Shannon K. Supple (Yale University), “Beinecke’s Paper Gardens” (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Join us for a walk through plant illustration processes in books with Shannon K. Supple, curator of natural history and British collections and co-curator of early modern collections.

 

Zoom webinar registration: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RczRd-vEQayX52XKU59x9Q

 

Supple came to Yale from Smith College, where she served as curator of rare books for more than seven years. She previously worked at the Bancroft Library and Robbins Collection at the University of California, Berkeley, and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA.  Supple specializes in book history and the material and social contexts of texts in the early modern and modern worlds. Her approach is to ask what a particular book does, and what can be learned from its creation and use over time. She employs book historical methodologies to inquire into the early modern history of science, with a focus on studies of the natural world. She also has expertise in contemporary artists’ books. Her favorite professional organization is the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP).

 

Mondays at Beinecke online talks focus on materials from the collections and include an opening presentation at 4pm followed by conversation and Q & A beginning about 4:30pm until 5pm. Episodes are generally recorded and published on the library’s YouTube channel within a few weeks of the original live program.