Ranked #1
"Protest on the Page: Print as an Affordance for Revolutionary Spirits" (RBS-Mellon Lecture)
"Protest on the Page: Print as an Affordance for Revolutionary Spirits" (RBS-Mellon Lecture)
RBS-Mellon lecture by Pamela Klassen (Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto... Read more
24 Oct 2019
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #2
Todd, William B. - "Recent Research on the Gutenberg Bible" (31 January 1983)
Todd, William B. - "Recent Research on the Gutenberg Bible" (31 January 1983)
Lecture 112 (31 January 1983)
30 Oct 2015
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1hr 26mins
Ranked #3
Noel, William - "King David and His Books in the Middle Ages" (28 July 2003)
Noel, William - "King David and His Books in the Middle Ages" (28 July 2003)
Lecture 469 (28 July 2003)
15 Oct 2019
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50mins
Ranked #4
Hall, David D. - "Readers and Writers in 17th-Century New England: The Vernacular Tradition"
Hall, David D. - "Readers and Writers in 17th-Century New England: The Vernacular Tradition"
Lecture 254 (7 April 1988)
14 Aug 2019
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52mins
Ranked #5
Kiffer, Selby - "Dear Sir or Madam: I Have an Old Book: or, Not Everything in Your Attic is Gold"
Kiffer, Selby - "Dear Sir or Madam: I Have an Old Book: or, Not Everything in Your Attic is Gold"
Lecture 462 (15 July 2002)The 2002 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture.
9 Oct 2019
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51mins
Ranked #6
Harvey, Michael - "Eric Gill and the Culture of Letters" (7 October 1982)
Harvey, Michael - "Eric Gill and the Culture of Letters" (7 October 1982)
Lecture 101 (7 October 1982)
30 Oct 2015
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49mins
Ranked #7
Winship, Michael - "Pirates, Shipwrecks, and Comic Almanacs" (24 July 1996)
Winship, Michael - "Pirates, Shipwrecks, and Comic Almanacs" (24 July 1996)
Lecture 382 (24 July 1996)Full title: "Pirates, Shipwrecks, and Comic Almanacs: Charles Ellms Packages Books in 19th-Cen... Read more
25 Sep 2019
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54mins
Ranked #8
Archives, Memory & Identity Symposium: Welcome & Session 1 ("Access")
Archives, Memory & Identity Symposium: Welcome & Session 1 ("Access")
Welcoming remarks by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (Executive Director, Rare Book School) & John Unsworth (University Libr... Read more
17 Sep 2018
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1hr 37mins
Ranked #9
McKitterick, David - "The Word, The Law, and The Profits: Bible Publishing in 17th-Century England"
McKitterick, David - "The Word, The Law, and The Profits: Bible Publishing in 17th-Century England"
Lecture 311 (25 March 1991)
20 Sep 2019
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57mins
Ranked #10
Berger, Thomas L. - "Two-Letter Words in Shakespeare’s 'Henry V'" (1 April 1985)
Berger, Thomas L. - "Two-Letter Words in Shakespeare’s 'Henry V'" (1 April 1985)
Lecture 184 (1 April 1985)
30 Oct 2015
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38mins
Ranked #11
Willison, Ian - "Brave New World or Mere Anarchy?"
Willison, Ian - "Brave New World or Mere Anarchy?"
Lecture 501 (18 July 2007)Full title: "Brave New World or Mere Anarchy? Reflections on the Revolution in National Resear... Read more
16 Oct 2019
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55mins
Ranked #12
Allen, Sue - "Images on Endpapers: Evolving Roles" (6 July 1989)
Allen, Sue - "Images on Endpapers: Evolving Roles" (6 July 1989)
Lecture 275 (6 July 1989)
8 Sep 2015
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55mins
Ranked #13
Corey, D. Steven - "Developing Special Collections of Fine Printing" (15 July 1985)
Corey, D. Steven - "Developing Special Collections of Fine Printing" (15 July 1985)
Lecture 190 (15 July 1985)
30 Oct 2015
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57mins
Ranked #14
Winship, Michael - "The Anglo-American Trade in Books in the Nineteenth Century" (19 July 1993)
Winship, Michael - "The Anglo-American Trade in Books in the Nineteenth Century" (19 July 1993)
Lecture 340 (19 July 1993)
30 Oct 2015
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53mins
Ranked #15
Wieck, Roger S. - "Time Sanctified" (30 January 1989)
Wieck, Roger S. - "Time Sanctified" (30 January 1989)
Lecture 270 (30 January 1989)Full title: "Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours; or How an Exhibition of Illuminated MSS Ne... Read more
29 Aug 2019
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #16
Barrett, Timothy - "Listening to Fifteenth-Century Paper" (12 June 2017)
Barrett, Timothy - "Listening to Fifteenth-Century Paper" (12 June 2017)
Lecture 611 (12 June 2017). Watch the accompanying video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bggttPftmVs
13 Jun 2017
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40mins
Ranked #17
Drucker, Johanna - "Alphabet Historiography: Analogue Artifacts and Digital Projects"
Drucker, Johanna - "Alphabet Historiography: Analogue Artifacts and Digital Projects"
Lecture 605 (5 August 2016). The 2016 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture
16 Aug 2016
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #18
Rota, Anthony - "The Changing Face of Bookselling" (3 August 1994)
Rota, Anthony - "The Changing Face of Bookselling" (3 August 1994)
Lecture 358 (3 August 1994). The 1994 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
8 Sep 2015
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52mins
Ranked #19
Buchtel, John - "'Jane Eyre' Goes to the Rotunda: The Biography of a Classic Novel"
Buchtel, John - "'Jane Eyre' Goes to the Rotunda: The Biography of a Classic Novel"
Lecture 488 (6 March 2006)
16 Oct 2019
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44mins
Ranked #20
Rosenthal, Bernard M. - "The Gentle Invasion" (15 December 1986)
Rosenthal, Bernard M. - "The Gentle Invasion" (15 December 1986)
Lecture 226 (15 December 1986). Full title "The Gentle Invasion: The Impact of the Immigration of German and Austrian Bo... Read more
8 Sep 2015
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56mins