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2012 Course Schedule

In 2012, Rare Book School will offer courses at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore (January) and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (June—July).

For information on this year’s tuition, as well as other related costs, please visit the Program Costs page of this website. For general information about RBS, consult the Frequently Asked Questions page.

For a PDF version of the 2012 schedule, click here.

To apply, see the Applications Procedures page, where you can download an application form.

Winter 2012 in Baltimore, MD

9-13 January 2012
H-20 The Book in the Manuscript Era

Will Noel

Summer 2012 in Charlottesville, VA

n.b. Some of our courses have filled, though most of them have not reached capacity and are still accepting applications. If you have questions concerning enrollment, please email RBS at or contact our office.

4-8 June 2012
H-30 The Printed Book in the West to 1800 Martin Antonetti
I-20 Book Illustration Processes to 1900 Terry Belanger
H-70 The History of the Book in America, c.1700-1830 James N. Green
L-30 Rare Book Cataloging Deborah J. Leslie
L-70 XML in Action: Creating Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Texts David Seaman

11-15 June 2012
H-60 The History of European & American Papermaking Timothy Barrett & John Bidwell
G-30 Printed Books since 1800: Description & Analysis Tom Congalton & Katherine Reagan
L-65 Digitizing the Historical Record Bethany Nowviskie & Andrew Stauffer
G-45 Analytical Bibliography Stephen Tabor
G-55 Scholarly Editing: Principles & PracticeNew Course! David Vander Meulen

2-6 July 2012
I-30 Advanced Seminar in Book Illustration Processes Terry Belanger
M-10 Introduction to Paleography, 800-1500 Consuelo Dutschke
L-95 Born-Digital Materials: Theory & Practice Matthew Kirschenbaum & Naomi Nelson
H-90 Teaching the History of the Book Michael F. Suarez, S.J.
G-20 Printed Books to 1800: Description & Analysis David Whitesell

16-20 July 2012
H-10 The History of the Book, 200-2000 John Buchtel & Mark Dimunation
G-50 Advanced Descriptive Bibliography Richard Noble
I-35 The Identification of Photographic Print Processes James M. Reilly assisted by Ryan Boatright
L-10 Special Collections Librarianship Alice Schreyer
B-10 Introduction to the History of Bookbinding Jan Storm van Leeuwen

23-27 July 2012
M-20 Introduction to Western Codicology Albert Derolez
H-40 The Printed Book in the West since 1800 Eric Holzenberg
L-25 **Reference Sources for Researching Rare Books New Course **Joel Silver
G-10 Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical Description David Whitesell
H-15 The History of the Book in America: A Survey from Colonial to Modern Michael Winship

**Antiquarian booksellers applying to L-25 may apply for the Tavistock Books Educational Scholarship.


Fall 2012 in New York, NY

1-5 October 2012

M-50 Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts Roger Wieck