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Dear Colleagues,<BR>
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Please bring the following courses to the attention of your fellow-teachers and students:<BR>
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* COURSE NUMBER: <B>U MASS ENGL 891K <BR>
</B>COURSE TITLE: S-<B>HISTORY OF BOOKS & PRINTING</B> <BR>
SECTION: LAB 1 GENERAL ED: <BR>
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 565236 <BR>
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INSTRUCTOR: <B>KELLY,J. & WALD, J.<BR>
</B>CREDITS: 3CR <BR>
MEETING TIME: W 18.30-21.00 <BR>
LOCATION: OCAM 000 <BR>
MEETS AT RENAISSANCE CENTER (SWANSON ROOM) <BR>
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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.<BR>
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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).<BR>
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* <B>Hampshire HACU-0103-1</B> (115137) <B>Alchemy and the Artist Book<BR>
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EDH 3 CRS F 09:00AM 12:00PM<BR>
Faculty <B> D. Kelm<BR>
</B>Status Open<BR>
Cap/Available 16/9<BR>
Term 2002F<BR>
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Description<BR>
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.<BR>
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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. Danielıs 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 artistıs 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. <BR>
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* <B>Hampshire HACU/SS-0296-1</B> (115250) <B>Book Publishing<BR>
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FPH 102 CRS F 02:30PM 05:20PM<BR>
Faculty <B>T. Radko<BR>
</B>Status Open<BR>
Cap/Available 25/25<BR>
Term 2002F<BR>
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Description<BR>
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.<BR>
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Thomas Radko received his M.A. in English language and literature from the <BR>
University of Chicago and is the Director at Wesleyan University Press. He <BR>
has worked in publishing for 25 years at a variety of scholarly (Chicago, <BR>
Rutgers, Oklahoma, and Nevada) and commercial (Humanities, Alyson) presses. <BR>
He has chaired the Admissions and Standards Committee of the Association of <BR>
American University Presses, he has served on the AAUP Marketing Committee, <BR>
and he currently chairs the Advisory Council of the Connecticut Center for <BR>
the Book. Most recently, he was named as next editor for <I>The Journal of <BR>
Scholarly Publishing</I>, put out by the University of Toronto Press. He has <BR>
served on the faculty for several writers' conferences, and he is committed <BR>
to the notion that publishing is a viable, and valuable, calling.<BR>
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<B>Hampshire HACU-0246-1</B> (114002) <B>The Fictional Child<BR>
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FPH 107 CRS TTH 02:00PM 03:20PM<BR>
Faculty <B>L. Kennedy; R. Conrad<BR>
</B>Status Clsd<BR>
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Description<BR>
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. <BR>
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* <B>Hampshire College Social Science 155T</B> <B>Gold, Lead, and Gunpowder: Knowledge and Power in the Era of the Renaissance and Reformation<BR>
</B>(open only to first-year students) [***FULL***]<BR>
Faculty <B>J. Wald<BR>
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Monday, Wednesday 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM <BR>
Franklin Patterson Hall (FPH) Room 107 <BR>
Friday lab/workshop, 9:00-12:00 (location varies)<BR>
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Description <BR>
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.<BR>
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And, as noted earlier, please share with us information about your courses on the world of the book.<BR>
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Thank you very much.<BR>
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Jim Wald<BR>
(for the Center for the Book)<BR>
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