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The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford form the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. They include the principal University library-the Bodleian Library-which has been a library of legal deposit for 400 years; major research libraries; and libraries attached to faculties, departments and other institutions of the University. The combined library collections number more than 11 million printed items, in addition to 30,000 e-journals and vast quantities of materials in other formats. The Old Bodleian is also a major visitor attraction, drawing over 300,000 visitors a year. More information about the Bodleian Libraries and their activities can be found at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
Series associated with Bodleian Libraries
'Must it be a Man?' Women's contribution to the University of Oxford
A New Power: Photography, 1800-1850
BOOKNESS at the Bodleian Library
Centenary celebration of the first modern Spanish endowment at Oxford
Centre for the Study of the Book
Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures
Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page
History of the Book 2017-2019
Let Us Now Praise Famous Women - Discovering the work of Female Photographers
Literatures of Multilingual Europe
Lyell Lectures
Medieval German Studies
Oxford Kafka24
Oxford Union Library Audio Tour
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History
Persian arts of the book conference 13-14 July 2021
Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories
Recording the Reformation
Reformation 2017
Researchers at work in Bodleian archives and historic collections
Sheldon Tapestry Maps
Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Oral Histories
Staging History, 1780 to 1840
Symposium: Agrippa (a book of the dead)
Textiles in Libraries: Context & Conservation series
The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
The Oxford Seminars in Cartography: Women and Maps
The Paratexts Podcast
The UN at 70: witness seminar
Valentine's Day at Oxford
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 435 | Jim Holt | Peggy Frith interviews Jim Holt, former Director of Clinical studies for Oxford Medical School, 1 June 2012. | Jim Holt, Peggy Frith | 08 Sep 2021 | |
| 434 | John Ledingham | Derek Hockaday interviews John Ledingham, professor of Clinical Medicine and former Director of Clinical Studies, 2013. | John Ledingham, Derek Hockaday | 07 Sep 2021 | |
| 433 | Donald Lane | Derek Hockaday interviews consultant chest physician Donald Lane, 31 Oct 2013. | Donald Lane, Derek Hockaday | 06 Sep 2021 | |
| 432 | Derek Jewell | Derek Hockaday interviews Derek Jewell, Emeritus Professor of Gastroenterology, 14 Feb 2013. | Derek Jewell, Derek Hockaday | 06 Sep 2021 | |
| 431 | Trevor Hughes | Interview with Trevor Hughes, neuropathologist and fellow of Green Templeton College, conducted by Derek Hockaday, 2015. | Trevor Hughes, Derek Hockaday | 25 Aug 2021 | |
| 430 | Tony Hope | Derek Hockaday interviews Tony Hope, Professor of Medical ethics and honorary consultant psychiatrist, 6 May 2014. | Tony Hope, Derek Hockaday | 24 Aug 2021 | |
| 429 | Peggy Frith | Interview with Peggy Frith, deputy Director of Clinical Studies for Oxford University Medical School and consultant ophthalmologist, conducted by Derek Hockaday, 15 Sep 2015. | Peggy Frith, Derek Hockaday | 24 Aug 2021 | |
| 428 | Andrew Freeland | Derek Hockaday interviews Andrew Freeland, ENT consultant and surgeon, 22 May 2014 | Andrew Freeland, Derek Hockaday | 23 Aug 2021 | |
| 427 | Godfrey Fowler | Derek Hockaday interviews Godfrey Fowler, general practitioner and medical scientist, 7 Mar 2014 | Godfrey Fowler, Derek Hockaday | 23 Aug 2021 | |
| 426 | Pierre Foex | Derek Hockaday interviews Pierre Foex, Emeritus Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics, 21 November 2018. | Pierre Foex, Derek Hockaday | 23 Aug 2021 | |
| 425 | Derek Hockaday | Peggy Frith interviews Derek Hockaday, 24 Sep 2020 | Derek Hockaday, Peggy Frith | 23 Aug 2021 | |
| 424 | Julian Britton | Derek Hockaday interviews Julian Britton, surgeon and former Director of Clinical Studies for Oxford Medical School, 23 Jan 2019. | Julian Britton, Derek Hockaday | 23 Aug 2021 | |
| 423 | Body of evidence | In this online event, Ana Paula Cordeiro, the creator of Body of Evidence, speaks from the workshop in New York City where she produced it. She will be joined in conversation by Merve Emre, Associate Professor of American Literature. | Ana Paula Cordeiro, Merve Emre | 17 Aug 2021 | |
| 422 | Hung Cheng | Derek Hockaday interviews Hung Cheng, consultant ophthalmological surgeon, 11 February 2015. | Hung Cheng, Derek Hockaday | 10 Aug 2021 | |
| 421 | Nick Dudley | Derek Hockaday interviews Nick Dudley, consultant surgeon and founder member of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 26 March 2014. | Nicholas Dudley, Derek Hockaday | 10 Aug 2021 | |
| 420 | David Paterson | Derek Hockaday interviews David Paterson, physiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, 8 January 2019. | David Paterson, Derek Hockaday | 10 Aug 2021 | |
| 419 | Peter Burge | Derek Hockaday interviews Peter Burge, hand surgeon and consultant, 8 August 2014. | Peter Burge, Derek Hockaday | 10 Aug 2021 | |
| 418 | Folktales' for an Elite Audience | Discussing the text and images of MS. Ouseley Add. 1 | Nasrin Askari | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 417 | Making Manuscripts for a Prince of the Black Sheep | Overview of Bahari Fellowship examining the codicology and context of the Bodleian Library’s collection of manuscripts made for the 15th century Turkman patron Prince Pir Budaq | Anita Chowdry | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 416 | Books, Bags and Boxes | Islamic manuscripts were often kept in protective bags and other enclosures, which are an integrated, though understudied part of their physical and historic appearance. | Karin Scheper | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 415 | Poetry (and Prose) in Motion: Illuminated Manuscripts from Late Fourteenth-Century Shiraz | A short talk about illuminated manuscripts produced in late fourteenth-century Shiraz, including several in the Bodleian Collections and elsewhere | Cailah Jackson | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 414 | The Future of the Past: poetry, portraiture, and the reception of antiquity in a Timurid Shahnama | This talk focuses on fifteenth-century paintings and poetry inserted into the Shahnama of Ibrahim Sultan (Bodleian Library MS. Ouseley Add. 176) in order to explore the correlation between portraiture and historical self-awareness | Peyvand Firouzeh | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 413 | Studying the Pādshāhnāmas (Books of the Emperor) Manuscripts in the Special Collection of the Bodleian Library | The talk presents overviews of the three Persian Manuscripts of the Padshahnama MS Elliot 368, MS Caps ORD 1-3 & MS Fraser 138, preserved in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Library ,Oxford | Gulfishan Khan | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 412 | The Bodleian’s Akhbār-i Barmakiyān: Tales on Super Heroes from Afghanistan and Iraq | A short talk given at the Persian Art of the Book conference | Arezou Azad | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 411 | Illustrated Manuscript of Persian Translation of One Thousand and One Nights | A discussion of the Persian translations of the Thousand and One Nights in the World, focusing on the illustrated version kept in the Golestān Palace (Tehran) and the image-less version kept in the Bodleian Library (Oxford). | Ali Boozari | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 410 | Singing together; apart: drama and medieval chant | As both audience members and actors, you will learn to sing the classic Easter sequence hymn 'Victimae paschali laudes' ('Praises to the paschal victim') and see how it formed part of a medieval play. | Henrike Lähnemann, Andrew Dunning, Zachary Guiliano, Nick Swarbrick | 17 Jun 2021 | |
| 409 | Meet the Manuscripts: hidden treasures of medieval illumination | Matthew Holford, Tolkien Curator of Medieval Manuscripts, and Martin Kauffmann, Head of Early and Rare Collections, in conversation about the artists, patrons and significance of three extraordinary manuscripts. | Martin Kauffmann, Matthew Holford | 28 May 2021 | |
| 408 | 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 | |
| 407 | 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 | |
| 406 | 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 | |
| 405 | 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 | |
| 404 | 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 | |
| 403 | 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 | |
| 402 | ‘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 | |
| 401 | 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 | |
| 400 | 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 | |
| 399 | 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 | |
| 398 | Welcome and Introduction | Catríona Cannon, Deputy Librarian, Bodleian Libraries, introduces the seminar. | Catriona Cannon | 12 May 2021 | |
| 397 | Singing Together; Apart: Gregorian Chant Workshop for Candlemas | Building on the repertoire from our previous workshop, we will add further pieces for Candlemas where everybody is invited to join in by singing the communal response | Henrike Lähnemann, Nick Swarbrick, Andrew Dunning | 29 Mar 2021 | |
| 396 | Meet the Manuscripts: judging a book by its cover | The covers can tell us as much about a book as its contents. This workshop explores the secrets which bookbindings reveal about the uses and histories of medieval manuscripts. | Matthew Holford, Andrew Honey | 29 Mar 2021 | |
| 395 | Learning since our mothers day | Oxford's registrar gives a personal account of her mother's journey through education and early career, and the expectations for women at the time, and how that has shaped her own career. | Gill Aitken | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 394 | The architecture of women’s higher education in England, 1869–1914 | How University architecture reflects the presence of women and their perceived needs, and the generosity of female benefactors | Geoffrey Tyack | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 393 | Diversifying portraiture: women’s place in a project to change the representation of Oxford success | Alice Prochaska discusses the Diversifying Portraiture project designed by the Equality and Diversity Unit at Oxford University | Alice Prochaska | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 392 | A subject ‘for Honours men’: women in the early School of Geography | A look at early women geography students at Oxford | Elizabeth Baigent | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 391 | Women of the Bodleian: personal stories behind progressive steps | A look at the early women librarians of the Bodleian Library | Anne Lawrence | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 390 | The domestic work of women at Oxford colleges | A look at the history of the women service sector workers at Oxford Colleges and upon whom the comfortable academic life depended | Kathryne Crossley | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 389 | Women college principals and their views on degrees, 1879–1920 | Anne Keene explores the views of the 10 women principals of the 5 women's colleges estabished between 1879-1920 | Anne Keen | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 388 | The most woman-studentish? Somerville College and student life | A look at early women students at Somerville College Oxford | Mo Moulton | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 387 | '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 | |
| 386 | All but absent from history? Women in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Womens roles in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Jane Garnett | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 385 | ‘Must it be a man?’: the women who helped to make the Oxford English Dictionary | Peter Gilliver discusses the contribution women made to the Oxford English Dictionary | Peter Gilliver | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 384 | Women workers at OUP | A look back at women who worked at the Oxford University Press. Delivered by Peter Gilliver on behalf of Martin Maw | Martin Maw, Peter Gilliver | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 383 | Women in the Oxford English Dictionary | A fascinating insight into the role of women in the Oxford English Dictionary | Charlotte Brewer | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 382 | Introduction | Richard Ovenden, head of the Bodleian Library, gives a short introduction to the event | Richard Ovenden | 02 Mar 2021 | |
| 381 | Singing Together; Apart: Gregorian Chant Workshop – Song of Simeon | In this online choir workshop you will learn to sing along with a simple voice part from the Candlemas Nunc Dimittis and see the 15th-century manuscript from the Cistercian nunnery of Medingen where the music is preserved in the Bodleian Libraries | Henrike Lähnemann, Nick Swarbrick, Andrew Dunning, Alexandra Burgar | 15 Dec 2020 | |
| 380 | Reynard the Fox | In this BodCast from the Friends of the Bodleian, Professor Dame Marina Warner interviews Anne Louise Avery, writer and art historian, on the subject of Avery's recent book, Reynard the Fox https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/reynard-the-fox | Dame Marina Warner, Anne Louise Avery | 09 Dec 2020 | |
| 379 | Panel Discussion 4: Working to Establish Tomorrow's Names | Taous Dahmani chairs a discussion with Fiona Rogers, Max Houghton and Anna Fox | Taous Dahmani, Fiona Rogers, Max Houghton, Anna Fox | 17 Nov 2020 | |
| 378 | Panel Discussion 3: Feminist Multi-taskers: Being a Photographer, a Writer and a Curator | Taous Dahmini chairs a discussion with Patrizia Di Bello and Deborah Cherry | Taous Dahmani, Patrizia Di Bello, Deborah Cherry | 17 Nov 2020 | |
| 377 | Panel Discussion 2: Unveiling the Archive, Revealing Photographers | Taous Dahmini chairs a discussion with Erika Lederman and Jessica Sutcliffe | Taous Dahmani, Jessica Sutcliffe, Erika Lederman | 17 Nov 2020 | |
| 376 | Panel Discussion 1: Historiography's Origin Stories | Taous Dahmani chairs a discussion with Val Williams | Taous Dahmani, Val Willams | 17 Nov 2020 | |
| 375 | Fast Forward: Women in Photography | Anna Fox gives an overview of Fast Forward - a research project designed to promote and engage with women in photography across the globe. | Anna Fox | 13 Nov 2020 | |
| 374 | Write or be Written Off: the work of Jo Spence (1934-1992) as photography 'theory' | Patrizia Di Bello discusses the work of Jo Spence as a writer, organiser and photographer | Patrizia Di Bello | 13 Nov 2020 | |
| 373 | The Isabel Project: Uncomvering 19th Century Institutional Photographers, One Woman at a Time | Erika Lederman talks about her practice and the work of the V & A museum's first in house photographer, Isabel Cowper. | Erika Lederman | 13 Nov 2020 | |
| 372 | John Ledingham | Peggy Frith interviews John Ledingham, professor of Clinical Medicine and former Director of Clinical Studies, 23 April 2012. | Peggy Frith, John Ledingham, Rosie Fitzherbert Jones | 05 Nov 2020 | |
| 371 | The Helen Muspratt Archive | Jessica Sutcliffe, the daughter of photographer, Helen Muspratt, give a short talk on her mother's life and career. | Jessica Sutcliffe | 26 Oct 2020 | |
| 370 | Creating History and Building Legacy (Illuminations, The Other Observers, Warworks, Signals Festival) | Val Williams gives a short talk on what it is like for early women photographers in a very male dominated industry | Val Williams | 26 Oct 2020 | |
| 369 | The Golden Age of French Writing Masters? | Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 4th lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series | Marc Smith | 09 Oct 2020 | |
| 368 | Renaissance Calligraphy from Pen to Press and Back | Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 3rd lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series | Marc Smith | 06 Oct 2020 | |
| 367 | Bibliography and the Life Cycles of Writing Books | The 2nd lecture in the 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris | Marc Smith | 01 Oct 2020 | |
| 366 | Writing Models and the Formation of National Scripts | The first lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2020 series delivered by Professor Marc Smith - Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Lyell Reader in Bibliography 2020 | Marc Smith, Richard Ovenden | 29 Sep 2020 | |
| 365 | Susan Burge (part 4) | Part 4 of Derek Hockaday's interview with Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. | Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 364 | Susan Burge (part 3) | Part 3 of Derek Hockaday's interview of Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015 | Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 363 | Susan Burge (part 2) | Part 2 of Derek Hockaday's interview of Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. | Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 362 | Susan Burge (part 1) | Derek Hockaday interviews Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. | Susan Burge, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 361 | Joan Trowell | Derek Hockaday interviews Joan Trowell, consultant physician and former deputy Director of Clinical studies, 5 March 2015 | Joan Trowell, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 360 | Chris Winearls (part 2) | Derek Hockaday continues his interview with Chris Winearls, consultant nephrologist and associate professor of medicine, 4 March 2013. | Chris Winearls, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 359 | Chris Winearls (part 1) | Derek Hockaday interviews Chris Winearls, consultant nephrologist and associate professor of medicine, 4 March 2015. | Chris Winearls, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 358 | Michael Tunbridge | Derek Hockaday interviews Michael Tunbridge, former Director of Postgraduate Medical Education and Training, University of Oxford, 31 January 2014. | Michael Tunbridge, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 357 | Keith Hawton | Derek Hockaday interviews Keith Hawton, consultant psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, 19 September 2014. | Keith Hawton, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 356 | Chris Adams (part 3) | The final part of Derek Hockaday's interview with Chris Adams, senior neurosurgeon, 26 August 2014. | Chris Adams, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 355 | Chris Adams (part 2) | Derek Hockaday continues his interview of Chris Adams, senior neurosurgeon, 26 August 2014. | Chris Adams, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 354 | Chris Adams (part 1) | Derek Hockaday interviews Chris Adams, senior neurosurgeon, 26 August 2014. | Chris Adams, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 353 | Hywel Jones (part 2) | Part 2 of Derek Hockaday's interview with Hywel Jones, consultant geriatrician, 20 May 2014. | Hywel Jones, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 352 | Hywel Jones (part 1) | Derek Hockaday interviews Hywel Jones, consultant geriatrician, 20 May 2014. | Hywel Jones, Derek Hockaday | 16 Sep 2020 | |
| 351 | Richard Boyd | Derek Hockaday interviews Richard Boyd, emeritus professor, lecturer in Medicine and fellow of Brasenose College, 30 August 2013. | Richard Boyd, Derek Hockaday | 15 Sep 2020 | |
| 350 | George Alberti | Derek Hockaday interviews George Alberti, research endocrinologist and former President of the Royal College of Physicians, 24 May 2013. | George Alberti, Derek Hockaday | 15 Sep 2020 | |
| 349 | John Spalding | John Oxbury interviews John Spalding, former consultant and research neurologist for Oxford United Hospitals, 26 July 2011. | John Spalding, John Oxbury | 15 Sep 2020 | |
| 348 | 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 | |
| 347 | Looking forward to the next 100 years of the Osma Studentship | Dr Mariam Rosser-Owen, Osma Student ‘99–00, head curator of the Arab World collections at the V&A, traces with a specialist eye the collection at the Instituto and her research there, followed by an expert roundtable on the future of the Studentship. | Mariam Rosser-Owen, Carole Souter, Miriam Ali de Unzaga, Xenia Elsaesser | 02 Jun 2020 | |
| 346 | Osma Students from the past: The stories of British novelist Inez Pearn, first woman to hold the studentship ‘35–36, and Dr Alan Forey, Osma Student ‘56–57 and '57–58 | Simon Deefholts and Louisa Long, grand-daughter of Inez Pearn, talk about her time in Madrid before the Civil War as a source of inspiration for her novels. Dr Alan Forey, reader emeritus at the University of Durham, recalls his studentship in the 1950s. | Simon Deefholts, Alan Forey, Louisa Long | 02 Jun 2020 | |
| 345 | Stories of past de Osma Students and a journey through the Bodleian Archives exploring the history of the studentship | Osma Student ‘93–94 Dr Bruce Taylor speaks on his experiences in Madrid and predecessors who have passed, and centenary-organiser Dr Marina Pérez de Arcos shares her archival research on the history of the first modern Spanish endowment at Oxford. | Bruce Taylor, Marina Perez de Arcos | 02 Jun 2020 | |
| 344 | An archival apprenticeship experience and a biographical profile of Guillermo de Osma | Introduced by Bodley’s Librarian Richard Ovenden, Prof Duncan Wheeler speaks on his experience as a studentship holder in 2009, and art historian Guillermo de Osma shares a biographical profile of his great-granduncle. | Richard Ovenden, Duncan Wheeler, Guillermo de Osma | 02 Jun 2020 | |
| 343 | Creative Commons | Trinity: A Real Life Spy Story | Frank Close tells the story of Klaus Fuchs and the Bodleian Library. Trinity was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. | Frank Close | 29 Apr 2020 |
| 342 | Pieces of Gold: Piecing together a mutilated Timurid masterpiece | Shiva Mihan, Harvard Art Museums and Bahari Visiting Fellow at the Bodleian Libraries, gives a talk on her work in Persian arts. | Shiva Mihan | 24 Apr 2020 | |
| 341 | Creative Commons | Accumulating narrative: Meaning and mutation in letterpress printing | David Armes (Red Plate Press), the Bodleian’s Printer in Residence 2019-20, describes artists and ideas that influence his work, asking how meaning can mutate through the process of production. | David Armes | 23 Apr 2020 |
| 340 | Islamic manuscripts and bindings as a window on East-West relations | The making, use and trade of manuscripts was an important part of Islamic culture, the technical developments influenced the making of books in the west from the later medieval period onward. | Karin Scheper | 20 Apr 2020 | |
| 339 | 2020 Colin Ford Lecture | Professor Larry Schaaf delivers the 2020 Colin Ford Lecture, providing a fascinating insight into his work on The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonne. | Larry Schaaf | 14 Feb 2020 | |
| 338 | Interview with Jennifer Scott, Professor of Mathematics at University of Reading, and Individual Merit Research Fellow at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory | Georgina Ferry interviews Jennifer Scott as part of the Oxford Women in Computing Oral History project. Scott discusses her D Phil in the Oxford Computing Lab, her fellowship at St. John's college and leading the Numerical Analysis Group at Rutherford | Georgina Ferry, Jennifer Scott | 20 Jan 2020 | |
| 337 | Interview with Susan Hockey (part 2), Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies, University College London | Carrying on from episode 12, part 2 of Georgina Ferry's interview sees Susan Hockey discussing observations of gender split within the computing profession. | Georgina Ferry, Susan Hockey | 20 Jan 2020 | |
| 336 | Interview with Susan Hockey, Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies, University College London | Georgina Ferry interviews Susan Hockey as part of the Oxford Women in Computing Oral History project. Hockey discusses digital humanities research, management and organisations, and her work for Oxford Computing Service from 1975-1991. | Georgina Ferry, Susan Hockey | 20 Jan 2020 |
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