California Rare Book School Releases 2025 Courses Details
The California Rare Book School has announced its 2025 program for collectors, professionals, and students working in all aspects of the library, special collection, archives, museums, and rare book community. All locations are Los Angeles unless specified
Week 1 (July 14–18)
Libros antiguos y bibliotecas mexicanas with Guillermo Morales - (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Week 2 (July 28 – August 1)
History of the Book, 200–1820 with Jonathan Senchyne
History of Typography with Paul Shaw
The Jewish Book from Scroll to Screen with Joshua Teplitsky
The Social and Material Lives of Comic Art, or, How Comics Get Around with Charles Hatfield
Art as Document with Mali Collins (online)
Developing and Administering Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Collections with Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty
Week 3 (August 4 – 8)
History of Children’s Literature with Jackie Stallcup
Introduction to European Medieval Manuscripts with Sonja Drimmer
Critical Praxis in Librarianship with Emily Drabinski
Descriptive Bibliography with Aaron T. Pratt
Digital Humanities for the History of the Book with Catherine DeRose (online)
Postmodern Bookselling with Jen Johnson & Brad Johnson
Special Collections Pedagogy with Michaela Ullmann
Week 4 (August 11 – 15)
Contemporary Radical Publishing in Latin America with Magalí Rabasa
Global Histories of the Book: Asia/Europe with Devin Fitzgerald
History of Cartography with Ian Fowler
Illustrated Scientific Books in Early Modern Europe with Daniela Bleichmar
Copyright Theory and Practice for Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections with Jeremy Abbott