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S2 Ep2: BOOKNESS with Kevin Steele |
BOOKNESS talks to graphic designer and book artist Kevin Steele about his pop-up book ‘The Movable Book of Letterforms’, which is on display in the Bodleian’s exhibition ‘Alphabet’s Alive!’ until the end of January 2024. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Kevin Steele |
13 Dec 2023 |
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S2 Ep1: BOOKNESS with Paul Johnson |
BOOKNESS talks to book artist Paul Johnson about his pop-up book ‘Dies Natalis’, which was created as a gift to the Bodleian library for the Gifts and Books exhibition. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Paul Johnson |
13 Oct 2023 |
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Shaping legacies |
Lecture 5 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
01 Jun 2023 |
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S1 Ep5: BOOKNESS with Justine Provino |
On the 30th anniversay of its publication, BOOKNESS talks to book conservator and PhD candidate Justine Provino about her research into the self-destructing book 'Agrippa'. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Justine Provino |
09 Dec 2022 |
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S1 Ep4: BOOKNESS with Stephen Emmerson |
BOOKNESS talks to poet and artist Stephen Emmerson about his book 'Translation of Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge', a paperback novel 'translated' into mushrooms. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Stephen Emmerson |
21 Nov 2022 |
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S1 Ep3: BOOKNESS with Yiota Demetriou |
BOOKNESS talks to multi-media artist Yiota Demetriou about her book 'To You', a book made with thermal ink that requires the intimacy and heat of the reader's hands to reveal its text. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Yiota Demetriou |
15 Nov 2022 |
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S1 Ep2: BOOKNESS with Ben Denzer |
In the first episode in this series, BOOKNESS talks to book designer and artist Ben Denzer, about a book he has created from 20 slices of Kraft American cheese. |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Ben Denzer |
08 Nov 2022 |
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S1 Ep1: Welcome to BOOKNESS |
Welcome to BOOKNESS, a podcast from the Centre for the Study of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries exploring artists' books made of unusual materials… |
Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Chris Fletcher, Emma Smith |
08 Nov 2022 |
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Meet the Manuscripts: the Renaissance reform of the book |
Dr Martin Holford and Dr David Rundle explore how the Italian Renaissance led to major changes in how manuscripts were made, written and decorated in England. |
Martin Holford, David Rundle |
14 Apr 2022 |
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Meet the Maps: Unconventional Views of Oxford |
Focusing on four very different maps of Oxford - each of the maps has its own tale to tell, some showing Oxford as it was; others showing Oxford as it might have been; and others how Oxford never was. |
Nick Millea, Stuart Ackland, Helen Cook |
05 Apr 2022 |
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Enhancing staff and customer experience at the Bodleian |
How has Bodleian Admissions team used Focus tools to improve ways of working and enhance customer experience across office-based and remote situations? The Bodleian’s Athena Demetriou talks with Focus team’s Roberta Burtsal. |
Roberta Burtsal, Athena Demetriou |
28 Feb 2022 |
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Talk 2: Beyond the velvet cover: textiles and craft in Byzantine bookbinding |
Georgios Boudalis explores the subject of textiles and craft in Byzantine bookbinding, sharing techniques little known not only in the context of Byzantine bookbinding but also more generally in the context of Byzantine material culture. |
Georgios Boudalis, Alice Evans |
06 Dec 2021 |
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Talk 1: Textiles in Libraries: glimpses from the Bodleian |
The first talk in the Textiles in Libraries: Context and Conservation series brings together three colleagues from across the Bodleian Library to explore the wide variety and sometimes surprising uses of textiles found in our collections. |
Jo Maddocks, Andrew Honey, Martin Kauffmann, Alice Evans |
11 Nov 2021 |
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Lost and found in the map library: changes in early map librarianship |
Georgia Brown, UW-Milwaukee Libraries, WI, USA, gives the third talk in session 3B of the seminar. |
Georgia Brown |
12 May 2021 |
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Beyond “clerical cartography”: gender and the production of Sanborn fire insurance maps in the 1920s |
Jack Swab, University of Kentucky, USA, gives the second talk in session 3B in the seminar. |
Jack Swab |
12 May 2021 |
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Where are all the women? The case of the Halls |
Debbie Hall, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, gives the first talk in session 3B in the seminar. |
Debbie Hall |
12 May 2021 |
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The political cartographies of Marthe Rajchman |
Mike Heffernan and Benjamin Thorpe, University of Nottingham, give the first talk of session 3A in the seminar. |
Mike Heffernan, Benjamin Thorpe |
12 May 2021 |
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From body as territory to feminicides mapping: discourses and mapping languages by Latin American feminist cartographies |
Manuela Silveira, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, gives the third talk in the second session of the seminar. |
Manuela Silveira |
12 May 2021 |
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Mapping toward equitable solutions in public transit planning |
Suzie Birdsell, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting, Boston, USA, gives the second presentation, in the second session of the seminar. |
Suzie Birdsell |
12 May 2021 |
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‘Octavia always enjoyed a map’: Octavia Hill, maps, and Victorian social reform |
Elizabeth Baigent, University of Oxford, gives the first talk in the second session of the seminar. |
Elizabeth Baigent |
12 May 2021 |
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Women and children first: gender, flood and victimhood in Dutch eighteenth-century maps of dike-breaks |
Anne-Rieke van Schaik, University of Amsterdam, gives the third in the first session of the seminar. |
Anne-Rieke van Schaik |
12 May 2021 |
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The rise, persistence and surprising end of female personifications of the continents on maps |
Chet Van Duzer, University of Rochester, NY, USA, gives the second presentation in the first session of the seminar. |
Chet Van Duzer |
12 May 2021 |
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Where are the women on sixteenth-century French World maps? |
Camille Serchuk, Southern Connecticut State University, USA, gives the first talk in the first session of the seminar. |
Camille Serchuk |
12 May 2021 |
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Welcome and Introduction |
Catríona Cannon, Deputy Librarian, Bodleian Libraries, introduces the seminar. |
Catriona Cannon |
12 May 2021 |
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'The Lady Collationers': women and the study of medieval manuscripts in the Bodleian Libraries |
A look at the careers of the Parker sisters known as the Lady Collationers |
Hope Williard |
02 Mar 2021 |
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Introduction |
Richard Ovenden, head of the Bodleian Library, gives a short introduction to the event |
Richard Ovenden |
02 Mar 2021 |
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The History of Magic |
What is magic, when did it begin, and does it still have a place in the modern world? Professor Chris Gosden discusses the long history of magic from the Ice Age, through antiquity, to the present. |
Chris Gosden |
29 Sep 2020 |
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What’s beneath the words: a paper journey |
Presented in collaboration with the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book. |
Andrew Honey, David Armes, Alexandra Franklin |
30 Jun 2020 |
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Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries |
Join Rebecca Abrams in conversation with Samuel Fanous to discuss her riveting and beautiful new book, edited with César Merchan-Hamann, Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries. You can purchase the book https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/jewish-treasures |
Rebecca Abrams, Samuel Fanous |
08 Jun 2020 |
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One stitch at the time: Returning the Sheldon Tapestry Maps to life |
This talk was given as part of the Sheldon Tapestry Maps Symposium |
Nick Millea, Virginia llado-Buisan |
02 Dec 2019 |
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Leonardo's thoughts on mechanics and useful inventions |
6,000 surviving notes and drawings reveal Leonardo da Vinci’s way of thinking. This talk focuses on Leonardo’s second book, On Mechanics, and explores how he later applied mechanical laws to studies for 'useful inventions'. |
Matthew Landrus |
12 Jun 2019 |
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Particles in space |
Join Dr Donal Hill for a tour of the invisible, as he describes how particle detectors measure 3D information to help uncover the secrets of tiny fundamental particles. |
Donal Hill |
12 Jun 2019 |
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Getting to the heart of cardiac disease: a multi-disciplinary effort to image the heart in 3D |
Discover how researchers are using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to acquire images that show how the heart works on both a whole organ and cellular level. With Dr Kerstin Timm and Dr Justin Lau. |
Kerstin Timm, Justin Lau |
12 Jun 2019 |
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Plans and elevation: the development of architectural drawings |
Dr Karl Kinsella introduces a 12th-century manuscript which explores the mystical visions of the prophet Ezekiel and contains some of the earliest architectural drawings in existence. |
Karl Kinsella |
12 Jun 2019 |
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Parallel lines down the centuries |
For 21 centuries, mathematicians worried about a fundamental assumption made by Euclid of Alexandria: that parallel lines must meet at infinity. |
Christopher Hollings |
12 Jun 2019 |
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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 |
05 Apr 2019 |
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A Tiny Book of Hours |
MPhil Student, Kierri Price, introduces a tiny book of hours - a collection of prayers and devotional material from the late 1300s that would have been read at set intervals during the day. |
Kierri Price |
18 Oct 2018 |
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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 |
19 Mar 2018 |
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Volcanoes: Natural Disaster Narratives and the Environment in Caribbean Literature |
A panel discussion |
Elleke Boehmer, Imaobong Umoren, Richard Scholar, Anne Castro |
05 Jun 2017 |
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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 |
14 Oct 2016 |
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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 |
14 Oct 2016 |
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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 |
14 Oct 2016 |
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Tales of the Bodleian's First Folio |
Pip Wilcox, Curator of Digital Special Collections, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the 2016 DHOXSS on Shakespeare's First Folio, held by the Bodleian. |
Pip Wilcox |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Imaging Beyond the Institution: How DIY Digitization Impacts Research |
Judith Siefring, (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the 2016 Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School. |
Judith Siefring |
06 Jul 2016 |
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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 |
04 Apr 2016 |
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The Materiality of Medieval Manuscripts |
Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in German Medieval Literature and Linguistics. |
Henrike Lähnemann, Richard Ovenden, Sally Mapstone, kristin püttmann |
15 Feb 2016 |
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In Pursuit of Beauty: Modern Guides to the Hair, Face, and Body, 1784-1933 |
Dr Jessica Clark discusses Victorian beauty practices with items from the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections. |
Jessica Clark |
13 Oct 2015 |
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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 |
04 Aug 2015 |
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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 |
15 Jul 2015 |
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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 |
09 Jul 2015 |
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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 |
03 Jun 2015 |
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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 |
05 Jun 2014 |
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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 |
28 Nov 2013 |
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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 |
26 Nov 2013 |
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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 |
23 Oct 2013 |
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Medieval Romance and the Gift of Narrative |
Dr Perkins gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. |
Nicholas Perkins |
14 Oct 2013 |
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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 |
06 Jun 2013 |
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The Selden Map |
The Selden Map of China has been one of the treasures of the Bodleian Library since 1659. This film shows how this remarkable map is interpreted today by scholars from a range of different disciplines. |
Kate Bennett, David Helliwell, Ros Ballaster, Rana Mitter |
29 May 2013 |
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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 |
10 May 2013 |
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Andrew Smith MP pays tribute to Jim Callaghan |
Member of Parliament for Oxford East, Andrew Smith gives his view of Jim Callaghan. |
Andrew Smith |
23 Apr 2013 |
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Michael Callaghan remembers his father Jim Callaghan |
Jim Callaghan's son Michael gives a talk about his memories of his fathers political life. |
Michael Callaghan |
23 Apr 2013 |
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Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington remembers her father, Jim Callaghan |
The daughter of Jim Callaghan, Margaret Jay, gives the closing speech for the event. |
Margaret Jay |
23 Apr 2013 |
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Lord Owen remembers Jim Callaghan |
British politician Lord Owen talks about his experiences of Jim Callaghan. |
David Owen |
23 Apr 2013 |
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Lord Morgan remembers Jim Callaghan |
Historian and author Lord Morgan speaks about the Jim Callaghan papers deposited in the Bodleian. |
Kenneth Morgan |
23 Apr 2013 |
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Lord Donoughue remembers Jim Callaghan |
British politician, businessman and author Baron Donoughue of Ashton speaks about his view as special advisor to Jim Callaghan. |
Bernard Donoughue |
23 Apr 2013 |
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Marconi and the Broadcasting Option: Annual Byrne-Bussey Marconi Lecture |
Held on Marconi day, 20th April, Gabriele Balbi (University of Lugano) gives a talk about Marconi, co-inventor of the radio. |
Gabriele Balbi |
22 Apr 2013 |
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Roy Strong talks to Brian Sewell: Self-portrait as a Young Man |
Art critic Brian Sewell talks to Sir Roy Strong as part of the Times Literary Festival 2013. |
Brian Sewell, Roy Strong |
15 Apr 2013 |
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3.5 Libraries Don't Have to Change, Do They? |
Dr Wolfram Horstmann (Associate Director for Digital Library Programmes and Information Technology, Bodleian Libraries) talks about cultural heritage and libraries. |
Wolfram Horstmann |
18 Feb 2013 |
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1.5 Cultural Heritage at the Bodleian Library |
Dr Chris Fletcher (Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Library) delivers part 5/6 of the lecture "What can the University contribute and how can it benefit?". |
Chris Fletcher |
18 Feb 2013 |
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23 Things: Oxford |
Laura Wilkinson and Penny Schenk, librarians at the University of Oxford and members of the 23 Things Oxford Team, talk about their blog-based training programme to teach Web 2.0 skills to Oxford librarians. |
Laura Wilkinson, Penny Schenk |
24 Aug 2012 |
71 |
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Wireless Communications during the Titanic Disaster |
Michael Hughes (Bodleian Libraries) gives a talk about the final wireless communications from the Titanic. |
Michael Hughes |
22 May 2012 |
72 |
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Letter to William Godwin |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Using false names, Shelley sent copies of The Necessity of the Atheism to 'men of thought and learning', including bishops and clergymen. |
Henry Cockburn |
02 Dec 2010 |
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Letter to William Godwin |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Using false names, Shelley sent copies of The Necessity of the Atheism to 'men of thought and learning', including bishops and clergymen. |
Henry Cockburn |
02 Dec 2010 |
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William Godwin: Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Godwin's memoir of Mary Wollstonecraft has been called the first modern biography. At the time, however, its frankness and emotional candour provoked general outrage. |
Henry Cockburn |
02 Dec 2010 |
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William Godwin: Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Godwin's memoir of Mary Wollstonecraft has been called the first modern biography. At the time, however, its frankness and emotional candour provoked general outrage. |
Henry Cockburn |
02 Dec 2010 |
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Mary Wollstonecraft Three notes to William Godwin |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Even after their marriage Godwin and Wollstonecraft preferred to live independently during the day, and communicate by correspondence. |
Hannah Morrell |
02 Dec 2010 |
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Mary Wollstonecraft Three notes to William Godwin |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Even after their marriage Godwin and Wollstonecraft preferred to live independently during the day, and communicate by correspondence. |
Hannah Morrell |
02 Dec 2010 |
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Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. In her most famous work Mary Wollstonecraft argued that if women were educated in the same way as men they would perform as well. |
Annabell James |
02 Dec 2010 |
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Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. In her most famous work Mary Wollstonecraft argued that if women were educated in the same way as men they would perform as well. |
Annabell James |
02 Dec 2010 |
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William Adams and the Samurai |
Oxford trip scholar Michael Jay is only the second non-Japanese man to hold a Samurai rank. Hear about his journey to becoming a Samurai. |
Michael Jay |
30 Nov 2010 |
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The future of the past; The Bodleian's great acquisitions |
Part of the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Dr Ovenden looks at the Bodleian's great acquisitions, from Alan Bennett's gift of his literary archive to Cavalli's Erismena, the earliest surviving score of an opera in the English language. |
Richard Ovenden |
30 Nov 2010 |
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The infinitely expanding universe of memory; books, manuscript...pixels |
Part of the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Bodley's Librarian Dr Sarah Thomas in conversation with Dr Alice Prochaska, Principal of Somerville, discussing the 'infinitely expanding universe of memory' and collections in the digital age. |
Sarah Thomas, Alice Prochaska |
30 Nov 2010 |
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The Bodleian Shakespeare: A treasure lost... and regained |
From the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Emma Smith reveals how Oxford University mobilised Alumni support to bring Shakespeare's First Folio back to the Bodleian library over 200 years after it was lost. |
Emma Smith |
19 Oct 2010 |
84 |
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Oxford Literary Festival 2010 Pieces of Places Discussion The Weirdstone of Brisingamen |
Alan Garner, Mark Edmonds and Robert Powell take part in a discussion on the subject of pieces of places, objects and artefacts found and what they mean for writing fiction and for archeology in general. |
Alan Garner, Mark Edmonds, Robert Powell |
21 Jun 2010 |
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Oxford Literary Festival 2010 Pieces of Places - Reading of Alan Garner's Work |
The 50th anniversary of the publication of Alan Garner's first novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. A talk examining the importance of place in Alan Garner's work. Robert Powell gives a reading of The Stone Book, from The Stone Book Quartet. |
Robert Powell, Alan Garner |
21 Jun 2010 |
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Oxford Literary Festival 2010 By Seven Firs and Goldenstone - An account of the Legend of Alderley |
Alan Garner gives an illustrated lecture on the Legend of Alderley. This version of the myth of the Sleeping Hero is rooted to places on Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where Alan Garner grew up. |
Alan Garner |
21 Jun 2010 |
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Conclusion to Crossing Borders |
The conclusion to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
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Sciences |
Piet looks at how the works of famous ancient thinkers such as Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid or Ptolemy traveled from culture to culture and formed the basis of Muslim, Christian and Jewish science and philosophy alike. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
89 |
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User-produced Hebrew Prayer Books and Shared Iconography |
Some Hebrew manuscripts were produced in Christian workshops, others were made by Jewish artists themselves for their own use. Piet looks at examples of these and explores the shared iconography between Christian and Jewish faiths, such as the unicorn. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
90 |
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Hebrew Prayer Books for Public Use |
Piet looks at the three great Bodleian mahzorim (large and elaborately decorated prayer books for the festivals), which were illuminated by Christian painters in collaboration with and under the supervision of Jewish scribes. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
91 |
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Arabic Art Forms in Spanish Book Production |
Piet explains Arabic design and illustration in Spanish books, looking in particular at the Kennicott Bible, produced in La Coruna, Spain, in 1476. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
92 |
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From Roll to Codex |
Piet explains codices, the oldest manuscripts in book form, looking in particular at a fragment of the Hebrew text of the book of Ecclesiasticus (ch. 40) from the Cairo Genizah, and the four Gospels in Syriac. |
Piet van Boxel |
06 May 2010 |
93 |
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Introduction to Crossing Borders |
An introduction to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. |
Piet van Boxel |
06 May 2010 |
94 |
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Philip Pullman: Lyra's Oxford, Bodleian Library Masterclass |
Acclaimed author of His Dark Materials Philip Pullman is interviewed by Margaret Kean on his new book, his influences and his method for writing stories. |
Phillp Pullman, Margaret Kean |
13 Apr 2010 |
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Pre-1500 Printed Books |
The earliest printers spread from Mainz in Germany where Gutenberg first had his printing house to Venice, Rome, Paris, and the Netherlands. Examples from all of these centres of 15th-century printing are found in Bodleian collections. |
Paul Nash |
05 Mar 2010 |
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Gutenberg and the digital revolution |
Bodley's head librarian, Sarah Thomas, talks about the history of the Bodleian Library and the changes that are taking place within it, particularly the digitisation project -creating electronic digital versions of books- currently underway. |
Sarah Thomas |
28 Oct 2009 |
97 |
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Gargoyles Unveiled |
Nine new gargoyles for the Bodleian Library, Oxford are unveiled. The gargoyles were designed by children as part of the Millennium Myths and Monsters competition. |
University of Oxford |
08 Oct 2009 |
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Gargoyles Unveiled |
Nine new gargoyles for the Bodleian Library, Oxford are unveiled. The gargoyles were designed by children as part of the Millennium Myths and Monsters competition. |
University of Oxford |
08 Oct 2009 |
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BODcast: P.D. James in conversation with Colin Dexter (short) |
Special footage celebrating the launch of Talking about Detective Fiction by PD James, the latest Bodleian Library publication. PD James is donating all royalties from the hardback edition to the Bodleian and hopes it will encourage further philanthropy. |
P. D. James, Colin Dexter |
30 Sep 2009 |
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BODcast: P.D. James in conversation with Colin Dexter (short) |
Special footage celebrating the launch of Talking about Detective Fiction by PD James, the latest Bodleian Library publication. PD James is donating all royalties from the hardback edition to the Bodleian and hopes it will encourage further philanthropy. |
P. D. James, Colin Dexter |
30 Sep 2009 |