| Growth, competition, stability, loss, renewal - The Lyell Lectures 2019 (5) |
Professor Richard Sharpe, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2018-2019 gives the fifth lecture inthe 2019 Lyell series. Part of the lecture series; Libraries and books in medieval England: the role of libraries in a changing book economy. |
Richard Sharpe |
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| Turnover in libraries - The Lyell Lectures 2019 (4) |
Professor Richard Sharpe, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2018-2019 gives the fourth lecture in the 2019 Lyell series. Part of the series; Libraries and books in medieval England: the role of libraries in a changing book economy |
Richard Sharpe |
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| Library books and personal books - The Lyell Lectures 2019 (3) |
Professor Richard Sharpe, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2018-2019, gives the third lecture in the 2019 Lyell series. Part of the lecture series; Libraries and books in medieval England: the role of libraries in a changing book economy. |
Richard Sharpe |
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| English medieval library catalogues - The Lyell Lectures 2019 (2) |
Professor Richard Sharpe, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2018-2019 gives the second lecture in the 2019 Lyell series. Part of the series; Libraries and books in medieval England: the role of libraries in a changing book economy. |
Richard Sharpe |
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| Medieval libraries of Great Britain - The Lyell Lectures 2019 (1) |
Professor Richard Sharpe, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2018-2019, gives the first of the 2019 Lyell lecture series. Part of the lecture series; Libraries and books in medieval England: the role of libraries in a changing book economy. |
Richard Sharpe |
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| The conservation of Japanese collections at Bodleian Libraries |
Learn about the conservation of unique Japanese items such as Naraehon, a Japanese genre of lavishly-illustrated literature from the fifteenth-eighteenth centuries. |
Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán |
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| Thinking 3D: Byrne-Bussey Marconi Lecture |
Thinking 3D is an interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of three-dimensionality and its impact on the arts and sciences, co-investigated by Dr Laura Moretti and Daryl Green. |
Laura Moretti, Daryl Green |
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| Visual metre and rhythm: the function of movable devices in books |
A lecture for the Oxford Bibliographical Society and the Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book, by Bodleian Printer in Residence, 2018, Emily Martin. |
Emily Martin |
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| Masterclass: the Frankenstein notebooks at the Bodleian Libraries |
An examination of the notebooks in which Mary Shelley drafted Frankenstein. These two notebooks, one purchased probably in Geneva, the second in England, are now kept in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. |
Miranda Seymour, Richard Ovenden, Stephen Hebron |
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| Mythopoeia: myth-creation and Middle-earth |
A celebration of Tolkien and his creations, with special guests Dame Marina Warner, Prof Verlyn Flieger and Dr Dimitra Fimi. |
Marina Warner, Verlyn Flieger, Dimitra Fimi |
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| Royal Bank of Canada Foundation Lecture: Reading French in 15th-century England |
Julia Mattison (RBC Foundation-Bodleian Visiting Fellow at the Bodleian Libraries until 19 December 2018) gives a lecture on reading french in 15th century english. |
Julia Mattison |
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| Marconi lecture 2018: Imperial Wave: how empire shaped the network of wireless in South Asia at the turn of the twentieth century |
Dr Medha Saxena (Delhi, and Byrne Bussey Marconi Fellow), gives the 2018 annual Marconi lecture. |
Medha Saxena |
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| The Future of the Monograph: An Open Access Forum |
Panel Discussion to debate the proposed changes to the policy on Open Access for monographs in the next REF after REF 2021 which will have profound implications for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. |
Richard Ovenden, Julia Smith, Helen Snaith, David Clark |
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| Old Norse |
Eleanor Parker, Lecturer in Medieval English Literature, Brasenose College, Oxford, gives the fifth and final talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. This lecture focuses on Tolkien and old norse. |
Eleanor Parker |
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| Old English |
Mark Atherton, Senior Lecturer in English, Regent's Park College, Oxford, gives the fourth talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. This lecture focuses on Tolkien and old english. |
Mark Atherton |
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| Gothic |
Elizabeth Solopova, Lecturer in English Literature, Christ Church, Oxford. Tolkien wrote that he was 'fascinated' with the 'beautiful' Gothic language that he started to study at school, and his literary works attest to this interest. |
Elizabeth Solopova |
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| Medieval Welsh |
Tolkien once termed Welsh 'the elder language of the men of Britain'; this talk explores how the sounds and grammar of Welsh captured Tolkien's imagination and are reflected in Sindarin, one of the two major Elvish languages which he created. |
Mark Williams (English Faculty) |
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| Middle English |
This lecture is on Tolkien and middle english. Professor Carolyne Larrington, Tutorial Fellow in English Literature, St John's College, Oxford gives the first talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Why Read Frankenstein in 2018? |
Two hundred years after it was first published, Nick Groom explains the abiding appeal and extraordinary contemporary relevance of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. |
Nick Groom |
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| Tolkien's turning point: Tolkien and the history of tongues |
Tom Shippey's lecture will move from the detail to the (eventual) design of Tolkien's languages, and even the philosophical issues embedded in Tolkien's fiction. |
Tom Shippey |
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| The Lyell Lectures 2018: Book Ownership in Stuart England: 'Cultures of collecting in the 17th century' |
David Pearson, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2017-18 and Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London gives the fifth and final Lyell lecture on 8th May 2018. |
David Pearson |
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| The Lyell Lectures 2018: Book Ownership in Stuart England: 'Books for the common man' |
David Pearson, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2017-18 and Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London gives the fourth Lyell lecture on 3rd May 2018. |
David Pearson |
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| The Lyell Lectures 2018: Book Ownership in Stuart England: 'Women and books in the 17th century' |
David Pearson, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2017-18 and Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London gives the third Lyell lecture on 1st May 2018. |
David Pearson |
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| The Lyell Lectures 2018: Book Ownership in Stuart England: 'Books for use and books for show' |
David Pearson, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2017-18 and Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London gives the second 2018 Lyell lecture on 26th April 2018. |
David Pearson |
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| The Lyell Lectures 2018: Book Ownership in Stuart England: 'Setting the scene: Trends and patterns' |
David Pearson, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2017-18 and Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London, gives the first of the 2018 Lyell lectures on Tuesday 24 April 2018. |
David Pearson |
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| What happened to wireless? |
Jacob Ward, Bodleian Libraries Byrne-Bussey Marconi Fellow, Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL, gives the 2018 Marconi lecture. |
Jacob Ward |
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| Printing a Line at the Bodleian Weston Library Printing Press |
This one-off print comprised text and drawing by artist and writer Tamarin Norwood, concluding her year-long residency at Spike Island Bristol, |
Tamarin Norwood |
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| Making Third Stream Books in the Post-digital Age |
Russell Maret talks about the development of the primary themes of his artist's books - alphabet design, colour printing, and geometric form, also the influences of history and technology on his methods and subject matter. |
Russell Maret |
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| Researching the Impeachment and Trial of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford |
Visiting fellow, Dr Robin Eagles of the History of Parliament Trust discusses his research into Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford |
Robin Eagles |
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| Tanakh and textuality |
Visiting researcher Dr Rachel Wamsley discusses the renowned Oppenheimer Collection, whose holdings shed light on the printing house as a site of cultural and literary encounter between Jews and Christians in early modern Europe. |
Rachel Wamsley |
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| Marconi and media history |
Dr Noah Arceneaux, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media Studies, San Diego State University, Byrne-Bussey Marconi Visiting Fellow 2016-17, Bodleian Library, talks about the history of wireless broadcasting and the Bodleian Marconi Archive. |
Noah Arceneaux |
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| A life in politics: Lord Heseltine in conversation with Lord Hennessy |
Michael Heseltine discusses his political career with Peter Hennessy. |
Michael Heseltine, Peter Hennessy, Richard Ovenden |
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| Rumi: his life, work, and poetry |
Dr Zahra Taheri, Bahari Visiting Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book, speaks about Rumi's life, mystical teaching, doctrine, and poetry. With Music by Dr Peyman Heydarian. |
Zahra Taheri, Peyman Heydarian, Fitzroy Morrissey |
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| Research business and the shortwave beam: Marconi and the uses of wireless in postwar years |
Giovanni Paoloni discusses the influence of the development of the shortwave beam technology on Marconi and the Marconi Company |
Giovanni Paoloni |
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| Marconi's early Latin projects over the South-Atlantic |
Ines Queiroz explores how technical constraints have shaped strategies for wireless networks development |
Inês Queiroz |
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| Performing Shakespeare: then and now |
Jonathan Lloyd and Tiffany Stern, discuss performing Shakespeare in the past and now |
Jonathan Lloyd, Tiffany Stern |
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| Shakespeare and the Victorians |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Professor of English Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for Shakespeare Oxford 2016 series. |
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst |
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| Modelos cursivos y aprendizaje de la escritura en la Corona de Castilla en el siglo XV (in Spanish) |
Carmen del Camino (Seville), gives a talk The unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and their place in the history of handwriting, a seminar held on 30th September 2016. |
Carmen del Camino |
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| Scritture umanistiche elementari (in Italian) |
Teresa De Robertis (Florence), gives a talk for The unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and their place in the history of handwriting, a seminar held on 30th September 2016. |
Teresa De Robertis |
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| Hands turned to stone: some unconventional attempts at inscriptional lettering |
Marc Smith (Paris), gives a talk for The unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and their place in the history of handwriting, a seminar held on 30th September 2016. |
Marc Smith |
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| Introduction to the unskilled scribe |
Irene Ceccherini (Oxford) gives a talk for the unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and their place in the history of handwriting, a seminar held on 30th September 2016. |
Irene Ceccherini |
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| Elementary cursive handwriting in English and Scottish Charters, 1150-1250 |
Teresa Webber (Cambridge), gives a talk in the the unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and their place in the history of handwriting, held on September 30th 2016. |
Teresa Webber |
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| Elite Folktales: An Exquisite Sixteenth-Century Persian Illustrated Manuscript in the Bodleian Library's Ouseley Collection |
A conversation with Dr Nasrin Askari, Bahari Visiting Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book 2016 and Alasdair Watson, Bahari Curator of Persian Collections, Bodleian Library |
Nasrin Askari, Alasdair Watson |
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| Launch of the 15th Century Booktrade |
Cristina Dondi and her colleagues launch the 15th Century Booktrade. |
Cristina Dondi, Kristian Jensen, Geri Della Rocca de Candal, Simon Walton, Richard Sharpe, Maria Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni, Karen Limper-Herz, Matilde Malaspina, Yujie Zhong |
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| Brown's landscapes in the twenty-first century |
Join the head gardeners of Stowe and Compton Verney to explore the challenges, changes and rewards of protecting and preserving Capability Brown's landscapes in his tercentenary year. |
Barry Smith, Gary Webb |
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| Life, death and astrology in Shakespeare's England |
Lauren Kassell (Reader in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge) gives a talk for the Bodleian libraries. |
Lauren Kassell |
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| Eloquence vault mieulx que force |
Vernacular Translations of Plutarch and Political Argument in Renaissance France |
Rebecca Kingston |
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| Memorialising Shakespeare: The First Folio and other elegies |
Emma Smith (Professor of English Literature, Oxford), gives a talk on Shakespeare memorials. |
Emma Smith |
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| Venus and Adonis |
Professor Katherine Duncan Jones, Senior Research Fellow, Somerville College, gives a talk on Shakespeare's poem, Venus and Adonis. |
Katherine Duncan-Jones |
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| Donne to Death |
Peter McCullough, Professor of English, University of Oxford, gives a talk on John Donne. |
Peter McCullough |
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