Tudor Books and Readers: 1485-1603

Final Schedule

2012 NEH Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers
Tudor Books and Readers: 1485-1603

• Three-hour meetings are scheduled at 9AM unless otherwise noted.
• Brief parenthetical author references indicate specific readings for group discussion. References that contain page numbers represent sections of items listed in the Select Bibliography, which contains full titles for daily readings indicated below.
• It is essential that participants read Gaskell, pp. 5-185 (technology of hand-press printing and publication practices) in advance of arrival, and we urge the following advance reading as well: McKenzie 1986; Darnton; and Grafton, Eisenstein, and Johns. In addition, we recommend that participants complete recommended reading for the first week in advance of arrival.
• We shall discuss Readings during seminar sessions. We shall not necessarily dedicate designated time slots to the discussion of Recommended Readings, although participants may feel free to draw upon them during seminar discussions.
• The final selection of rare books for display at our library workshops is at the discretion of librarians and/or curators at our host libraries.
• Please gather for all group departures no later than ten minutes in advance.

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Week 1:

Antwerp:
                        Hand-press Book Production / Export Trade in English Printed Books

June 18 (Mon.)
   9:00AM           Introductory meeting at Lessius College
 10:30AM          Guided tour of Antwerp’s old town center (with Professor Guido Latré)
 1:00-5:00PM    Individual conferences with John King and Mark Rankin (20 minutes each)

• Aside from their own conference, participants may visit or conduct research at the library of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, explore Antwerp’s rich cultural heritage, or visit sites such as Bruges, where Caxton initially established his enterprise.

   6:00PM           Reception at Lessius College

June 19 (Tues.) The Low Countries’ Export Trade in English Printed Books (with Professor
                            Guido Latré)
                            Recommended Reading:  Avis; Hellinga 2010, pp. 12-40, Latré 2000.
10:00AM            Welcome and rare-book exhibition and workshop, Plantin-Moretus Museum
12:30PM            Sandwich lunch (Lessius College)
  1:30                  Guided tour of the Plantin-Moretus Museum
  3:30                  Demonstration of type, typecasting, and operation of an antique hand press
  5:00                  Coffee at Lessius College
  7:30                  Candlelit dinner at a restaurant with a medieval dining room

June 20 (Wed.)
  9-10                  "William Tyndale in Antwerp" (with Dr. Gergely Juhász )
                            Reading: Pettegree 2002
                            Recommended Reading: Johnston and Gilmont; Hope

10-12:30            Individual conferences with John King and Mark Rankin (20 minutes each)

• Aside from their own conference, participants may visit or conduct research at the library of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, explore Antwerp’s rich cultural heritage, or visit sites such as Bruges, where Caxton initially established his enterprise.

London: Senate House Library

June 21 (Thurs.)
7:35AM              Gather outside Hotel Cammerpoorte
7:45AM              On-time departure by prepaid taxi vans to Antwerp Berchem Station
                            *Latecomers must make their own way to the train station and, if necessary, beyond.
8:41                    Departure by train from Antwerp Berchem Station
9:28                    Arrival at Bruxelles Midi station
10:26                 Deadline for passport control & Eurostar check-in (no exceptions permitted)
10:56                 Departure from Bruxelles Midi
11:57AM           Arrival at London St Pancras station.
                           We will be in the time zone preceding continental Europe. 
12:30PM           Arrival at the College Hall, University of London
Afternoon          Time free for research at the British Library, visiting its permanent exhibition of rare
                           books and manuscripts, or exploration of London’s rich resources.

June 22 (Fri.)
 10:00AM-1:00PM    Seminal Tudor Books I

• Rare-book exhibition and workshop at Senate House Library may include books drawn from among 134 incunabula owned by the library. Curators are willing to display other items which may include the first edition of Sir Thomas More’s Supplication of Souls, a 1550 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, 1554 editions of John Gower’s Confessio Amantis and Boccaccio’s Falls of Sundry Most Notable Princes, Sir John Harington’s 1591 verse translation of Lodovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, a 1598 edition of Chaucer’s works, and the 1581 English transation of Seneca’s tragedies
  Reading: Klotz

2:30PM             Optional visit to Middle Temple Hall and Library (depart College Hall 1:45pm). Time free
                           to conduct research at the British Library, visit its permanent exhibition of rare books and                            manuscripts, or engage in other activities.

June 23 (Sat.)    Time free time to conduct research at the British Library or to explore London

Week 2:

University of Oxford: Studies in the History of Books and Reading

June 24 (Sun.)
   10:00AM         On-time departure by hired coach from London
   noon                Arrival at St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. Unless otherwise noted, all                                                    remaining activities will be at this location.
   1:00PM           Lunch in Wolfson Dining Hall
   3:00PM           Orientation
   8:00PM           Reception during evening

June 25 (Mon.)
 9:30AM             Bodleian Library Orientation (with David Vaisey, Bodley’s Librarian Emeritus)
11:30AM            Registration for Bodleian Library readers’ privileges (medieval Divinity Hall)
 
June 26 (Tues.)
  9:45AM            Guided Tour of Oxford with brief visits to the old libraries at Corpus Christi College
                            and Magdalen College
                            Magdalen visit: 10AM; Corpus Christi visit: 11AM
                            Reading: Trapp, “The Humanist Book”

June 27 (Wed.)  Typography, Formatting, Layout, and Marketing of Tudor Books
                             Reading: Bland; Thomas; Dane and Gillespie; Carlson 1988
  6:30PM             Reception (Old Library, SEH)
  7:30                   Dinner (Old Dining Hall, SEH)

June 29 (Fri.)     Seminal Tudor Books II
  10:00AM          Workshop and rare-book exhibition at the Bodleian Library. Books to be displayed
                            at Pitt Rivers Museum
                            (9:40 departure from St. Edmund Hall)
                            Reading: Kastan 2000; Galbraith 2010

Week 3:

July 1 (Sun.)       Reception during evening

July 2 (Mon.)      Approaches to the History of Reading
                           Reading: Simpson, 1-9, 68-105; Sherman 2008A, xi-xx, 3-24

July 4 (Wed.)      Marketing and Reading: Shakespeare’s Plays
                            Reading: Erne, pp. 31-55; Farmer and Lesser 2005A, Blayney 2005, Farmer and
                            Lesser 2005B                            
                            Reading (in preparation for Merton session): Luborsky 1980
                            Mid-seminar evaluation

July 5 (Thurs.)     Illustration of Tudor Books
  10AM                Workshop and rare-book exhibition at Merton College Library (9:45 departure from St.
                            Edmund Hall)
                            Reading: Driver 2004; Edwards

July 6 (Fri.)         Long weekend at mid-program: extended free time to conduct research or to travel

Week 4:

July 10 (Tues.)   Reading, Gender, and the Bible from Tyndale’s New Testament to the King
                           James Version
                            Reading: Coles, pp. 17-44; Tadmor
                            Recommended Reading: Arblaster, et al, 138-46; King and Pratt

July 12 (Thurs.)  Book Use, Reading Practices and Book Collection
                            Reading: Sherman 2008B, 25-52, 71-86; Stallybrass
                            Recommended Reading: Sherman 1995, pp. 53-115

July 13 (Fri.)       Reforming Reading
  10:00AM          Rare-book exhibition and workshop at St. Johns College Library (9:40 departure from St.
                            Edmund Hall)
                            Recommended Reading: King 2009 and/or King 2001

           
Week 5:

July 15 (Sun.)     Reception during evening

July 16 (Mon.)    Case Studies of Prominent Tudor Readers: Margaret Hoby and Gabriel Harvey
                            Reading:  Jardine and Grafton; Crawford

July 18 (Wed.)   Book History and Tudor Literature
                            Reading: Kastan 2010; Summit, pp. 101-36; Carley, pp. 36-108

July 19 (Thurs.)
  7:30PM            Banquet and Celebration (Old Dining Hall, SEH)

July 20 (Fri.)               
  9AM                  Closing roundtable discussion focused on our collective findings and their
                            application in teaching, publication of scholarship, and other ways
                            (Old Dining Hall, SEH)

July 21 (Sat.)     Departure

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