Best Rare Book School Lectures Podcasts (2025)

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Christopher N. Warren, "What Is Computational Bibliography?" Malkin Lecture, 30 July 2025 1:04:06

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Christopher N. Warren delivered the 2025 Sol M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture, “What is Computational Bibliography?”, on 30 July 2025. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ElvNacFyoWQ?feature=shared.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸:Book historians have long faced a methodological dilemma. Do we want to study particular…

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Paul Needham, "The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads," 29 July 2025 1:19:25

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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 https://youtu.be/o4aMEB38slw?feature=shared.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸:The 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯, whose colophon states that it was printed in Mainz, 1460, has…

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Rachael DiEleuterio, "Curious and Creative Women," 2025 Sue Allen Lecture 1:01:10

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Rachael DiEleuterio gave the inaugural Sue Allen Lecture for Women in Book History, on “Curious and Creative Women,” on 28 July 2025. She was joined by Daphne Sawyer, who endowed the lecture in memory of her mother, Mary Sawyer (1925–2024), and of longtime RBS faculty member Sue Allen (1918–2011). You can watch the full recording of the lecture on …

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James H. Marrow, "Iconographic Disjunction in the Ruskin Psalter/Hours," 2025 54:38

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James H. Marrow gave a public talk on “Iconographic Disjunction in the Ruskin Psalter/Hours: A Flemish Illuminated Manuscript of ca. 1470–80,” on 23 July 2025, as part of Rare Book School's 2025 Summer Lecture Series. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/LxIPOQ6ehss?feature=shared.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸:Illustrated…

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E. M. Rose, "Books for Virginia 1620: America's First Public Library?" 2025 NEH-SHARP Lecture 51:25

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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 https://youtu.be/VaN2qqFnPto?feature=shared.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸:What did American colonists need to know? What should they believe? The Virginia Company…

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Mark McConnell, "Christophe Plantin's Business Strategy," Karmiole Lecture, 9 July 2025 58:58

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Rare Book School's 2025 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades featured a talk by Mark McConnell on “Publishing in the Renaissance: Christophe Plantin’s Business Strategy." The event took place on 9 July 2025. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/QFmRSz-laUE?feature=shared.About …

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Janine Barchas, "Jane Austen on the Cheap," Rendell Lecture, 4 June 2025 1:11:11

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This recording of the 2025 Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed Lecture by Janine Barchas was part of Rare Book School's 2025 Summer Lecture Series. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/BQNQuKHBdD4?feature=shared. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸:In the latter half of the nineteenth century, cheap and shoddy reprintings of Jane Austen…

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Mindell Dubansky, "A Parallel History of Books and Blooks," 2 June 2025 1:07:33

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This talk by Mindell Dubansky was part of Rare Book School's 2025 Summer Lecture Series. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SsTUbRhUYDs?feature=shared.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸:Throughout the world, for hundreds of years, people have expressed themselves by making plain and decorated objects in imitation of specific…

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Richard B. Sher, “New Light on the Early Publication History of Boswell's Life of Johnson," Karmiole Lecture, 10 July 2024 48:08

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Richard B. Sher, “New Light on the Early Publication History of Boswell's Life of Johnson," Karmiole Lecture, 10 July 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Ashley Cataldo, “Collecting Daily Life in Early American Manuscripts," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 31 July 2024 36:18

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Ashley Cataldo, “Collecting Daily Life in Early American Manuscripts," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 31 July 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Li Wei Yang, “Yongle Dadian: An Emperors' Encyclopedia,” Malkin Lecture, 29 July 2024 29:08

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Li Wei Yang, “Yongle Dadian: An Emperors' Encyclopedia,” Malkin Lecture, 29 July 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Aaron Pratt, “Buying a Book in Early Modern England,” 22 July 2024 45:17

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Aaron Pratt, “Buying a Book in Early Modern England,” 22 July 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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G. Scott Clemons, "De Motu Librorum: On the Movement of Books," Rendell Lecture, 8 July 2024 46:03

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G. Scott Clemons, "De Motu Librorum: On the Movement of Books," Rendell Lecture, 8 July 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Deborah Parker, "A Librarian Like No Other: Belle da Costa Greene and Self-Invention," 12 June 2024 44:59

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Deborah Parker, "A Librarian Like No Other: Belle da Costa Greene and Self-Invention," 12 June 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Stephen Karian, "Scholarly Editing and the Challenges of Attribution," 10 June 2024 33:55

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Stephen Karian, "Scholarly Editing and the Challenges of Attribution," 10 June 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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LeRonn Brooks, "Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company," 3 June 2024 37:21

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LeRonn Brooks, "Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company," 3 June 2024 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Kailani Polzak, "Pacific Encounters in Print," The Kress Foundation Lecture, 31 July 2023 52:51

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Kailani Polzak, "Pacific Encounters in Print," The Kress Foundation Lecture, 31 July 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Craig Welsh, "The Typesetting & Designs of the Declaration of Independence Broadsides," 26 July 2023 59:06

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Craig Welsh, "The Typesetting & Designs of the Declaration of Independence Broadsides," 26 July 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Christy S. Coleman, "A Nexus of Learning—Museums and the Importance of Public History," 24 July 2023 1:03:56

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Christy S. Coleman, "A Nexus of Learning—Museums and the Importance of Public History," 24 July 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Jeffrey Makala, "Lives (& Afterlives) of Stereotype Plates," Karmiole Lecture, 12 July 2023 49:34

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Jeffrey Makala, "Lives (& Afterlives) of Stereotype Plates," Karmiole Lecture, 12 July 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Walter O. Evans, "Why Collect?" The 2023 Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture, 14 June 2023 58:24

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Walter O. Evans, "Why Collect?" The 2023 Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture, 14 June 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Barbara E. Mundy, "Books in the Contact Zone," Malkin Lecture, 12 June 2023 56:42

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Barbara E. Mundy, "Books in the Contact Zone," Malkin Lecture, 12 June 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Leah Price, "Reader=Inessential Worker: Book History After Lockdown," 7 June 2023 54:51

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Leah Price, "Reader=Inessential Worker: Book History After Lockdown," 7 June 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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S. Max Edelson, "The Surveyor's Eye," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 5 June 2023 57:20

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S. Max Edelson, "The Surveyor's Eye," NEH-SHARP Lecture, 5 June 2023 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Kinniburgh, Mary Catherine - "Surface and Relief in Literary Archives" - SoFCB, 10 Oct 2023 54:10

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Mary Catherine Kinniburgh is the co-director of Granary Books, an independent publisher and archives/rare book dealer. As a scholar of postwar American poetry and an archives broker, her activities occur at the intersection of research and praxis, and her writing often focuses on the poetics of archival work. In particular, her research explores ma…

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Rezek, Joseph - "Ideologies of the Codex in Hakluyt and Smith" - NEH-SHARP Lecture, 1 Aug 2022 56:00

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Rezek, Joseph - "Ideologies of the Codex in Hakluyt and Smith" - NEH-SHARP Lecture, 1 Aug 2022 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Marcus, Hannah - "Characterizing the Elderly across Formats in Early Modern Italy" - 27 July 2022 52:11

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Marcus, Hannah - "Characterizing the Elderly across Formats in Early Modern Italy" - 27 July 2022 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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McNamee, Megan - "Significance of a Concertina-Fold Almanac" - Kress Lecture - 25 July 2022 53:27

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McNamee, Megan - "Significance of a Concertina-Fold Almanac" - Kress Lecture - 25 July 2022 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Roldán Vera, Eugenia - "Book Trade in the Anglo-Iberian Atlantic" - Karmiole Lecture - 13 July 22 59:29

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Roldán Vera, Eugenia - "Book Trade in the Anglo-Iberian Atlantic" - Karmiole Lecture - 13 July 22 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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White, Eric - "A History of the Gutenberg Bible (continued)" - Malkin Lecture, 11 July 2022 56:08

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White, Eric - "A History of the Gutenberg Bible (continued)" - Malkin Lecture, 11 July 2022 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Wisecup, Kelly - "Making and Reading Indigenous Archives" NEH-GBHI - 15 June 2022 55:26

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Wisecup, Kelly - "Making and Reading Indigenous Archives" NEH-GBHI - 15 June 2022 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Rogers, Beverly - "Victorian Connections: Books and Stories" Rendell Lecture - 13 June 2022 47:50

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Rogers, Beverly - "Victorian Connections: Books and Stories" Rendell Lecture - 13 June 2022 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Wong, Dorothy - “Making Merit: East Asian Buddhist Material Culture” NEH-GBHI Lecture - 6 June 2022 57:23

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Wong, Dorothy - “Making Merit: East Asian Buddhist Material Culture” NEH-GBHI Lecture - 6 June 2022 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Rustow, Marina - “Lost Archives and Paper Reuse in the Medieval Islamic World” - 20 July 2021 59:29

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“Lost Archives and Paper Reuse in the Medieval Islamic World”Marina Rustow, Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, and Director of the Geniza Lab, Princeton UniversityA Rare Book School lecture, 20 July 2021By Rare Book School Lectures

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Arista, Noelani - “He Lau Nā Moʻolelo” - 29 June 2021 1:04:19

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“He Lau Nā Moʻolelo: The Challenge and Promise of Hawaiian Language Textual Archives”Noelani Arista, Director, Indigenous Studies Program, and Associate Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill UniversityA Rare Book School lecture29 June 2021By Rare Book School Lectures

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Winship - Subscription Publishing in America over Three Centuries - Karmiole Lecture, 13 July 2021 1:14:34

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"Subscription Publishing in America over Three Centuries" by Michael Winship - Rare Book School’s inaugural Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades, presented on Tuesday, 13 July 2021By Rare Book School Lectures

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Goldsby and McGill - "What is 'Black' about Black Bibliography?" - 3 August 2021 1:08:00

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Goldsby and McGill - "What is 'Black' about Black Bibliography?" - 3 August 2021 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Yale, Elizabeth - "Paper-Keeping: Women, Family, Knowledge Work..." - 27 July 2021 58:22

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Yale, Elizabeth - "Paper-Keeping: Women, Family, Knowledge Work..." - 27 July 2021 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Hidalgo, Alex - "The Book as Archive" - 15 June 2021 58:39

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Hidalgo, Alex - "The Book as Archive" - 15 June 2021 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Robb, Megan - "Print and the Urdu Public" - 23 July 2020 39:54

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Robb, Megan - "Print and the Urdu Public" - 23 July 2020 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Nishikawa, Kinohi – "From Poet to Publisher: Reading Gwendolyn Brooks by Design" - 16 July 2020 58:02

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Nishikawa, Kinohi – "From Poet to Publisher: Reading Gwendolyn Brooks by Design" - 16 July 2020 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Ramachandran, Ayesha – "An Alternative History of the Atlas" - 2 July 2020 59:51

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Ramachandran, Ayesha – "An Alternative History of the Atlas" - 2 July 2020 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Trettien, Whitney - "A Hornbook for Digital Book History" - 18 June 2020 59:41

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Trettien, Whitney - "A Hornbook for Digital Book History" - 18 June 2020 by Rare Book School LecturesBy Rare Book School Lectures

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Bychowski, Brenna - "Adventures in Cataloging Popular Literature" - 11 June 2020 59:02

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Full title: "Superheroes and Shocking Affairs, or, Adventures in Cataloging Popular Literature"By Rare Book School Lectures

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"Protest on the Page: Print as an Affordance for Revolutionary Spirits" (RBS-Mellon Lecture) 1:13:32

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RBS-Mellon lecture by Pamela Klassen (Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto), given at Franklin & Marshall College on 25 October 2017.See https://rarebookschool.org/all-programs/events/protest-on-the-page/ for more information on this event.By Rare Book School Lectures

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"The Never-ending Popularity of Njáls Saga: The Manuscript Evidence" (RBS-Mellon Lecture) 1:01:31

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RBS-Mellon lecture by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir (Research Associate Professor, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, University of Iceland), given at the University of Maine on 30 March 2017.See https://rarebookschool.org/all-programs/events/njals-saga/ for more information about this event.By Rare Book School Lectures

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"The Futures of Handwriting" (SoFCB Conference) - 12 April 2019 1:13:18

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This recording is of conference Session 2:Towards a Critical Bibliography of the HandwrittenChair: Dale Billingsley, University of Louisville “Messy Writings: Unraveling Korean Manuscript Books”Hwisang Cho, Emory University “Citational and Citationless: Reading the Development of Indian YunaniMedicine in the Margins of Arabic and Persian Manuscript…

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"Muslims & Manuscripts" (SoFCB Program) - 23 April 2019 1:39:43

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Featuring "The Message & the Messengers: Artistic Illustrations of the Qur’an and the Prophets in Islamic Manuscripts"Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building, Princeton UniversityDr. Tehseen Thaver, Assistant Professor of Religion, Princeton UniversityDr. Christiane Gruber, Professor and Associate Chair, History of Art, University of MichiganSee ht…