Program Overview
Book Studies
Program Type:
Concentration
The Book Studies Concentration is designed to provide pathways for students interested in books as communication, material culture, and artistic media on a global scale. It takes two core approaches—history and theory, and practice—to enable students to experience how making and creating go hand in hand with thinking and analyzing.
Sample Courses
- ARTS 306 - Art from 1960 4 credits
- ARTS 461 - Contemporary Photography: Book, Archive, Picture 4 credits
- ENGL 227 - Romantic Revolutions 4 credits
- ARTS 011 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Screenprinting 4 credits
Book Studies Faculty
Book Studies draws its faculty and affiliate faculty from throughout the college to explore this inherently interdisciplinary field of study. Faculty expertise includes the disciplines of art history, fine arts, electronic media, English, East Asian studies, and library and special collections.
Explore Faculty within Book StudiesBook Studies Faculty
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Laura Baudot
Associate Dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences -
Erik Inglis
Professor of Medieval Art History -
James O’Leary
Frederick R. Selch Associate Professor of Musicology -
Ann Sherif
Professor of Japanese -
Nanette Yannuzzi
Professor of Studio Art, Installation, Sculpture, Book Arts -
Sandra (Sandy) Zagarell
Visiting Donald R. Longman Emerita Professor of English
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