Karen James

Lecturer

E-mail:
Phone: 434-924-7158
Office: Randall Hall
Spring 2012 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 10:30 -12:00, Wednesdays, 1:00 - 3:00, and by appointment.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Virginia
• Master of Arts (MA), University of Michigan System : Ann Arbor
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Virginia

Research and Teaching Interests:

Sixteenth-century French literature, history of the book in early modern France, approaches to teaching and studying language and literature, Internet and digital technology as tools for research and teaching in the Humanities.

The Renaissance in Print: Sixteenth-Century French Books in the Douglas H. Gordon Collection

Underway since 2003, The Renaissance in Print is a collaborative endeavor of the French Department and the University of Virginia Library, funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Florence Gould Foundation.  The project seeks to aid in preserving and providing access to a remarkable collection of rare sixteenth-century French books by creating archival-quality facsimiles of the treasures of the collection and providing color digital facsimiles of the books on the project website. By presenting the digital collection in a thematic interface, with accompanying reference materials, the Gordon Project aims to expand the role of rare books and of Internet/digital technology in both research and teaching.