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Book History and Print Culture (Collaborative Program)

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Lead Faculty

Arts and Science

Degree Programs Offered

Art – MA, PhD
Comparative Literature – MA, PhD
English – MA, PhD
French Language and Literature – MA, PhD
History – MA, PhD
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology – MA, PhD
Information Studies – MISt, PhD
Italian Studies – MA, PhD
Medieval Studies – MA, PhD
Music – MA, PhD

Overview

Histoire du livre, History of the Book, Textual Studies, Print Culture, Sociology of the Text - all these names have been used to describe a growing international academic movement. The graduate programs listed above, in conjunction with Massey College, sponsor an interdisciplinary program in Book History and Print Culture (BHPC) in which the rich physical and human resources of the University of Toronto are brought to bear on multiple aspects of the creation, transmission, and reception of the written word.

Students register first for a master's or doctoral degree in their home units and then apply to the collaborative program. If they satisfy the requirements of both programs, they receive their degree with a notation on the transcript "Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture".

Contact and Address

Web: bookhistory.fis.utoronto.ca
E-mail: book.history@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 946-3560
Fax: (416) 978-1759

Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture
Massey College
4 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E1
Canada

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Degree Programs

Master’s Degrees

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative program must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating departments (home unit). Applicants to the collaborative program write to the Director giving information about their backgrounds and relevant interests, identifying the degree and home unit for which they are applying, and outlining a proposed program of study preferably by April 1 for September admission. Applicants need not wait for a final decision from the home unit before applying to the collaborative program. (An academic transcript should be included in the application; a photocopy or print-out from a student Web service will do.) Advice is available from the Director and the Program Committee.

  • Applications from the participating units have priority in admissions. If there is space in the program, students from other units may apply; they should consult the graduate coordinator in their home unit and the Director of the BHPC program. Since course requirements vary from unit to unit, it is essential that there be close consultation between the collaborative program and the home unit at the time of the application.

Program Requirements

  • Students must fulfil the degree requirements of the unit in which they are enrolled. Their program of study must also be approved by the BHPC Program Committee. Normally, the BHPC requirements will be met within the program of the home unit.

  • At least 2.0 full-course equivalents (FCE) in courses related to book history and print culture, including the seminar BKS 1000Y.

  • Depending on the regulations of the home unit, a master's thesis in the area of book history and print culture may be counted as satisfying the requirement for a second course beyond BKS 1000Y.

Doctor of Philosophy

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative program must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating departments (home unit). Applicants to the collaborative program write to the Director giving information about their backgrounds and relevant interests, identifying the degree and home unit for which they are applying, and outlining a proposed program of study preferably by April 1 for September admission, though late applications will also be considered. Applicants need not wait for a final decision from the home unit before applying to the collaborative program. (An academic transcript should be included in the application; a photocopy or print-out from a student Web service will do.) Advice is available from the Director and the Program Committee.

  • Applications from the participating units have priority in admissions. If there is space in the program, students from other units may apply; they should consult the graduate coordinator in their home unit and the Director of the BHPC program. Since course requirements vary from unit to unit, it is essential that there be close consultation between the collaborative program and the home unit at the time of the application.

  • An interview will normally form part of the admissions procedure for doctoral applicants.

Program Requirements

  • All students must fulfil the degree requirements of the unit in which they are enrolled. Their program of study must also be approved by the BHPC Program Committee.

  • BKS 2000H and BKS 2001H. If students have not already taken BKS 1000Y at the master's level, they will be required to take it as a prerequisite or corequisite to the foregoing two doctoral courses.

  • The dissertation topic will be in the area of book history and print culture, and the advisory committee will include representation from outside the home unit.

  • The program may be completed on a flexible-time basis only by FIS students registered for the FIS flexible-time PhD

Courses

BKS 1000Y Book History and Print Culture
BKS 2000H Advanced Seminar in Book History and Print Culture
BKS 2001H Practicum in Book History and Print Culture

For further details and for listings of appropriate courses in various graduate units, see Web site http://bookhistory.fis.utoronto.ca.

Program Committee

Heather Jackson - BA, MA, PhD - English
Anthony Glinoer - MA – PhD - French

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