Institute of English Studies

Indulge this holiday season by enrolling in our Winter School, January 26-29, 2026!

Dive into expert-led courses on rare books and palaeography.

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#WinterSchool #RareBooks #Palaeography

‘Tis the season… for a little scare! 👻✨
Our December display in the Catalogue Hall is all about Christmas ghost stories.

Borrow one if you dare. 😉

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London International Palaeography School The London International Palaeography School is a series of intensive courses in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies.

📣Booking is now open for the London International Palaeography School 2026 📣

We are running five 5-day courses, from practical hands-on 'making medieval manuscripts' to an introduction to Arabic manuscripts - don't miss out!

10% discount if you book before 23 Jan!

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Old, New, Precarious Data Old, New, Precarious Data is the first event of the 2025-2026 DHRH flagship seminar series on incompleteness and loss in digital cultural heritage collections.

Tomorrow at 4pm, join us online for the first seminar in a new @dh-researchhub.bsky.social series on incompleteness and loss in digital cultural heritage collections: "Old, New, Precarious Data." We'll be examining and reflecting on the precarious nature of data across old and new forms and devices.

Sara J Charles, The Medieval Scriptorium

Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages

Catherine Clarke, A History of England in 25 Poems

Eleanor Baker, Book Curses

#IMC2026, Weds, 8 July, 7pm! Four medievalists who've published 'trade' books will discuss the process - from finding an agent to working with publishers & beyond. Sponsored by @ihr.bsky.social. @realmandeville.bsky.social @saracharles.bsky.social @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Call for Practitioner in Residence 2026

@ials.bsky.social is now accepting applications for its Practitioner in Residence 2026 programme, a unique opportunity to reimagine the iconic Charles Clore House as a dynamic exhibition space that invites dialogue on law, justice and history.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/5xzcu3p9

Cultures of Change: Arts and Humanities As a Space of Invention Cultures of Change: Arts and Humanities As a Space of Invention

@ncace.bsky.social is launching The
Collaboration Lab, a new pilot helping universities and cultural organisations explore creative, sustainable ways to continue their partnerships beyond project funding.

To kick things off, join us at the Cultures of Change hybrid event on 10 Dec: bit.ly/48yg8Ch

A card showing the dates of IHR's June summer school with a 10% discount if booking takes place before January. There are images from wood block prints and photographs from past epidemics in London.

Join us for our 2026 #SummerSchool focusing on 'Sickness & Health' with @ihr.bsky.social! We'll have trips, #archive visits, and lectures exploring everything from medieval medicine to public health throughout #London 's #history. Sign up early for a 10% discount: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Stevenson Lecture 2026 | Richard Oswald’s 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). ‘Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books’ will be free to attend but booking essential. Link below 👇

MA History of the Book students engage in letterpress printing at the St Bride Foundation Students from the Institute of English Studies took part in a hands-on printing workshop at London’s St Bride Foundation as a part of the MA in the History of the Book programme.

Students from the @ies-sas.bsky.social recently took part in a unique, hands-on workshop on print making at the St Bride Foundation.

Practical sessions like this bring the history of the book to life, connecting academic study with professional historic practice.

Read more 👉 shorturl.at/x0zh4

Detail view of books on a table in the Reading Room

Detail view of books on a table in the Reading Room

Detail view of books on a table in the Reading Room

Our Reading Room has a refreshed New Acquisitions Table!

Highlights include new titles on apocalyptic cultures, classical comedy, ceramics and divination.

You’ll also find a new volume on images of desire in the Mediterranean world, featuring a chapter by the Warburg’s Charles Burnett.

#Library

All welcome (online & in person) to our seminar on Tuesday 2 December, 5.30pm GMT @warburginstitute.bsky.social. Tracy Cosgriff’s digital humanities topic is 'Reading in a Renaissance Pope’s Library: The Bibliotheca Iulia Instaurata'. More info at: bit.ly/RenaissanceP.... Image: Vatican Museums

Two wonderful papers from Phoebe MacIndoe and Cecilia Sideri at the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar @ies-sas.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social

Early Career Researcher Papers

Are you up for some more palaeographical excitement? Then ready yourself for next Tuesday's seminar in London's Senate House where we can offer you not one but two scintillating papers featuring new research from early career scholars.
Register here:
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Looking forward to Olivia Baskerville‘s @ies-sas.bsky.social seminar on the early 20C #manuscript trade and local a national claims made on Bede‘s Life of St Cuthbert & Carrow Psalter!

Be sure to book here 👉 bit.ly/londonmedieval

Reposting for the weekend crowd #MedievalSky

Reposting for the weekend crowd. #MedievalSky

‘Twas the night before Book Trade History Conference…
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Writing History c. 1000-1250: An Introduction to the Manuscript Sources – a short course taught by Charlie Rozier, Manuel Muñoz García and Laura Cleaver The course will run online from 14:00-17:00: Monday 26 January – Thursday 29 January 2026. The past was a popular subject for writers in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, partic…

Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Medieval Philosophical and Scientific Manuscripts – an online short course taught by Anna Somfai This course will run online from 14:00-17:00: Monday 26 January – Thursday 29 January 2026. The course explores medieval Western philosophical and scientific manuscripts produced over the spa…

How have books shaped the way we think? In January Anna Somfai will teach an online short course on books about science and philosophy in the Middle Ages. Book now 👇 #MedievalSky @ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...

London Rare Books School The London Rare Books School (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London runs a series of intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects

✨ Booking is now open for the 2026 London Rare Books School! ✨

EARLY BIRD OFFER
21 November - 23 January: Use code LRBS10 to receive 10% off the booking fee at the checkout

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Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...

📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly

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A big thank you to Mark Wiltshire and the team Christie’s for a fantastic show and tell today with @ies-sas.bsky.social History of the Book students. Featuring a guest appearance from Joseph Moxon, an array of gorgeous medieval manuscripts, plus a (the!) tube map #bookhistory

IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026

Want to start the new year by learning new things? In January 2026 Anna Somfai will teach an online course on medieval philosophical and scientific manuscripts. More information here 👇 @warburginstitute.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social #MedievalSky please reskeet!

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Hello! I’m looking for scholarship on the management of artificial light in early modern workplace environments. Any suggestions most welcome! #earlymodern #bookhistory

School of Advanced Study Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.

👋 Hi Bluesky!

The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.

Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/

Many thanks to @ies-sas.bsky.social graduate, Zachary Larsen, Charlotte Miller, and all the team @quaritch1847.bsky.social for welcoming our MA cohort so warmly today!

It’s Book Collecting Seminar day @ies-sas.bsky.social and @quaritch1847.bsky.social #BookHistory and we’re hearing from Jonathan Nathan about the Cymbalum Mundi

Taster Session: Introduction to Responsible AI

Join us in person on 18 November for an Introduction to Responsible AI (RAI): www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...