digital ‘tool-kit’ for book history at the London Rare Books School

by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Training and Research

Dr Ellie Bleeker, researcher at Huygens Institute in Amsterdam, Dr Anne McLaughlin, senior research fellow at the National Gallery’s TANC-IIIF project, and Dr Christopher Ohge, Institute of English Studies and Digital Humanities Research Hub lecturer, on a hybrid...
Gardens of online delights: live-streaming Bruegel and Bosch

Gardens of online delights: live-streaming Bruegel and Bosch

by Talking Humanities | Mar 25, 2020 | Digital, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources, Training and Research

Dr Alex Marraccini, a researcher with the Bilderfahrzeuge Project exploring Aby Warburg’s legacy, is hosting a series of weekly online art history seminars on live-streaming service Twitch – this week, she explores two iconic paintings by Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter...
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