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Book talk: 'Butler to the world: how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals' |
In this event chaired by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oliver Bullough discusses his best selling and critically acclaimed book, 'Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals'. |
Oliver Bullough, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira |
07 Dec 2022 |
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Creative Commons |
All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya |
Ian Martin presents his latest book on Libya: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya. |
Ian Martin |
29 Nov 2022 |
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Scottish and British Authors Published Abroad 1470-1700 |
Jane Stevenson, Senior research Fellow, Campion Hall, Oxford, gives a talk fo the History of the Book seminar series on 1st February 2019. |
Jane Stevenson |
06 Feb 2019 |
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InHabit: People, Places and Possessions |
Book at Lunchtime Seminar held on May 3rd 2017. |
Antony Buxton, Linda Hulin, Jane Anderson, Cathy Oakes |
10 May 2017 |
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The Prospect of Global History |
How can global history can be applied instead of advocated? |
James Belich, Elleke Boehmer, Richard Drayton, Hannah-Louise Clark |
27 Jul 2016 |
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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 |
08 May 2015 |
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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 |
06 Jun 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
George Eliot 3. Reception History |
In this third and final podcast, Dr Catherine Brown discusses the popularity of George Eliot's work in the Victorian period, which led to her status as a sage and the steady accumulation of her wealth. |
Catherine Brown |
05 Dec 2011 |
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Creative Commons |
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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Creative Commons |
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 |
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Creative Commons |
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 |
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Creative Commons |
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 |
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Creative Commons |
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 |
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Creative Commons |
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 |
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Creative Commons |
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 |
