Jake Benson Email & Phone Number
Researcher, Persian Manuscripts @ John Rylands Library
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Jake Benson Location
- Elmira, NY, US
Jake Benson Work
- 2020 -now Researcher, Persian Manuscripts @
- 2019 -2019 Aga Khan Museum Fellow @
- 2018 -2019 Theodore Rousseau Fellow, 2018–19 @
- 2017 -2018 Eleanor M. Garvey Fellow in Printing and Graphic Arts @
- 2018 -2018 Getty Research Institute Library Fellow @
- 2012 -2016 Curator and Senior Conservator, Dar al-Kutub Manuscript Project @ Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation
- 2000 -2012 Hand Bookbinder, Conservator, and Restorer. @ Benson's Hand Bindery
- 2011 -2011 Contract Persian Cataloger, McKeldin Library Technical Services Division. @
- 2006 -2011 Artist in Residence and Workshop Instructor @ Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center
- 2009 -2009 Book Conservation Intern @
- 2005 -2006 Rare Book Conservation Intern @
- 1996 -2000 Book Conservator @ Etherington Conservation Services
- 1995 -1996 Bookbinder @ Florentine Bookbindery
- 1993 -1995 Special Collections Intern @
Jake Benson Education
- Universiteit Leiden
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics)
2016-2023 - University of Maryland College Park
Persian Flagship graduate certificate (Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics)
2011-2012 - University of Maryland
BA (Persian Studies, Middle East Studies, and Art History.)
2007-2010 - North Bennet Street School
Certificate (Bookbinding)
1993-1995 - TST BOCES
Certificate (Printing technology)
1989-1991 - The American University in Cairo
(Arabic)
1987-1987 - Alternative Community School
High School Diploma (Art Major)
1980-1987
Jake Benson Skills
- Museums
- History
- Museum Collections
- Digital Preservation
- Cataloging
- Persian
- Art History
- Museum Education
- Special Collections
- Library
- Curating
- Bookbinding
- Research
- Art Restoration
- Manuscript
- Restoration
- Conservation Issues
- Historic Preservation
- Academic Libraries
- Library Science
- Archival Research
- Art
- Archival Preservation
- Archives
- Books
- Art Exhibitions
- Cultural Heritage
- Materials
- Presentation
- Ephemera
- Manuscripts
Jake Benson Summary
- Jake Benson, based in Elmira, NY, US, is currently a Researcher, Persian Manuscripts at John Rylands Research Institute, John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. Jake Benson brings experience from previous roles at Aga Khan Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Houghton Library and Getty Research Institute. Jake Benson holds a 2016 - 2023 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics @ Universiteit Leiden. With a robust skill set that includes Museums, History, Museum Collections, Digital Preservation, Cataloging and more. Jake Benson has 1 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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