by chrisa | Sep 11, 2015 | Conferences
An IES conference on English literary heritage provided an excellent opportunity to make known some of Senate House Library’s literary manuscripts and artefacts. We chose a mixture of the bizarre and the worthy, taken from across several collections acquired at...
by chrisa | May 27, 2014 | Conferences
For several years now Senate House Library has been supporting Institute of English Studies conferences with small displays of books, to enhance the experience of conference delegates and demonstrate the relevance of library holdings — especially special...
by chrisa | May 2, 2014 | Conferences
The Institute of English Studies hosts a two-day conference on the year (yes, year!) 1814, from 16-17 May 2014. Associate Research Fellow and Rare Books Librarian at Senate House Library, Dr Karen Attar, shares some of the material in the Library related to 1814....
by chrisa | Mar 10, 2014 | Research Projects
Last year I directed an AHRC Collaborative Skills Development award in conjunction with IES and the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery in Lancashire. Our research focused on the collection bequeathed to the Museum by Edward Hart (pictured here third from the right...
