Applications are open for the London International Palaeography Summer School (LIPSS), running 13 – 17 June 2016.
The London Palaeography Summer School is a series of intensive courses in palaeography and manuscript studies, held at the Institute of English Studies, Senate House, University of London. Courses are given by experts in their respective fields, from a wide variety of institutions.
Full-day course fee: £95 | Half-day course fee: £55
Block bookings discounts and discounts for full-time MA/PhD students are available.
Monday 13 June
Pre-Norman British and Irish Psalters (Dr Carol Farr)
History of Latin Scripts I: Antiquity to Caroline Minuscule (Dr James Willoughby)
English Palaeography, 1500-1900 (Christopher Whittick)
How Medieval Manuscripts Were Made (Patricia Lovett)
Introduction to Greek Palaeography I (Dr Laura Franco)
Tuesday 14 June
Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Palaeography (Dr Debby Banham)
History of Latin Scripts II: Protogothic to Humanist (Dr James Willoughby)
Introduction to Visigothic Script (Dr Ainoa Castro Correa)
Codicology: An Introduction for Beginners (Dr James Freeman)
Introduction to Greek Palaeography II (Dr Laura Franco)
Wednesday 15 June
The Insular System of Scripts to AD 900 (Professor Julia Crick)
Introduction to Latin Palaeography (Dr Marigold Norbye)
Reading & Editing Renaissance English Manuscripts I (Dr Chris Stamatakis)
Codicology: An Introduction to Cataloguing (Peter Kidd)
Thursday 16 June
Introduction to Welsh Palaeography (Dr Helen McKee)
Intermediate Latin Palaeography (Dr Marigold Norbye)
Reading & Editing Renaissance English Manuscripts II (Dr Chris Stamatakis)
Codicology & Cataloguing: A Hands-On Workshop (Dr James Freeman & Peter Kidd)
Vernacular Editing: Chaucer and his Contemporaries (Professor Anthony Edwards)
Friday 17 June
Approaches to the Art of Insular Manuscripts (Dr Carol Farr)
The Transitional Script of the Long Twelfth Century (Dr Erik Kwakkel)
Writing and Reading Medieval Manuscripts: Folio Layouts in Context (Dr Anna Somfai)
Painting a Medieval Miniature (Patricia Lovett)
German Palaeography (Dr Dorothea McEwan & Dr Claudia Wedepohl)
Questions? Contact the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London at IESEvents@sas.ac.uk or +44 020 7862 8679
