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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
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473 | St Augustine’s and Christchurch, 950–1091 | The third lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) | Susan Rankin | 16 May 2022 | |
472 | ‘L’ecriture Anglaise Dans Sa Perfection’ | Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 5th lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series | Marc Smith | 09 May 2022 | |
471 | A Community of Scribes at Worcester | The second lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) | Susan Rankin | 09 May 2022 | |
470 | Sound and its Capture in Anglo-Saxon England | The first lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) | Susan Rankin | 09 May 2022 | |
469 | North Sea Crossings: inside the exhibition | Discover the treasures that illustrate how exchanges between England and the Netherlands have shaped literature, book production and institutions such as the Bodleian itself, on either side of the North Sea. | Sjoerd Levelt, Ad Putter | 14 Apr 2022 | |
468 | 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 | |
467 | Talk 5: Textiles and text: A collaborative approach to conserving textile-covered manuscripts | Conservators Jane Eagan and Maria Hayward describe their work treating seven manuscripts re-covered in velvet for Henry VIII, part of a small corpus of royal books still in their textile bindings in the Queens College Library | Jane Eagan, Maria Hayworth, Alice Evans | 05 Apr 2022 | |
466 | 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 | 04 Feb 2022 | |
465 | Talk 4: Textiles from East to West: case studies from the Leiden collections | Building on earlier talks in the series that explored the uses of textiles in library collections, this talk focuses on examples of textiles in manuscript bindings in the Oriental collections of Leiden University Library. | Karin Scheper, Alice Evans | 24 Jan 2022 | |
464 | Martin Vessey | Derek Hockaday interviews Martin Vessey, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, 4 June 2014 | Martin Vessey, Derek Hockaday | 20 Jan 2022 | |
463 | Mike Dunnill | Derek Hockaday interviews Mike Dunnill, researcher, pathologist and former Director of Clinical Studies,10 February 2012. | Mike Dunnill, Derek Hockaday | 20 Jan 2022 | |
462 | Ann Taylor | Derek Hockaday interviews Ann Taylor, researcher and physiologist, 20 January 2016. | Ann Taylor, Derek Hockaday | 20 Jan 2022 | |
461 | Meet the Manuscripts: Correcting Christmas Carols | In the 3rd talk in our Meet the Manuscripts series, you will learn how singers lived with change in their favourite songs, and hear carols of the Middle Ages both familiar and new. | Micah Mackay, Andrew Dunning | 14 Dec 2021 | |
460 | Talk 3: Stitches, leaves and smelly old books: in conversation with textile artist Alice Fox | Textile based artwork is well aligned with stitched or folded book structures. Giving book-related examples from her practice, artist Alice Fox describes how an experimental approach to materials can lead to a variety of creative outcomes. | Alice Fox, Alice Evans, Andrew Honey | 09 Dec 2021 | |
459 | 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 | |
458 | 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 | |
457 | 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 | 08 Nov 2021 | |
456 | The serpentine text of the Gutenberg Bible | The fifth lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2021 series delivered by Paul Needham, Princeton | Paul Needham | 25 Oct 2021 | |
455 | Meet the Manuscripts: Meet the Fragments | Exploring their physical function in manuscripts – and the bad things that can happen when they are removed for study – as well as showing what they can contribute to book history. | Andrew Honey, Matthew Holford | 20 Oct 2021 | |
454 | Fifteenth-century Latin Bible printing and distribution | The fourth lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2021 series delivered by Paul Needham, Princeton | Paul Needham | 19 Oct 2021 | |
453 | The Texts of the Gutenberg Bible; the case of 4 Ezra | The third lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2021 series delivered by Paul Needham, Princeton | Paul Needham | 19 Oct 2021 | |
452 | Latin Bible-writing in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; the Gutenberg Bible workshop | The second lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2021 series delivered by Paul Needham, Princeton | Paul Needham | 18 Oct 2021 | |
451 | The Christian Latin Bible from its origins to the 13th-century Paris Bible | The first lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2021 series delivered by Paul Needham, Princeton | Paul Needham | 18 Oct 2021 | |
450 | David Tibbs | Derek Hockaday interviews David Tibbs, vascular surgeon, 7 February 2011. | David Tibbs, Derek Hockaday | 04 Oct 2021 | |
449 | Terence Ryan | Susan Burge interviews Terence Ryan, consultant dermatologist and emeritus professor of dermatology, 18 November 2020. | Terence Ryan, Susan Burge | 30 Sep 2021 | |
448 | Michael Gillmer | Derek Hockaday interviews Michael Gillmer, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, 27 February 2014. | Michael Gillmer, Derek Hockaday | 27 Sep 2021 | |
447 | David Warrell | Derek Hockaday interviews David Warrell, honorary consultant physician and Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, 24 March 2014. | David Warrell, Derek Hockaday | 27 Sep 2021 | |
446 | Robert Twycross | Derek Hockaday interviews Robert Twycross, physician and pioneer of palliative care and medicine, 7 August 2018. | Robert Twycross, Derek Hockaday | 24 Sep 2021 | |
445 | Joe Smith | Derek Hockaday interviews Joe Smith, consultant urologist, 18 November 2013. | Joe Smith, Derek Hockaday | 23 Sep 2021 | |
444 | 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 Sep 2021 | |
443 | Peter Sleight | Derek Hockaday interviews Peter Sleight, research cardiologist and consultant physician, 22 September 2013. | Peter Sleight, Derek Hockaday | 15 Sep 2021 | |
442 | Chris Redman | Derek Hockaday interviews Chris Redman, obstetric consultant and clinical professor, 13 November 2016. | Chris Redman, Derek Hockaday | 14 Sep 2021 | |
441 | Christopher Paine | Peggy Frith interviews Sir Christopher Paine, consultant clinical oncologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 25 Jul 2012. | Christopher Paine, Peggy Frith | 14 Sep 2021 | |
440 | John Oxbury | Derek Hockaday interviews John Oxbury, neurologist, 20 November 2013. | John Oxbury, Derek Hockaday | 14 Sep 2021 | |
439 | Richard Moxon | Derek Hockaday interviews Richard Moxon, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and former Chairman of Paediatrics, 21 July 2016. | Richard Moxon, Derek Hockaday | 10 Sep 2021 | |
438 | Neil Mortensen | Derek Hockaday interviews Neil Mortensen, consultant colorectal surgeon, 10 November 2014. | Neil Mortensen, Derek Hockaday | 10 Sep 2021 | |
437 | Brian Longworth | Derek Hockaday interviews Brian Longworth, former mechanical technician and engineer at the Radcliffe Infirmary, 31 July 2015. | Derek Hockaday, Brian Longworth | 09 Sep 2021 | |
436 | Grant de Jersey Lee | Derek Hockaday interviews Grant de Jersey Lee, physician and cardiologist, 13 June 2013. | Grant de Jersey Lee, Derek Hockaday | 08 Sep 2021 | |
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 |
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