Helen Cook

Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)

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Title	Description	People	Date
Making machines: Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace	Join our experts in conversation as they consider the thinking of two great 19th century women writers exploring the boundary between human and machine	Ursula Martin, Sharon Ruston, Helen Cook	21 June, 2022
Meet the pigments: the art and science of early English decoration	Discover how cutting-edge scientific techniques are transforming our understanding of medieval manuscripts, and how book production began to recover under King Alfred and his successors	Matthew Holford, Richard Gameson, Helen Cook	24 May, 2022
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	5 April, 2022
MS Ashmole 1504	Dating from around 1520 and probably conceived as a pattern book, this manuscript is best described as a 'herbal and bestiary' and contains images of flora and fauna together with stylised, floriated ornaments and coloured alphabets.	Martin Kauffmann, Helen Cook, Lynn Hulse	4 February, 2022
Meet the Manuscripts: Uncomfortable English Manuscripts	In this lecture, we look at some beautiful, austere, and distinctively uncomfortable manuscripts and learn how the Middle Ages shaped the way we read today both in print and on screen.	Dan Wakelin, Andrew Dunning, Helen Cook	8 November, 2021
Roots to Seeds: the evolution of plant science	Join Professor Stephen Harris (Curator of Roots to Seeds at the Bodleian Library) and Dr Chris Thorogood, (Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum) as they discuss the past, present and future of botanical research and teaching.	Stephen Harris, Chris Thorogood, Helen Cook	17 September, 2021