Jessica Lockhart: Old Books, New Science, and Hidden Stories
Room: 2032
Dr. Jessica Lockhart is Head of Research for the Old Books New Science Lab (OBNS) at the University of Toronto directed by Alexandra Gillespie. A medievalist by training, she now helps shape the development of large-scale research projects and partnerships between the lab and researchers at the University of Toronto, across Canada, and internationally.
Since 2019 she has facilitated collaborations concerning the humanistic, archaeological, and scientific study of premodern book technologies. Her team’s current project is Hidden Stories: New Approaches to the Local and Global History of the Book (2022-2026).