[Libri] fall courses

Mon Aug 26 03:36:01 EDT 2002

Dear Colleagues,

Please bring the following courses to the attention of your fellow-teachers
and students:

* COURSE NUMBER: U MASS   ENGL 891K
COURSE TITLE: S-HISTORY OF BOOKS & PRINTING
SECTION: LAB 1           GENERAL ED:  
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 565236

INSTRUCTOR: KELLY,J. & WALD, J.
CREDITS: 3CR 
MEETING TIME: W 18.30-21.00
LOCATION: OCAM 000  
MEETS AT RENAISSANCE CENTER (SWANSON ROOM)

This course is an amalgam of background study and hands-on experience aimed
at providing a historical overview through reading assignments in primary
sources (e.g., printers' manuals such as Moxon) combined with secondary
sources on bibliography and the history of the book (e.g., Gaskell, Bowers,
Eisenstein, Johns, etc.). The practical aspect of the course comprises close
textual analysis of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century volumes, visits to
the Mortimer Rare Book Room at Smith College, guest lectures by scholars,
and demonstrations by book artists. In addition, there will be opportunities
to make paper, set type, and perform other printing-related activities as
time and resources allow.

Because the course attempts to bridge the gap between the social sciences
and the humanities and the history and art of the book, it should appeal to
graduate students in such fields as literature, sociology, communications,
and history, as well as participants in MFA programs. Although nominally a
graduate seminar, the course is open to interested undergraduates, as well
(instructor permission required).

*   Hampshire HACU-0103-1 (115137) Alchemy and the Artist Book

Meeting Info
EDH 3 CRS F 09:00AM 12:00PM
Faculty          D. Kelm
Status          Open
Cap/Available          16/9
Term          2002F

Description
The Art of Transformation: Alchemy and the Artist Book The alchemists of 500
years ago called themselves artists. They were story tellers as
well-physicalizing 1st century Roman myths as they worked the alchemical
furnace and labored to understand the relationships among Earth, Water, Air,
and Fire (the Four Elements), and Spirit, Soul, and Body (the Philosophical
Principles). The scientific revolution of 350 years ago (which shapes our
world today) adopted mathematics as the universal language, and expounded
values such as precise measurement, control of laboratory conditions, and
the attainment of reproducible results. You will be challenged to think
syncretically, to examine the models of alchemy and science in order to
inform the telling of your personal story. Inspired by historical cabinets
of curiosity and Joseph Cornell boxes, you will create book sculpture
surrounded by an environment of supporting material. Readings will range
from alchemical essays through the history of science to art as personal
expression. We will also visit a local rare book room to view historical
examples. Class time will balance conceptual work with the practice of
creating art. This course is sponsored by the Center for the Book.

Daniel E. Kelm, adjunct assistant professor of art, received his BA from the
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Before Daniel settled into his career
in the book arts, he received formal training in chemistry and taught at the
University of Minnesota. Daniel¹s experience with books began over twenty
years ago with employment in various production studios where he learned
progressively more specialized traditional bookbinding techniques. In 1983
he opened his own studio, now called The Wide Awake Garage, where he designs
and produces artist¹s books, interpretive fine bindings, and book
sculptures. He is known for his innovative structures and extensive
knowledge of materials. Daniel founded the Garage Annex School for Book Arts
in 1990. 

*  Hampshire HACU/SS-0296-1 (115250) Book Publishing

Meeting Info
FPH 102 CRS F 02:30PM 05:20PM
Faculty          T. Radko
Status          Open
Cap/Available          25/25
Term          2002F

Description
Book Publishing: Designed to benefit both traditional and non- traditional
students, the course will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand
the book industry. It will be especially beneficial to undergraduate or
graduate students who wish to consider or pursue careers in the publishing
industry, as well as creative writing students, students planning academic
careers, or anyone who hopes to have a book published. Among the topics to
be covered in the course are the editorial/acquisition process; book design
and production; book marketing; publishing operations and finance; legal
issues in publishing; the relationships among libraries, booksellers,
universities, and publishers; careers in book publishing; and the future of
the book. Students will have an opportunity to engage in a wide variety of
publishing activities such as manuscript copyediting and proofreading;
copywriting for marketing materials; book and jacket design; and book
pricing and contract review. This course is sponsored by the Center for the
Book.

Thomas Radko received his M.A. in English language and literature from the
University of Chicago and is the Director at Wesleyan University Press.  He
has worked in publishing for 25 years at a variety of scholarly (Chicago,
Rutgers, Oklahoma, and Nevada) and commercial (Humanities, Alyson) presses.
He has chaired the Admissions and Standards Committee of the Association of
American University Presses, he has served on the AAUP Marketing Committee,
and he currently chairs the Advisory Council of the Connecticut Center for
the Book.  Most recently, he was named as next editor for The Journal of
Scholarly Publishing, put out by the University of Toronto Press.  He has
served on the faculty for several writers' conferences, and he is committed
to the notion that publishing is a viable, and valuable, calling.

*

Hampshire HACU-0246-1 (114002)  The Fictional Child
Meeting Info
FPH 107 CRS TTH 02:00PM 03:20PM
Faculty          L. Kennedy; R. Conrad
Status          Clsd
[***FULL***]

Description
The Fictional Child This course explores the relation between children and
literature by examining representations of children in literature for
adults, psychological writings about children, and texts for child readers.
Our topics will include how children are portrayed as subjects by adult
writers: children's sense of themselves as children: the role of language
and symbols in children's action in the world: and the emergence of self in
the contexts of family and community. We will be reading illustrated books
for young children by Maurice Sendak, Eric Carle, Ezra Jack Keats, and
Margaret Wise Brown: representations of later childhood such as Wilder's
Little House on the Prairie, Barrie's Peter Pan, Doyle's Paddy Clarke Ha Ha
Ha, and Morrison's The Bluest Eye: and psychological theory by writers
including Freud, Vygotsky, and Winnicott. There will be occasional evening
screenings. 

*  Hampshire College Social Science 155T  Gold, Lead, and Gunpowder:
Knowledge and Power in the Era of the Renaissance and Reformation
(open only to first-year students) [***FULL***]
Faculty  J. Wald

Monday, Wednesday   10:30 AM - 11:50 AM 
  Franklin Patterson Hall (FPH) Room 107  
Friday lab/workshop, 9:00-12:00  (location varies)

Description    
The era of the Renaissance and Reformation (c. 1350-1550) witnessed the rise
of cities and commerce, the introduction of printing and firearms, the
growth of the state, stunning innovation in scholarship and the arts, bloody
struggles over religion, and the European colonization of the globe. Crucial
to many of these developments was the drive to acquire and control
knowledge, generally contained in texts--increasingly, printed ones.
Intensive engagement with primary sources will introduce students to
historical method and teach skills in reading and analytical writing. By
applying the interdisciplinary approaches of the "history of the book," we
will learn how information was generated and circulated. Students will
moreover come to understand the technologies of communication through
hands-on experience. We will make paper, set type, and sew pamphlets. And by
taking full advantage of the Internet as a research and teaching tool, we
will use one media revolution to study another.  This course is sponsored by
the Center for the Book.

And, as noted earlier, please share with us information about your courses
on the world of the book.

Thank you very much.

Jim Wald
(for the Center for the Book)
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