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With the sponsorship of the Bibliographical Society of America, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography at the Rare Book School, we are pleased to announce a four-day workshop on the descriptive bibliography of the Chinese book. By bringing the study of Chinese editions into conversation with Western bibliography, this workshop will provide training in new methods for accurately analyzing, describing, and identifying the distinctive material characteristics of the Chinese xylographic print. Participants will be invited to engage actively in workshop sessions facilitated by Cynthia Brokaw (Brown University), Devin Fitzgerald (Harvard), and David Helliwell (Bodleian Library).

 

• Day one will be dedicated to the comparative study of western bibliographic methods and the practice of the study of Chinese editions.
• Day two will focus on the major features of printed books from the Song through the Qing.
• Day three will focus on various rare-book catalogs and the production of accurate catalog entries.
• Day four will be dedicated to the relationship between the digital text and the print book.

 

This workshop is free of charge, but participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodations.