Ligatus Summer School 2016

5-16 September (Lisbon, Portugal)

We are very pleased to announce the Ligatus Summer School 2016, hosted this year by the New University of Lisbon (NOVA) in association with the University of the Arts London (UAL), the National Library of Portugal and the Torre do Tombo National Archive.

The School will feature two weeklong courses taught by leading experts in the field of book history and conservation:

·      Week 1 (5-9 September): Identifying and Recording Bookbinding Structures of the Eastern Mediterranean

Tutors: Dr Athanasios Velios and Dr Georgios Boudalis

·      Week 2 (12-16 September): European Bookbinding, 1450-1830

Tutor: Professor Nicholas Pickwoad

The School is world-renowned amongst librarians, cataloguers, conservators, book historians, book collectors and scholars who work with early books. Participants explore the development of historic bindings, with a particular emphasis on description and recording of structures and materials. The knowledge gained through the School supports highly informed collection management in libraries, academic research and conservation decision-making.

Booking for the School will open later in May. In the meantime, if you or a colleague would like to express an interest in attending please email ligatus@arts.ac.uk, and we will inform you as soon as booking opens. Once booking is open, places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Further information is available on the Summer School website.

Best wishes,

Thomas Bower (Research Centre Administrator)