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collaborations in research and teaching
a workshop
In Spring 2026, Technologies of the Book is being taught as a humanities-arts-science course at Yale for both undergraduates and graduate students.
We come together as curators, conservators, conservation scientists, faculty and students in an experiment to push the bounds of learning.
Projects
group analyses
personal books
Collaborators
a teaching ratio of almost 1:1
Students
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Manuscripts we study
M+
Books in our collections
Curiosity Meets Expertise
discuss the project
Conversations at the Beinecke: Anikó, Jae, John, Richard and Ayesha discuss what manuscripts to use
The Team
We bridge various departments, collections, and disciplines through COSMOS: Collaborations to Study Materiality and Objects
Instructors
Anikó Bezur
Wallace S. Wilson Director of Scientific Research, Yale IPCH
Richard Hark
Research Scientist, Yale IPCH
Ayesha Ramachandran
Professor of Comparative Literature, Co-Director, Yale COSMOS
Research & Teaching Partners
Jae Rossman
Associate Director for Special Collections Instruction and Research Services
John Habib
Teaching Fellow & Doctoral Candidate, Medieval Studies
Katelin Hallchurch
Postgraduate Research Assistant, Yale IPCH
Conversation Partners
Marie-France Lemay
Head, Paper and Photograph Conservation
Paula Zyats
Assistant Chief Conservator, Rare Books and Bound Manuscripts
Karen Jutzi
Senior Conservation Technician
