Stevenson Lecture 2026 | Richard Oswaldβs Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books
The next Stevenson Lecture (25 Feb 2026) will be delivered by @oldfortunatus.bsky.social (University of Oxford). βRichard Oswaldβs Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Booksβ will be free to attend but booking essential. Link below π
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Kind of obsessed with John Tregorthaβs printerβs device #stoke #burslem #potteries
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London Rare Books School
The London Rare Books SchoolΒ (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London runs a series ofΒ intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects
β¨ Booking is now open for the 2026 London Rare Books School! β¨
EARLY BIRD OFFER
21 November - 23 January: Use code LRBS10 to receive 10% off the booking fee at the checkout
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#MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky #BookSky
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Thatβs really helpful. Thank you, Mark!
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βAround six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incidentβ w o w
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An embarrassment of illuminated riches!
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Ok, this is fantastic!
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Brilliant - thank you π
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Many thanks - thatβs really helpful!
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Many thanks!
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A selection of early printed books once owned by John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870) alongside an example of the βembellishmentsβ - carefully cut out engravings which he pasted on the endpapers of many of his books and also an early photographic portrait that could be a rare surviving likeness of the collector
As part of the Fredson Bowers award from @bibsoc.bsky.social (π) Iβll be giving a short talk on βThe reassembly, analysis and appraisal of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): #rarebooks collector; savant; scholar; slave ownerβ
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
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Hello! Iβm looking for scholarship on the management of artificial light in early modern workplace environments. Any suggestions most welcome! #earlymodern #bookhistory
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Itβs Book Collecting Seminar day @ies-sas.bsky.social and @quaritch1847.bsky.social #BookHistory and weβre hearing from Jonathan Nathan about the Cymbalum Mundi
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Black Atlas in the Warburg Archives
Booking is open the short course 'Black Atlas in the Warburg Archives'
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25-27 November 2025 π5-7pm π’Warburg
This course highlights resources for studying Africa and the Americas and their diasporas at @warburginstitute.bsky.social
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The History of English Studies in Britain: a Symposium
We are delighted to host a major international symposium occasioned by the publication of 'Literature and Learning: A History of English Studies in Britain' by Stefan Collini
β°Thurs 30 Oct 2025, 2-7pm
πSenate House, London
The event is free to attend
BOOK NOW ‡οΈ
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We're so excited to welcome our new cohort of History of the Book students! In Week 1, they will delve into artists' books, bookbinding, and textual scholarship
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
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Thank you, Karen!
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Proofs!
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Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... Deadline for proposals is 30 September
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History of Libraries Research Seminar, University of London. Open to all. Sponsored by the Institute of English Studies, Institute of Historical Research, Warburg Institute, and CILIP Library & Information History Group.
Potteries Heritage Society cares about the towns and places that make up the City of Stoke-on-Trent, its history and its future.
Ancient Queens in Early Modern Drama ππ | Book History + DH | PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon
Locker no. 50 at the British Library.
British Academy Postdoc Edinburgh UniδΈ¨Cultural & Social Historian δΈ¨Medieval & Early Modern Britain δΈ¨ Work, Play, Festivity, Carnival δΈ¨ Louisianan δΈ¨βοΈ π―
Website and blog: https://ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/
Historian of everyday life in England, c.1500-1700 | Bristol Uni | First Gen | Devon & Somerset
Richard Fisher on publishing/policy/politics/the past. Plus poor putting and very slow bowling. Also Associate Editor (sport) for Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Lecturer | Humanities Training | @sas-news.bsky.social | @ihr.bsky.social @ials.bsky.social | Caribbean Seminars @ilcs.bsky.social | Book: 'Legal Identity, Race & Belonging' https://shorturl.at/JPH0j Profile: https://shorturl.at/sKiXa #digitalidentity
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Archaeologist studying lots of things (mainly bones) βcos Iβm cursed with curiosity. I like cats, crafts, bears and fungi. She/her. Own views.
Join Natalia, Bethany, and Laura as they delve into the world of #publishing, #bookhistory, and #books. Available wherever you listen. Latest blog: https://strangelandbooks.com/2025/09/27/banned-and-challenged-books-discussions/
A premier research library. Manuscript, book, pamphlet & drawings collections, access & outreach programmes, master classes & visits, exhibitions & lectures.
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social and Deputy Director Professor Paula Reavey, the Centre @stir.ac.uk is a dynamic, collaborative, interdisciplinary research project advancing knowledge in relations between place and memory - placememory.net
Bringing together and promoting the correspondence of the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist, philanthropist, moralist and educationalist Hannah More (1745-1833).
Based at University of Bristol
https://www.hannahmoreletters.org/
I am a professor of tropical ecology at the University of York. I have a passion for Mountain ecosystems and cultures across the Global South, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania where I work with many Universities, NGOs and Government organisations.
Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall.
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
Three lovely, friendly, award-winning independent bookshops in Corbridge, Whitley Bay + Alnwick
https://www.forumbooksshop.com
Events: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks
A University of Manchester (@uniofmanchester.bsky.social) research platform, developing and championing interdisciplinary research in Creativity and Creative practices.
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