They will be joined by Lucas Tucker, Scribe and Chemist at Scribal Work Shop with over twenty-five years of experience in historic calligraphy and creating books using entirely historic tools and methods. He is a founding partner of the 3Dhotbed Project, a collaborative digital humanities effort that seeks to enhance book history instruction through 3D technologies. O’Sullivan is Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts for the Cushing Memorial Library & Archives at Texas A&M University, where he also serves as the Director of the Book History Workshop. In her most recent work, the Oxford English Literary History, Volume V: 1645–1714, the Later Seventeenth Century, she offers an alternative model of literary history exploring how oral traditions, handwritten manuscript practices, and print media intersected and influenced each other. Lindsey Chair of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. Ezell is Distinguished Professor of English and the John and Sara H. Equipped with these skills, participants will be able not only to read and analyze the texts, but to locate their place in the larger context of early modern written culture.ĭirectors: Margaret J.M. The course will seek to demonstrate the ways technologies of textual production drove meaning-making in the early modern period and foster an understanding of the rich interrelations between the manuscript tradition and renaissance printing. Throughout the week, guided discussions of assigned theoretical readings will synthesize issues raised by the hands-on practice within a wider theoretical framework on media intersections.
In addition to this print-oriented praxis, participants will also experience manuscript production through experimentation with contemporary writing materials such as goose quills and iron gall ink as part of their paleography work. Daily lab sessions concentrating on historical book production will include hands-on exercises in allied trades such as typecasting, papermaking, ink-making, typesetting, and hand-press printing.
Integrating traditional seminar-based discussion with experiential inquiry, this course will investigate the physical means of knowledge production during the early modern period. If you have any questions about these programs, or the logistics of submitting an application, email us at Meaning: Hands-on Basic Paleography and Book Production (weeklong intensive skills course)ĭirected by Margaret J.M. Please visit Apply for Scholarly Programs for further details about the application process.Īdditional programs will be added as the year progresses, and these programs, as well as any revisions and adjustments to previously announced ones, will be reflected on this page and promoted through our various channels, including our bi-monthly newsletter, the Research Bulletin. Folger Institute consortium affiliates should consult with their campus representatives. Before submitting an application, applicants should read the description carefully so that they can tailor their statement of research plans to the program in question. At the same time, many programs will offer virtual sessions, with participation via open registration.Īs always, participants are encouraged to pursue their individual research interests within a given program’s specific topic.
This ensures that those selected and funded to attend will be strong contributors to the conversation. Most will require applications from all those hoping to participate at the deadlines specified below. Several of these programs have been rescheduled from previous years to take advantage of the strengths of host institutions and their unique regional features that were unavailable during earlier stages of the pandemic. We welcome you to find the one that best fits your current research project and situation.īelow are the descriptions for the programs on offer during 2022–2023. With this model of distributed programming, lessons learned from programming during a global pandemic, and an eye on reducing or eliminating barriers to inclusion, we have embraced a mix of in-person, hybrid, and fully virtual programming across a wide range of topics.
Newly refurbished spaces for our researchers are among the improvements, which also include dedicated exhibition galleries, meeting spaces with enhanced audio-visual capabilities, and updated HVAC systems.Īs had been planned long before the pandemic, the Folger Institute relies on our consortium university partners to convene scholarly conversations that take advantage of localized knowledge, underexplored archives, and diverse communities of inquiry and practice. Our building on Capitol Hill remains closed for the duration of that project, with an anticipated reopening in Fall 2023. At the start of the 2022–2023 academic year, major renovations continue at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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