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Registration Open for Texas A&M Book History Workshop in May
Registration has opened for the seventh annual Book History Workshop at
Texas A&M, scheduled for May 18-23, 2008.
Taking place in the Cushing Memorial Library & Archives at Texas A&M, this
five-day workshop offers an intensive, hands-on introduction to the history
of books and printing, with an emphasis on handpress-era printing and its
allied technologies – typecasting, papermaking, bookbinding, and
illustration.
One of the distinguishing elements of the workshop is its emphasis on
experiential as well as academic learning. Our days, divided into labs and
more traditional seminar sessions, will involve both active projects and
classroom discussions, using the Cushing Library's collection as
examples. Students
will cast type in a hand mould, set lines of type and prepare them for
printing, make paper, produce relief illustrations, and print on a
period-accurate common press.
The workshop has traditionally attracted scholars, librarians, archivists,
students, teachers, and collectors, as well as those pursuing personal
interests in book history.
Past workshops have also featured a series of evening lectures by scholars
active in the field of book history. To register, find out more, or see
photographs from previous workshops, go to: <
http://cushing.tamu.edu/bookhistory/ >, or contact Todd Samuelson at
todd.samuelson <at> tamu <dot> edu
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