| Everyday death in Shakespeare's England |
This podcast talks about accidental deaths and the hazards of everyday life in Shakespeare's day |
Steven Gunn |
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| The Magic of Shakespeare |
This lecture will celebrate Shakespeare's immortality on the exact 400th anniversary of his burial. It will begin from Theseus' famous speech in A Midsummer Night's Dream about the magical, transformative power of poetry. |
Jonathan Bate |
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| Books for mind and community in 12th-century Oxford and Cirencester |
In this talk Andrew Dunning (Royal Bank of Canada Foundation Fellow) traces the development of the work of Alexander Neckam, one of the earliest known lecturers in Oxford, through manuscripts housed at the Bodleian. |
Andrew Dunning |
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| 1594: Shakespeare's most important year |
In the summer of 1594 William Shakespeare decided to invest around 50 Pounds to become a shareholder in a newly formed acting company: Lord Chamberlain's Men. This lecture examines the consequences of this decision, unique in English theatrical history. |
Bart van Es |
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| The Prayer-Book of Abbess Odilia |
Abbess Baerbel Goercke, Mariensee, delivers a talk for the Medingen Manuscripts Masterclass. |
Bärbel Görcke |
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| Musical Notation |
Ulrike Hascher-Burger, Utrecht University, delivers a talk for the Medingen Manuscripts Masterclass. |
Ulrike Hascher-Burger |
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| The Incunable Traces |
Alan Coates, Rare Books Assistant Librarian, Bodleain, delivers a talk for the Medingen Manuscripts Masterclass. |
Alan Coates |
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| Cistercian Punctuation |
Nigel F. Palmer, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, delivers a talk for the Medingen Manuscripts Masterclass. |
Nigel Palmer |
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| The Plaque in the Psalter and the Bindings |
Andrew Honey, Book Conservator (Research and Teaching), University of Oxford, delivers a talk for the Medingen Manuscripts Masterclass. |
Andrew Honey |
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| Masterclass: Medingen Manuscripts - Introduction |
Introduction to the Masterclass by Professor Henrike Laehnemann, Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics, University of Oxford. |
Henrike Lähnemann |
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| 200 years of fun and games |
Richard Ballam talks about the rich collections of games and pastimes he has recently donated to the Bodleian, the subject of the display Playing with History. |
Richard Ballam |
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| The Future of Research Libraries |
A talk delivered by Andrew Green at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015. |
Andrew Green |
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| Leadership and Embedding a Culture of Innovation at the University of Manchester |
A talk delivered by Jan Wilkinson at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015. |
Jan Wilkinson |
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| The State of the Archives in the UK and the Challenges Ahead |
A talk delivered by Clem Brohier at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015. |
Clem Brohier |
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| Evidence-Based Decision Making for Collection Management |
A talk delivered by Paul Cavanagh and James Kay at the Anybook Oxford Libraries Conference 2015 - Adapting for the Future: Developing Our Professions and Services, 21st July 2015. |
Paul Cavanagh, James Kay |
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| Malone's Chronologizing of Aubrey's Lives (putt in writing... tumultuarily) |
Keynote lecture by Margreta de Grazia, (Emerita Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania) for the Marginal Malone conference held in Oxford on June 26th, 2015. |
Margreta de Grazia |
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| Distinguishing Marks of Genius |
What do geniuses have in common, across the arts and sciences? And how do we distinguish genius from talent? Andrew Robinson, author of Genius: A Very Short Introduction, considers (a little of) the evidence. |
Andrew Robinson |
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| Pieces of the jigsaw: history through the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera |
A lunchtime lecture by Julie-Anne Lambert accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries. |
Julie-Anne Lambert |
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| The Savile Library |
Lunchtime lecture by Will Poole accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries. |
Will Poole |
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| Painted by numbers: decoding Ferdinand Bauer's Flora Graeca colour code |
Lunchtime lecture by Richard Mulholland accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries. |
Richard Mullholland |
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| Mr Douce steps into the nursery and lingers... |
A lunchtime lecture by Clive Hurst accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries. |
Clive Hurst |
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| Beauty and the Victorians |
'Buying beauty in the Victorian period' Dr Jessica Clark looks at the Victorian beauty industry, and the transition from disapproval of artifice to a celebration of the wonders of cosmetics. |
Jess Clark |
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| Marks on canvas, stone, wood and paper: the Genius of the Bodleian Portrait Collection |
Dana Josephson gives a talk for the Marks of Genius Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries series. |
Dana Josephson |
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| Missionaries and Religious Print Culture in Canada |
Bibles and religious literature were an integral part of Canadian society and culture between 1830 and 1900. |
Stuart Barnard |
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| Writing The Hobbit: a perilous quest |
In this talk Stuart Lee will look at the various texts we may call The Hobbit. Starting with the 1937 edition (on display) he will look at the changes enforced on Tolkien after he had finished The Lord of the Rings and how he coped with these. |
Stuart Lee |
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| New Sappho and new libraries |
Fourth Lunchtime lecture accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries. With Dr Dirk Obbink. |
Dirk Obbink |
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| Four centuries of Chinese book collecting |
Third Lunchtime lecture accompanying the exhibition Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries. With Mr David Helliwell. |
David Helliwell |
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| The Trade in Printed Books: an ingenious innovation that changed the Western World |
Second in the Marks of Genius series, with Dr Christina Dondi |
Christina Dondi |
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| Abridging Histories: Capt. James Cook and the Voyages of Reading (1784-) |
Professor Michael Suarez, in the Lyell Lectures 2015, urges scholars to remember the books that most readers encountered: the cheaper abridged versions of popular novels and accounts such as Cook's voyages. |
Michael Suarez |
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| Naming Names: Underwriting Patronage in Tonson's Caesar (1712) |
Professor Michael Suarez, in the Lyell Lectures 2015, locates the visual sources of a famous illustrated edition of Caesar's works and comments on the social and political significance of the subscription plate book. |
Michael Suarez |
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| Singular Multiples: Comprehending the General Evening Post (1754-86) |
Professor Michael Suarez continues the Lyell Lectures 2015, showing that archival evidence is necessary to understand the history of newspapers |
Michael Suarez |
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| Proliferating Images: Diagrams of the Slave Ship Brookes (1789) |
Professor Michael Suarez traces the transatlantic journey of a famous image deployed against the slave trade. |
Michael Suarez |
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| True Colours: A Natural History of Louis Renard's Poissons (1719) |
Professor Michael Suarez continues the Lyell Lectures 2015, asking what role colour plays in bibliographical description? |
Michael Suarez |
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| Engraved Throughout: Pine's Horace (1733) as a Bibliographical Object |
Professor Michael Suarez gives the first Lyell Lecture of 2015. |
Michael Suarez |
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| Oxford Figures: 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences |
Professor Robin Wilson, author of Alice's Adventures in Numberland, gives a talk on the history of studying Mathematics at Oxford, which is as old as the University itself. |
Robin Wilson |
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| The Lives of Harold Macmillan and Roy Jenkins |
Political biographers D R Thorpe and John Campbell speak about their subjects' careers culminating in the role of Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The discussion was chaired by Lord Patten of Barnes. |
D R Thorpe, John Campbell, Chris Patten |
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| Conscription and Conscientious Objection |
In this short talk Professor Martin Ceadel, Fellow and Tutor in Politics, New College, Oxford discusses the issue of military conscription and conscientious objection during the first world war. |
Martin Ceadel |
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| The Problem with Propaganda |
Dr Adrian Gregory, Fellow and Tutor in History, Pembroke College, Oxford discusses the use of propaganda by all sides during the first world war. |
Adrian Gregory |
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| The Meaning of 1914 |
A conversation between Professor Sir Hew Strachan and Professor Margaret MacMillan, chaired by Professor Patricia Clavin. |
Hew Strachan, Margaret MacMillan, Patricia Clavin |
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| Self-publishing in 18th-century Paris and London |
Marie-Claude Felton, Royal Bank of Canada-Bodleian Visiting Scholar, gives a talk for the Bodleian Library BODcasts series |
Marie-Claude Felton |
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| How to make your own eyeglasses for about one pound: an Oxford technology created to benefit the developing World |
Professor Joshua Silver talks about his invention of the self adjusting spectacles. |
Joshua Silver |
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| Lord Nuffield's Legacy to Oxford |
Dr Eric Sidebottom, Retired University Lecturer in Experimental Pathology, gives a lunch time talk to accompany the exhibition 'Great Medical Discoveries: 800 Years of Oxford Innovation'. |
Eric Sidebottom |
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| Oxford Medical Firsts: Celebrating 800 Years of Oxford Medicine. |
Conrad Keating, Writer-In-Residence, The Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, gives a lecture about the remarkable contribution Oxford has made to the art and science of medicine. |
Conrad Keating |
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| Embodying song in Early Modern England |
Katherine Larson (University of Toronto) gives a talk on music in Early Modern England accompanied by Lutenist Matthew Faulk |
Katherine Larson, Matthew Faulk |
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| Wolves and Winter: Old Norse Myths and Children's Literature |
Dr Carolyne Larrington, Supernumerary Fellow and Tutor in English, St John's College, gives a talk to accompany the exhibition 'Magical Books: From The Middle Ages to Middle Earth'. |
Carolyne Larrington |
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| Stoicism and its Legacy |
A lecture given by Dr John Sellars, lecturer in Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of London, about Stoicism to accompany the display at the Bodleian Library. |
John Sellars |
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| Once and Future Arthurs - Arthurian Literature for Children |
Anna Caughey gives a lecture at the Bodleian Library looking at the varying spectrum of literature about King Arthur written for children. |
Anna Caughey |
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| Richard Wagner: 200 Today |
Lecturer and conductor Dr Paul Coones delivers a lecture celebrating the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner. The talk is preceded by Siegried's Horn Call played by Sophie Dillon and includes the rarely performed Kinder-Katechismus zu Kosel's Geburtstag. |
Paul Coones |
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| The Hobbit at the Bodleian: World Book Day 2010 |
Judith Priestman, curator of literary manuscripts at the Bodleian library, discusses the World Book Day 2010 Tolkien exhibition, at which a selection of J.R.R. Tolkien's original artwork for The Hobbit, was on display to the public. |
Judith Priestman |
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| Dr Lawrence Goldman introduces the commemoration, 'Jim Callaghan Remembered' |
Dr Lawrence Goldman, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, introduces and chairs the seminar to commemorate the centenary of Jim Callaghan's birth. |
Lawrence Goldman |
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