Lunch with the Libraries & Museums – Halls of Wonder: The Earliest Illustrated Books of Libraries and Museums from the Rare Book Collections of the Sheridan Libraries

SheridanLibraries HopkinsatHome December 11, December 11, Fridayhopkins at home, lunch with the libraries, virtualPresented in partnership with Lifelong Learning and Hopkins at Home, Lunch with the Libraries & Museums is a series of free, online, public lectures through which staff from the Sheridan Libraries & University Museums discuss ongoing research, teaching, and curatorial workOver the past two decades, the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries has gathered together one of the most comprehensive collections of “wunderkammer” books, the earliest illustrated books about libraries and museums from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.Join experts from the Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book as they share highlights from these earliest and most extraordinary books dedicated to the wonders of nature and human invention, offering a glimpse into the history of collecting, display, and the organization of knowledge in the early modern world.The speakers in this online program will include: Dr. Earle Havens – Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Director of the Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book at Johns Hopkins UniversityLeib Celnik – Stern Center Graduate Student Fellow, History of Science & TechnologyJullianne Mehra – Stern Center Graduate Student Fellow, Modern Languages & Literatures, French DivisionYuefeng Wu – Stern Center Graduate Student Fellow, History of Arthah-26-lwtlmhallsofwonder-v