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Thursday, 14 November | Bodleian Fellow/OBS Lecture
Shef Rogers (University of Otago), 'Visible Strains: Implications of Bibliographical Evidence in the Early Career of Alexander Pope'
Lecture Theatre, Weston Library
5:15 pm
Presented by the Oxford Bibliographical Society and the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book
Thursday, 14 November | Bodleian Bibliographical Press late opening
from 6:30 pm, Bibliographical Press, Schola Musicae, Old Bodleian Library
Late opening of the Bodleian Bibliographical Press, and meet printer in residence David Armes
All welcome
Friday, 15 November | Philip Hoare presents the documentary, Arena: The Hunt for Moby-Dick
Join celebrated author Philip Hoare to mark 200 years since the birth of Herman Melville, and to discover his most famous novel. There will be a screening of the documentary and Q&A session.
Lecture Theatre, Weston Library
6:15 pm
Saturday, 16 November | Threats to whales in the 21st century: whales on a changing planet
Mark Simmonds OBE, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bristol and Senior Marine Scientist, Humane Society International
When whalers ventured to distant seas in search of the vast profits offered by whale oil, fortunes were made, whale populations decimated, and ever-more distant whaling grounds exploited.
Lecture Theatre, Weston Library 1.30 – 2.30pm
All welcome; free registration
Wednesday, 20 November | The Oxford Seminars in Cartography
Juliette Dumasy (Université d’Orléans), 'The Albi map [after 1312]: an early example of the French local map tradition'
Lecture Theatre, Weston Library
4.30–5.30pm
Wednesday 20 November | Merton History of the Book Group
Dr Benoit Seguin (Merton College Visiting Scholar), 'Analysing Text and Image in Early-Modern Architectural Treatises using Machine Learning'
Merton College, The Breakfast Room
5pm
Refreshments will follow the talk.
ALL are welcome, but an rsvp to julia.walworth[at]merton.ox.ac.uk is appreciated.
Thursday, 5 December | Printer in Residence Lecture, 'Accumulating Narrative'
David Armes (Red Plate Press) the Bodleian Printer in Residence 2019
Lecture Theatre, Weston Library
5:15 pm
Presented by the Oxford Bibliographical Society and the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book
