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<body style="font: 12pt/normal Arial; margin: 16px 16px 4px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div class="GroupWiseMessageBody" id="GroupWiseSection_1435129152000_Bettina.Wagner@bsb-muenchen.de_9F77CEE0419D000083637E00C1AE6396_"><div><br></div><span style="margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><b style="font-family: MetaSerifWeb; font-size: 19.5pt;">Summer School History of the Book</b><br></span><div class="GroupWiseMessageBody" id="GroupWiseSection_1435070979000_secretariat@cerl.org"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><font face="MetaSerifWeb" size="5"><span style="font-size: 19.5pt;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 4.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Monday 17 through Friday 28 August 2015</b></span></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 4.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><span style="background-color: white;">Register now for the Summer School History of the Book, organised by
the Special Collections and the Research Group for Book and Manuscript Studies of the University of Amsterdam.</span></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 4.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><span style="background-color: white;">Since 2010, the Research Group for Book and Manuscript Studies and
the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam have been organising a Summer School on the History of the Book, which takes place in August each year.</span></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 4.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><span style="background-color: white;">The summer school offers an 'à la carte' programme. Participants
can choose one module, opt for a full two-week programme, or any variation in between. The courses are interesting for anyone who would like to learn more about the history of the book, whether you are a student, library or museum staff, or simply interested
in books and manuscripts, libraries and antiquarian bookshops, printing techniques and typography.</span></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 4.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><span style="background-color: white;">Two courses will be held in English. Dutch is the language of instruction
in the other courses and the workshops. Participants have access to an information desk and a coffee corner set up especially for them before, during and after the courses and workshops.</span></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 4.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><span style="background-color: white;">During the summer school, there will also be a three-day seminar
about embroidered bindings. The seminar will be held in English. The seminar is being organised in collaboration with the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York, in conjunction with Illuminare - Centre for the Study of Medieval
Art, University of Leuven, the Leiden University Library and the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague.</span></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 4.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; background-color: rgb(219, 219, 219);"><span style="background-color: white;">In this edition of the summer school, the organisation can count
on the kind cooperation of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., of the Amsterdam City Archives and of the Wim Crouwel Institute.</span></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please find the programme and registration form at: <a href="http://bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl/en/what-s-on/events/content/events/2015%5B3%5D/08/summer-school-2015.html" target="_blank"><font color="blue"><u>http://bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl/en/what-s-on/events/content/events/2015%5B3%5D/08/summer-school-2015.html</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For help with registration please contact Marleen Smit at <a href="mailto:summerschool-bc@uva.nl" target="_blank"><font color="blue"><u>summerschool-bc@uva.nl</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font color="navy" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Astrid C. Balsem</span></font></div>
<div><font color="navy" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Curator Special Collections</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000cc" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Editor <i>Quaerendo</i> </span></font></div>
<div><font color="navy" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Universiteitsbibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam</span></font></div>
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