Older Events
Older events:
Douglas Byrne Marconi Lecture, Professor Peter Scott (Henley Business School, University of Reading)
‘Radio manufacturing in the interwar years’ Tuesday, 1 March, 5:30 pm, Saskatchewan Lecture Theatre, Exeter College
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible and the forthcoming Bodleian Libraries exhibition (22 April - 4 September 2011). 5.30pm on Tuesdays in the Auditorium, Corpus Christi College ADMISSION FREE
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Prof Pauline Croft, Royal Holloway, University of London
The Making of the King James (Authorized) Version of the Bible, 1604-1611
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Prof Valentine Cunningham, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Scissored and Pasted: readers and writers redoing and undoing King James
Tuesday 8 February 2011
Preacher: Revd Prof John Morrill, Selwyn College, Cambridge
Choral Evensong in Commemoration of President John Rainolds and the King James Bible (College Chapel)
Tuesday 15 February
Prof Helen Wilcox, Bangor University
This book of starres’: biblical constellations in the poetry of Herbert and Vaughan
Tuesday 22 February
Prof Terence Wright, Newcastle University
The Authorised Version in Modern Literature: David and Job get makeovers
Talks to accompany the exhibition.
13.00-13.30 in Convocation House, Bodleian Library, Old School's Quadrangle, Oxford, OX1 3BG.
ADMISSION FREE
Thursday 27 January 2011
Dr Ann Wroe, The Economist
Shelley and Night
Friday 4 February 2011
Professor Michael O'Neill, Professor of English & Director (Arts & Humanities) in the Institute of Advanced Study (Durham University)
Shelley's Defences of Poetry
Thursday 10 February 2011
Dr David O'Shaughnessy, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in English (University of Warwick)
Godwin, Shelley and the 'free communication of intellect'
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Mr Stephen Hebron, Curator, Shelley's Ghost
Displaying Shelley
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Dr Mark Philp, University Lecturer in Politics & Fellow & Tutor in Politics (Oriel College)
Becoming the Monster? William Godwin and the Shelleys
Monday 28 February 2011
Dr Michael Rossington, Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature (Newcastle University)
Shelley and Italy
26 November 2010 6 - 8pm
The Bodleian Library will mark this year’s Christmas Light Night by hosting musical entertainment in the Divinity School which, together with Convocation House, will be available to visit free of charge. The Divinity School was built in 1488 for the teaching of theology and is a masterpiece of English Gothic architecture with its elaborately vaulted ceiling and its 455 carved bosses. The 17th century Convocation House and Court was used to hold Parliament during the Civil War.
Enjoy the Christmas Musical Entertainment in the Divinity School:
6 - 6.30pm Oxford Girls’ Choir conducted by Rory McCleery (Associate Musical Director)
7 - 7.30pm Oxfordshire County Music Service
Buy your Christmas cards and gifts at the Bodleian Library Shop which will be open until 20.00.
Family Printing Workshops at the Bodleian Library
Dates:20 November, 4 December and 18 December SOLD OUT - New dates in the New Year!
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Tickets: £13 per person (Places are limited, book in advance) SOLD OUT
For tickets, please contact the Historic Venues Team on Tel: +44 (0)1865 277224, fax: +44 (0)1865 277218, e-mail:tours@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Suitable for adults and children aged 8 and over. Adults must be accompanied by a child and vice versa. This exciting two hour workshop is led by Dr Paul Nash, a specialist in historic printing presses at the Bodleian Library. Paul will give you a short talk on the history of printing, after which you will set your own name in type, and print from this. The workshop will use some of the historic printing presses owned by the Library.
Aubrey Lunchtime Lectures
Convocation House, Bodleian Library,
Thursday 14 October, Brief Lives, Dr Kate Bennett (New College) Monday 25 October, The Camera Obscura, Roger Smith (Churchill Fellow)
Following the lecture, Roger Smith will lead a visit to the Oxford University History of Science Museum where several examples of the camera obscura will be on display (13.45-14.15) Find out more about the exhibition or view the Aubrey Online Gallery. Admission free. No need to register in advance.
Oxford Alumni Weekend, 24-26 September 2010 The Oxford Alumni Weekend is the University’s flagship event for alumni. Held each September, this three-day event aims to highlight some of the ground-breaking research undertaken by Oxford’s academic staff, as well as showcase the achievements of many former students. In 2010 the theme of the Weekend is ‘Shared Treasures’ and the Bodleian will be playing a particularly prominent part.
Lecture: The infinitely expanding universe of memory: books, manuscripts, libraries and pixels
Speakers: Dr Sarah Thomas, Bodley's Librarian in conversation with Dr Alice Prochaska, Incoming Principal of Somerville College and former Yale University Librarian
Date: 24 September
Time: 2.00pm - 3.15pm
Venue: Divinity School, Bodleian Library
In a world where Google has digitised more books than are held by the Bodleian Libraries and e-book readers grab headlines, what is the value of Oxford ‘s library collections? What are the implications of the changing nature of the ways in which academics share their research, and in which students learn for libraries and the development of their collections in the future? Are the distinctions between the published and the unpublished becoming blurred? How does digitisation influence the way we treat primary sources such as manuscripts, printed ephemera, prints and drawings, photographs, videos and so much more? Dr Sarah Thomas and Dr Alice Prochaska discuss collections in the digital age.
Lecture: The future of the past: The Bodleian’s great acquisitions
Speaker: Richard Ovenden, Keeper of Special Collections and Associate Director, Bodleian Library
Date: 24 September
Time: 4.00pm - 5.15pm
Venue: Divinity School, Bodleian Library
Oxford’s libraries are among the most celebrated in the world for their incomparable collections of books and manuscripts. The Bodleian Library is particularly special, and has benefitted from a number of great acquisitions to become the ‘treasure trove’ it is today. Most recently, these include Alan Bennett’s gift of his literary archive and Sir Roy Strong’s archive, donated in December 2009. The Bodleian has also been able to save for the nation the earliest surviving score of an opera in the English language, Cavalli’s Erismena. Join Richard Ovenden, Keeper of Special Collections, to hear about some of the acquisitions which will be major resources for generations of scholars to come.
Tour: Visit to the Duke Humfrey’s Library
Date: 24 September
Times: 9.30 - 10.00 / 11.30 - 12.00 / 2.00 - 2.30
Repeated: 25 September at 9.30am
Cost: £6
This visit takes in the Duke Humfrey’s medieval library, still in use today, and the Old Schools Quad. Alumni must arrive 15 minutes prior to the start time to guarantee their place.
Tour of the Bodleian Library
Date: 25 September
Times: 11.30 - 12.45 / 2.00 - 3.15
Repeated: 26 September at 11.30am
Cost: £15
This extended tour takes in Duke Humfrey’s medieval library, still in use today, the Radcliffe Camera, an architectural icon of Oxford and the first rotunda library built in Britain, the underground tunnels and passages leading to the bookstack, where more than 7 million volumes occupy 110 miles of shelving, and the New Library.
Oxford Open Days, 11 - 12 September 2010
A weekend all about Oxford with a chance to celebrate everything that makes the city so special - its historic, modern, green, urban and suburban spaces and most of all its people! Come and see the 15th c Divinity School, the University's oldest teaching and examination room. Take a seat on a bench and marvel at the beautiful carved stone ceiling in this masterpiece of English Gothic architecture. Explore Convocation House, built in the 17th century as a meeting place for the University's supreme legislative body, where Parliament was held during the Civil War. Don't forget to look in the adjoining Chancellor's Court, formerly used as Oxford University's Court.
Aubrey Lunchtime Talks
Every Friday in July and August, 1-2 pm
Convocation House, Bodleian Library
'Wit Works' - a series of lunchtime talks given by Jeffrey Miller (Magdalen College) and Thomas Roebuck (Magdalen College). Followed by an escorted visit to the exhibition. Find out more about the exhibition or view the Aubrey Online Gallery. Admission free. No need to register in advance.
'The Big Book' public art installation20 - 24 August
Clarendon Quadrangle, Bodleian Library
Members of the public are invited to write in ‘The Big Book’ public art installation in the Bodleian Library’s Clarendon Quadrangle from 20th to 24th August. The installation will be launched at 12.30pm on Friday 20th August by Richard Ovenden, Associate Director and Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Libraries.The Big Book sculpture, created by Oxford artist Diana Bell, is 2.2m high and constructed out of wood with canvas pages. The sculpture is symbolic of the power of books and its title is ‘Imagine’. Everyone is welcome to write on the canvas pages inside to create a unique book for Oxford.
Shakespeare's Globe on Tour Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, 27 July - 8 August 2010
For the third year, the Oxford Playhouse Plays Out at the Bodleian. It's a perfect setting for summer Shakespeare and, coupled with the fabulous talents of Shakespeare's Globe, makes for an unmissable Oxford experience.
A series of pre-show talks given by members of the English Faculty (University of Oxford) entitled 'Introducing A Midsummer Night's Dream' accompanied most performances.
Alice’s Day, 10 July 2010
Old Schools Quad, Bodleian Library
A one-day only exhibition of Salvador Dali’s illustrations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a selection of the earliest editions of Alice and twelve illustrations with original woodcuts and an original etching by Salvador Dali.
Aubrey Day Saturday 19 June 2010
Convocation House, Bodleian LibraryFive short talks beginning every half-hour introducing John Aubrey's enthusiasm for Britain's past, his collecting of books and gossip, and his experiments with language and science.
- 2.00 - 2.20 pm Will Poole (New College) - John Aubrey and the Advancement of Learning
- 2.30 - 2.50 pm Kate Bennett (New College) - 'My prettie collections': Brief Lives and the Ashmolean Museum
- 3.00 - 3.20 pm Kelsey Jackson-Williams (Balliol College)- Monumenta Britannica: John Aubrey's archaeologies of the prehistoric past
- 3.30 - 3.50 pm Rhodri Lewis (St Hugh's College) - The Aubrey Circle and the Search for the Perfect Language
- 4.00 - 5.00 pm Michael Hunter (Birkbeck College, University of London) - John Aubrey and his Age
- 5.00 - 6.00 pm Reception and late opening of the Exhibition Room for Aubrey Day visitors only.
Lectures. Bodleian Libraries: Strategic themes for 21st century academic libraries
Architects from Shepley Bulfinch, award-winning library design and architectural consultants, delivered two lectures on strategic themes for 21st century academic libraries on Thursday 17 June in the Lecture Theatre at the Museum of Natural History, Parks Road.
Lecture One: The College Library as Intellectual Hearth (12.00-1.00pm, coffee from 11.30am)
A highly visual presentation of the latest concepts in library design to cover the changing modes of student learning and engagement, fostering scholarly communities, integrating technology and digital resources, and the changing face of collections and planning for flexibility and change. Download PDF of presentation (30MB)Lecture Two: Library Edges: From porous boundaries to transitional spaces. (5.00pm - 6.00pm)
All members of the University welcome.
To explore the latest thinking in library space design and particularly relevant to academics and librarians with an interest in the development of Oxford’s ROQ site. It will review how library spaces incorporate the use of digital resources and services alongside the use of printed books and documents and support collaboration and interaction, teaching in the library, and community and global outreach via displays and events. Download PDF of presentation (29MB)
Shepley Bulfinch: http://www.shepleybulfinch.com
Speaker biographies: Carole C. Wedge, FAIA LEED AP andJanette Blackburn, AIA, LEED AP- Lecture. 'The future of research publishing: the view from Walton Street'.
Download PDF of presentation (2MB)
Martin Richardson, Managing Director Academic Books and Journals Divisions, Oxford University Press, 12.30 p.m. on 27 May 2010.
Convocation House, Old Bodleian Library, Oxford.
This is the third in a series of lectures (Scholarship, publishing and the dissemination of research) designed to stimulate debate in Oxford on the issues surrounding changes in scholarly communications. Developments in policy, practice and technology are influencing change in the dissemination of academic research publications and other products of research across all disciplines. These lectures will present the facts and philosophy behind these innovations. The events are sponsored by the Bodleian Library and the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA). The lecture will end with an open discussion. The lecture is for members of Oxford University. - Lecture. 'Enlightenment Libraries and the Quest for Universal Knowledge Reconsidered'.
Jacob Soll, Professor of History at Rutgers University, Guggenheim Fellow, 2012 Program Committee Chair for the American Historical Association, Consulting Editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas and co-founder / Associate Editor of Republic of Letters.
3:00pm on 25 May 2010
Bodleian Library Seminar Room
Bodleian Library, Oxford. - Lyell Lectures 2010. 'The business of scholarship: the trade in Latin books in the age of confessions, 1560-1630'
Professor Ian Maclean (All Souls College, University of Oxford), Museum of Natural History Lecture Theatre, Parks Rd., Oxford, OX1 3PW. All lectures start at 5 pm. ADMISSION FREE. All welcome.- 27 April 2010: In medias res. A literary agent in Frankfurt, 1606-15.
- 29 April 2010: The viewpoint of the author: genres and the placing of copy.
- 4 May 2010: The viewpoint of the publisher: the production of learned books.
- 6 May 2010: The viewpoint of interested parties: legal protection, controls and censorship.
- 11 May 2010: The viewpoint of sellers and purchasers: markets, distribution and collection-building.
- 13 May 2010: 'Nundinas flaccescere experior': the rise and fall of the learned book market, 1590-1630.
- Kairos 4tet Jazz Concert, Easter Sunday, 8pm 4 April 2010
An exceptional public jazz performance will take place in the Bodleian Library's famous Convocation House as part of the Oxford Jazz Festival (1-4 April). Drinks will be served in the Divinity School from 7pm and there will be some places available on a short tour of Duke Humfrey's Library before the concert.
For tickets and further information, please seewww.oxfordjazzfestival.com. - Family Storytelling in Convocation House and Duke Humfrey's Library, Easter Monday, 5 April 2010, 2pm and 3pm
Come and meet children's writer and storyteller Adam Guillain for a unique family event in the oldest and perhaps most magical reading room in the Bodleian Library. Adam will be telling a range of stories to delight and entrance the whole family. This is also a very special opportunity for children to see an area of the library usually accessible only to adults and teenagers. Session time 45mins. Tickets £6.50pp (no concessions).
Advance booking is required - contact the Historic Venues team on +44 (0)1865 277224 or tours@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. - Oxford Literary Festival 2010 The New South Asian Novel, 23 March 2010
While the Indian English novel has attracted much critical and popular attention in recent years, the Pakistani novel in English is a relative newcomer to the scene, drawing praise and interest in its own right. Neel Mukherjee, joint winner of the Vodafone-Crossword Award, India's premier literary award for writing in English, and Aamer Hussein author of Another Gulmohar Tree are joined by Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature at Oxford University, in an exploration of the intricate dimensions that define the South Asian novel in English from its Indian and Pakistani perspectives. - Oxford Literary Festival 2010 The 50th anniversary of the publication of Alan Garner's first novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, 20 March 2010
Pieces of Places
A talk examining the importance of place in Alan Garner's work. Robert Powell will give a reading of The Stone Book, from The Stone Book Quartet. - Oxford Literary Festival 2010 By Seven Firs and Goldenstone - An account of the Legend of Alderley
Alan Garner will give an illustrated lecture on the Legend of Alderley. This version of the myth of the Sleeping Hero is rooted to places on Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where Alan Garner grew up. He tells how, by unravelling the anomalies within the Legend, as given to him by his grandfather, he was led to discover the Bronze Age occupation of the Edge, which is now the earliest dated metal working site in England. - Oxford Literary Festival 2010 The Wedgwood Lecture: Sir Roy Strong England: Landscape and National Identity, 20 March 2010
An event to mark Sir Roy Strong's donation of his archive to the Bodleian Library Find out more>>
Sir Roy Strong was Director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1967 to 1973, and of the V&A from 1973 to 1987. His books, diaries, radio and television appearances have made him one of the most provocative figures of the age. Sir Roy has written a new book on England to be published in 2011 about the historic make up and the imagery which have constituted England in the imagination of her peoples through the centuries. In the Wedgwood Lecture Sir Roy addresses the panorama of England's past - the streams which fed the mythology of England as it appears in art and literature, and where we might go from here. - World Book Day 2010 J.R.R. Tolkien: There and Back Again. The Hobbit at the Bodleian Library
A small display of Tolkien’s original artwork and manuscripts for World Book Day, 4 March 2010. Find out more>>
Divinity School, Bodleian Library - Mary and Her Baby: Five fine manuscripts of the 12th and 15th centuries,3 December 2009
Manuscript viewing and late night Christmas shopping
Divinity School, Bodleian Library - Christmas Light Night at the Bodleian Library, 27 November 2009
The Bodleian Library, alongside other cultural venues in Oxford, opens its doors for a special late-night event to celebrate the start of the festive season.
Evening attractions include:The Bodleian Shop - Late night opening 5.00 – 8.30pm; Convocations House - Music: Oxford Waits 5.30-6.50pm; 7.00-7.20pm; 7.30-7.50pm Admission free; Divinity School - Late night opening 6.20 – 8.30pm Admission free. For more information on all events and activities, please visitwww.oxford.gov.uk or www.oxfordinspires.org - Crime Day at the Bodleian, 2 October 2009
A special one-day event celebrating the publication of P.D. James’s new book, Talking about Detective Fiction, published by the Bodleian Library. Events include talks by a number of eminent authors of detective and crime fiction including P.D. James, Val McDermid, Ruth Rendell and Kate Summerscale. Manuscripts and rare items related to crime writing from the Bodleian Library’s collections will be on display. SHAKESPEARE IN THE QUAD A Shakespeare’s Globe on tour production
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Tuesday 28 July – Sunday 9 August 2009
Old Schools Quadrangle, Bodleian Library- Alice's Day at the Bodleian,
4 July 2009, Proscholium, Bodleian Library Find out more>> Music concert
Event Title: Henry’s Music Performed by ALAMIRE
Short Description: All profits from this performance wil support the musical collections of the Bodleian Library
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2009
Location: The Divinity School, Bodleian Library, Oxford- Gough Day: a celebration of the life and collections of Richard Gough (1735-1809), antiquary - Friday, 20 March, 10:30-4:30, Seminar Room, New Bodleian Library, and lecture at 5 pm in the Divinity School
- World Book Day: Uncommon Readers: St Margaret of Scotland to Queen Elizabeth I, Thursday 5 March 2009, Opening time: 10.00 to 17.00 (last admission 16.30), Divinity School, Bodleian Library.
A one-day display showcasing reading by female monarchs. On show will be books belonging to four medieval and Tudor queens: St Margaret of Scotland, Queen Eleanor of Castile (first wife of Edward I), Queen Katherine Parr and Queen Elizabeth I. There will also be the unique chance to view a selection of Alan Bennett’s working papers for his best-selling novella The Uncommon Reader, which imagines how Queen Elizabeth II might discover the pleasures of reading. - Portuguese and French event: Readings and book launch, Monday 16 February, 5pm, Taylor Institution
- St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury : A one-day display of books from the monastic library, 16 December 2008
This event marks the publication of the new edition of the surviving booklists of St Augustine’s Abbey, in the Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues by Dr. Bruce C. Barker-Benfield, Senior Assistant Librarian in the Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library. - FESTIVE EVENT: Manuscript Viewing and Late Night Christmas Shopping, 4 December 2008
As in previous years, the Bodleian will open its doors to the public for one day for a rare opportunity to view some of its Christmas treasures, spanning nearly 600 years. Entry to the Divinity School is free to all. - Frankenstein Day at the Bodleian, 7 October 2008, Bodleian Library Proscholium
A special one-day display of Frankenstein manuscripts and related material to celebrate the launch of the newest Bodleian Library publication, The Original Frankenstein. - World Book Day The Creation as Told in The Torah, The Bible and The Qur’an: 6 March 2008
- Gargoyle Design Competition
- Magna Carta at Oxford: 11 December 2007
- A Tudor Winter at the Bodleian Library: 6 December 2007
- Archipelago Poetry Evening: 9 October 2007
A poetry evening to celebrate the first issue ofArchipelago, with readings from Seamus Heaney, Bernard O'Donoghue and Mick Imlah. - Alice's Day at the Bodleian: 7 July 2007
- Editing Kafka' Seminar: 15 November 2007
- Friends of the Bodleian Talks
Seminars and talks
Translating Kafka: A Workshop
Thursday, 5 November 2009
This workshop brings together a number of distinguished translators whose work includes Kafka – Anthea Bell, Stanley Corngold, Joyce Crick, Mark Harman, Mike Mitchell – and marks the publication of three new Kafka translations in the Oxford world’s classics series published by Oxford University Press.
Workshop is held in Convocation House, Bodleian Library. Admission free but please register your attendance to Ritchie Robertson ritchie.robertson@sjc.ox.ac.uk by the 30th October.
Programme
2.00 Introduction
2.10 Ritchie Robertson: ‘Willa and Edwin Muir: The first translators of Kafka into English’
2.45 Mark Harman: ‘”A circus rider on two horses?”: Kafka and translation’
3.30 Tea
3.50 Panel discussion among translators, chaired by Karen Leeder
5.00 Stanley Corngold (Princeton University): ‘Translating Kafka: From accident insurance to literature’
Important archive of classical Korean documents - The Kyujanggak and the Royal Archives. Talk by Prof. Hiwon Yoon, Seoul National University
Date: 14 September 2009
Time: 2:30-3:30 pm
Location: The Delegates' Room, Clarendon Building, Bodleian Library.
Admission: Everyone welcome
Any queries, please email Minh Chung (minh.chung@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).
JAMES P. R. LYELL LECTURES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY 2009
Event Title: Fragments in Book Bindings (1): The Ceolfrith Bible, c.700
Short Description: Dr Christopher de Hamel, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University will deliver a series of lectures on Fragments in Book Bindings
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2009
Time: 5 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford
Admission: All welcome. Admission free.
Contact: E-mail administrator@history.ox.ac.uk Tel. 01865 615007
Event Title: Fragments in Book Bindings (2): Orosius, ninth century
Short Description: Dr Christopher de Hamel, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University will deliver a series of lectures on Fragments in Book Bindings
Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Time: 5 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford
Admission: All welcome. Admission free.
Contact: E-mail administrator@history.ox.ac.uk Tel. 01865 615007
Event Title: Fragments in Book Bindings (3): Thomas Aquinas, late
thirteenth century
Short Description: Dr Christopher de Hamel, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University will deliver a series of lectures on Fragments in Book Bindings
Date: Thursday, 14 May 2009
Time: 5 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford
Admission: All welcome. Admission free.
Contact: E-mail administrator@history.ox.ac.uk Tel. 01865 615007
Event Title: Fragments in Book Bindings (4): A Caxton indulgence,
1480
Short Description: Dr Christopher de Hamel, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University will deliver a series of lectures on Fragments in Book Bindings
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Time: 5 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford
Admission: All welcome. Admission free.
Contact: E-mail administrator@history.ox.ac.uk Tel. 01865 615007
Event Title: Fragments in Book Bindings (5): A petition to Archbishop
Parker, c.1571
Short Description: Dr Christopher de Hamel, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University will deliver a series of lectures on Fragments in Book Bindings
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2009
Time: 5 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford
Admission: All welcome. Admission free.
Contact: E-mail administrator@history.ox.ac.uk Tel. 01865 615007
EARLY MANUSCRIPTS OF ANSELM: A DISCUSSION WITH FIVE MANUSCRIPTS
Description: One-day event
Morning:
10:30 – 11:30 Booklet circulation in Normandy in the 1080s
Richard Sharpe will introduce and present Bodleian MS Rawlinson A. 392; Michael Gullick will respond.
11:45- 12:45 Booklet circulation in England in the 1090s
Teresa Webber will present Trinity College MS B. 1. 37; Richard Sharpe will respond.
Afternoon:
2:15 - 3:15 William of Malmesbury and the collected works and letters
Samu Niskanen will present Lambeth Palace MS 224; Rodney Thomson will respond.
3:30 - 4:30 The Canterbury collections of works and letters
Michael Gullick will present Bodleian MS Bodley 271 and Lambeth Palace MS 59; Ian Logan and Samu Niskanen will respond.
Date: Monday, 27 April 2009
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: New Library Seminar Room, Bodleian Library
Admission: All welcome. Admission free. Registration is essential.
Contact: The Administrator, Centre for the Study of the Book E-mail : bookcentre@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN LECTURE
Event Title: Lewis Carroll in Numberland by Professor Robin Wilson, Fellow of Keble College, Oxford; Professor of Pure Mathematics, Open University; Emeritus Professor of Geometry, Gresham College, London - LECTURE and BOOK SIGNING
Short Description: Lewis Carroll's writings have inspired and entertained generations of readers, but now his forgotten achievements as a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church are finally brought to light. No knowledge of mathematics is assumed.
Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Time: 1 pm
Location: Convocation House, Bodleian Library, Oxford
Admission: All welcome. Admission free. Wine and sandwiches will be served in Chancellor’s Court after the lecture at a cost of £5 per person, for which bookings should be made and paid for in advance with the Administrator.
Contact: The Administrator, Friends of the Bodleian, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG. Tel: 01865 277234, Email: fob@bodleian.ox.ac.uk