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GLOBAL BOOK LAB

Global Book Lab (Spring 2024)

Professor Anna Klosowska (French) and Rachel Makarowski (Libraries)

The lab offers hands-on encounters with rare books and artworks in Miami’s Special Collections and the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum.  Guided by a team of experts, student lab members will explore, curate, display, and write about ancient manuscripts and other rare artifacts in the university collection.

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Supervised by Professor Anna Klosowska and Special Collections Librarian Rachel Makarowski the Lab will be a two-credit course in Spring 2024.  

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Students in the lab will:

  • Explore ancient books and rare historical artifacts in Miami's rich Native, Ethiopian, and European collections.
  • Experiment with techniques used in ancient manuscripts and artifacts through hands-on work with gold leaf, historic pigments, stucco, clay tablets, and more
  • Research ancient books and their makers. Critique imperial and colonial legacies of museum collections. Shape new exhibits and outreach strategies. Contribute to blogs and catalogs.
  • Contribute to a collaborative lab project such as launching a social media campaign on rare books; designing a new course; curating a library exhibit; or making a manuscript or  material object inspired by the collection.
  • Develop research and public outreach skills helpful in graduate school applications and careers in areas such as law, libraries, education, and arts management.

Lab (spring 2024) 

  • HUM 320, M and W 4:25-5:20pm, January 29 - May 17, 2024. Interested students are strongly encouraged to register or write expressing interest to the Humanities Center.  

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