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Adam Smyth hosts a series of discussions by Oxford and visiting researchers presenting current research on the material history of the book.
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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 12 | Creative Commons | Trade - Merchants' books of Venice and Florence | Dr Irene Ceccherini (Lyell-Bodleian Research Fellow in Manuscript Studies, Bodleian Library, Dilts Research Fellow in Palaeography, Lincoln College, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the Seminar in the History of the Book on 9th February 2017. | Irene Ceccherini | 16 Feb 2018 |
| 11 | Early Modern Publishing Policies - Andreas Frisius of Amsterdam and the search for a niche market, 1664-75 | Professor Ian Maclean (All Souls College), gives the third seminar in the History of the Book series, looking at the early modern period publishing policies in Europe on February 2nd, 2018. | Ian Maclean | 06 Feb 2018 | |
| 10 | Arabic - Scrolls into codices: Jilyani's picture-poems for Saladin | Professor Julia Bray (Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the new series for the Centre for the Study of the Book. | Julia Bray | 29 Jan 2018 | |
| 9 | Numismatics - Coins, Money and Prices in Renaissance Italy | Dr Alan Stahl (Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University) gives a talk in the new Centre for the Study of the Book Seminar series. | Alan Stahl | 29 Jan 2018 | |
| 8 | Nicholas Crouch's seventeenth-century books | Professor Adam Smyth talks to cataloguer Lucy Kelsall and book conservator Nikki Tomkins about the seventeenth-century library of Nicholas Crouch, now in Balliol College, and how to deal with fragile books. | Adam Smyth, Lucy Kelsall, Nikki Tomkins | 13 Mar 2017 | |
| 7 | Graham Greene and Josephine Reid | Adam Smyth talks to Balliol College, Oxford archivist Anna Sander about an exciting new archive of letters relating to Graham Greene and his secretary, Josephine Reid. | Adam Smyth, Anna Sander | 13 May 2015 | |
| 6 | Creative Commons | Hand-press printing | A demonstration of and discussion about hand-press printing with the Bodleian's Dr Paul Nash. | Paul Nash, Adam Smyth | 25 Sep 2014 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | Scribal correction and literary craft: English manuscripts 1375-1510 | Adam Smyth talks to Professor Daniel Wakelin about his new book on cultures of correction in later medieval manuscripts. | Daniel Wakelin, Adam Smyth | 08 Jul 2014 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | 'Almost Identical': Copying Books in England, 1600-1900 | Henry Woudhuysen joins Adam Smyth to discuss the history of facsimiles. | Henry Woudhuysen, Adam Smyth | 19 Jun 2014 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | The History of Oxford University Press | Adam Smyth is joined by Professor Ian Gadd to discuss his just-published collection on the history of OUP. | Adam Smyth, Ian Gadd | 17 Mar 2014 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Bibliography in Bits | Adam Smyth talks to Professor Will Noel about the potentials of digital technology for the study of manuscripts. | Will Noel, Adam Smyth | 23 Feb 2014 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Early modern plays in bits and pieces | Professor Tiffany Stern joins Dr Adam Smyth to discuss her current research on the materiality of the early modern play text. What happens to our thinking about plays when prologues, epilogues and songs become mobile pieces, detached from the whole? | Tiffany Stern, Adam Smyth | 03 Feb 2014 |