Master Rare Book and Digital Humanities
The Rare Book and Digital Humanities Master’s degree aims at providing high level competence in rare and early books with a view to providing the capacity to work in the book trade or in rare book conservation and digitization, along with digital humanities expertise allowing one to supervise digitization, online accessibility, and 3D animation projects, among others.
A two-year Master’s degree taught in English (80 per cent) and French (20 per cent). Subjects taught include descriptive bibliography (description of rare and early books); history of the book and writing; digital humanities theory and practice; community management; computer science (TEI, XML, database creation and management, digital imaging, 3D technology) and basic training in classical languages. It provides the following skills: knowledge of the principles of descriptive bibliography and competence in bibliographical description of rare and early books; familiarity with the book world and culture of writing as well as culture in a broad sense; theoretical and practical knowledge in computer science; general and practical knowledge of ancient and modern languages, with a view to being able to work at an international level in the book trade, auction houses, libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions.
This postgraduate degree has a twofold research and professional orientation. It therefore prepares for either professional insertion in one of the sectors described below or further study at the doctorate level.
Graduates in classics, comparative literature, history, art history, English or modern languages, philosophy, and all persons interested in the culture of the book and writing and in applied digital technology (persons without a B.A. degree can apply for validation of professional experience). French language courses are offered before the beginning of the academic year.
