Admission requirements
This course is a core module for students on the MA Book and Digital Media Studies (or exchange students admitted to this programme). Students from other programmes are welcome to approach the course coordinator for admission, but this will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Description
This introductory course deals with the history of the printed book in the West. Central themes are the transition from manuscript to print, censorship, the development of copyright, technical and organisational changes in book production and distribution, reading and book collecting, the emergence of a public sphere, the physical appearance of the book, and the impact of the printed book on society. During the course, students will be given small research assignments.
Course objectives
Students acquire a general knowledge of the history of the printed book in the West from the invention of printing to the present;
Students become familiar with the methods and tools used in book historical research.
Timetable
The timetables are available through MyTimetable
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Seminars
Research
Assessment method
Assessment
Written examination
Assignment
Weighing
Written examination (70%)
Assignment (30%)
To complete the final mark, please take notice of the following: 1) the final grade for the course is established by determining the weighted average; 2) the final grade for the course is established by (I) determination of the weighted average combined with (II) additional requirements. These additional requirements generally relate to one or more of the subtests which always have to be sufficient.
Resit
In the case of a fail students are entitled to re-write the examination and/or small assignment.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
Eliot, Simon, & Jonathan Rose (eds.), A Companion to the History of the Book (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007).
Briggs, Asa, and Peter Burke, A Social History of the Media, from Gutenberg to the Internet (London: Polity Press, 2014).
Registration
Enrolment through My Studymap is mandatory.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Arsenaal