Mitch Fraas

Mitch Fraas is a senior curator at the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of History. He holds a PhD and MA in History from Duke University and a BA from Boston College. His research focuses on the legal culture of British India, the history of printing, digital humanities, and the future of scholarly publishing.

• Education: PhD and MA in History (Duke University), BA (Boston College)
• Key Projects: Principal investigator on a multi-institutional digitization project of Islamicate manuscripts in Philadelphia and New York libraries.

His research interests span legal history, imperialism, material culture, and digital scholarship. He actively engages with copyright issues and the evolution of scholarly communication.

Notable contributions include advancing digital preservation initiatives and bridging historical studies with modern publishing challenges.