by georgiareeves | Jun 9, 2020 | Summer Schools
Dr Carol Farr, Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies A super-star attraction of Trinity College Dublin, the Book of Kells is known to many people across the globe. Besides being a recognisable emblem of Irish culture, it is a complex object. Probably...
by georgiareeves | Jun 8, 2020 | Summer Schools
Clare Lees, Director of the Institute of English Studies, Professor of Medieval Literature In 2013, I worked with a group of poets associated with the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts, commissioned to respond to the ‘return’ of the great early medieval manuscript,...
by eleanorh | Feb 5, 2020 | Collaborations, Summer Schools, T. S. Eliot
We all knew that the day was coming when the letters would be unsealed. We all speculated about what they would contain. Some of us expected a muted satisfaction; many more anticipated outright disappointment. How could these letters—sealed for over 50 years—possibly...
by georgiareeves | Aug 12, 2019 | Summer Schools
Gillian Neale, M.A. in the History of the Book (IES). This year’s London Rare Book School (17 June-5 July) comprised eighteen short but intensive book historical courses which explored various aspects of the materiality of books and their makers, users and...
by georgiareeves | Jul 24, 2019 | Summer Schools
Anne Welsh, PhD Candidate This year’s London Rare Book School included for the first time a course on Using Publishers’ Archives, led by Dr Andrew Nash. We used ledgers and files at the British Library, University of Reading Special Collections and Senate...
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...
