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The departments of Art History, English, History, History of Science, and Modern Languages at OU together joined the Newberry Library’s Renaissance Studies Consortium in 2008.
Membership in the Newberry Renaissance Studies Consortium offers students and professors of medieval and early modern studies at OU the opportunity to participate in the Newberry’s wide range of programs, including intensive training in paleography, bibliography, codicology, and textual editing, along with interdisciplinary seminars, workshops, and conferences. The Renaissance Center also provides a lively community of scholars who come from all over the world to use the Newberry’s collection of over 200 medieval manuscripts and over 2,000 early modern manuscripts including classical, patristic, scientific, medical, and religious texts. The Newberry’s collections also contain remarkable texts pertaining to the history of the book and printing, and over 400 works concerning European expansion into the New World.
Members of the Newberry Consortium also enjoy reciprocal membership in the Folger Institute, Washington, D.C.
Recipients of Newberry funding:
- Prof. Su Fang Ng (English), who attended a conference at the Folger Institute (academic year 2008-9)
- Rebecca Davis (History), who conducted research at the Newberry Library (academic year 2008-9)
- In addition, Julie Grissom (History of Science) will be serving on the Newberry’s graduate student conference organizing committee during academic year 2009-10
For information on applying for OU-Consortium funding to visit the Newberry or the Folger, contact Kathleen Crowther at kcrowther@ou.edu.
For more information about the Newberry Library and the Folger Institute, visit the links below:
Membership has been made possible through the generous support of OU President David Boren, Dean of University Libraries Sul H. Lee, Dean of Fine Arts Gene Enrico, and Dean of Arts & Sciences Paul Bell.
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