by katythompson | Jun 24, 2019 | Events
Clare A. Lees, Director of IES Image: Book of Durrow, fol. 21v, the Evangelist Matthew (symbol man) Mid-summer means summer schools at the IES. First comes the London International Palaeography Summer School, then the London Rare Books School, swiftly followed...
by katythompson | May 24, 2019 | Collaborations, Events, Summer Schools
The IES’s second Nineteenth Century Study Week (20-24 May 2019) focussed on the Brontës. Senate House Library selected a few items from its special collections to demonstrate to participants how library resources can support such work. First editions give modern...
by katythompson | May 1, 2019 | Events
Join us in welcoming two Melville scholars who are engaging in new and exciting book historical research on Herman Melville. 7 May 2019, 17.30, Room 243, Senate House Dr Peter Riley (Exeter): “Melville’s Virtual Biographies”. Dr Peter Riley is...
by katythompson | Nov 9, 2018 | Conferences, Events
‘Neighbours of Ours’: Cities, Communities, Networks 11-12 July 2019, Senate House, London, U.K. Annual Lecture: Marina Warner: ‘Words on the Move’ Plenary Panel: ‘The Baron Six’: Anthony Cartwright, Sean Longden, Susie Thomas, Nadia Valman, Andrew Whitehead, Ken...
by katythompson | Sep 3, 2018 | Conferences, Events
The Book as Cure: Bibliotherapy and Literary Caregiving from the First World War to the Present Friday 14 September This one-day event, part of the annual programme of the History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) research collaboration at The Open University, explores in...
