Book History Classes Suitable for Graduate Students for Fall 2026

The following courses, beginning in Fall 2026, may be of particular interest to students in book history and adjacent fields. Together, they explore manuscripts, literacy, reading practices, scientific controversy, and the material and cultural dimensions of books across a range of historical periods and disciplines. Additional courses for 2027 may be added as they become available.

Graduate Classes

HAA 148p — Jeffrey Hamburger
Openings: The Illuminated Manuscript in the Middle Ages
Fall 2026
Tuesday, 12:00–2:45 PM
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HISTSCI 1334 — Hannah Marcus
Nature on Display
Fall 2026
Wednesday, 3:00–5:45 PM
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HISTSCI 110 — Hannah Marcus
Galileo: Discovery, Faith, Ego, and the Making of Scientific Controversy
Fall 2026
Monday, 12:00–2:45 PM
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MUSIC 242r — Kate van Orden
Voices & Books: Toward New Histories of Voice and Reading
Fall 2026
Wednesday, 12:45–2:45 PM
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Undergraduate Class

English 90LS — Deidre Lynch
Literacy Stories
Fall 2026
Wednesday, 3:00–5:45 PM
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