Posthumous Oxford degree awarded to Māori woman
Mākereti Papakura died suddenly just weeks before she was due to hand in her thesis in 1930.
"Mākereti was a trailblazer... Her legacy as an inspiration to many people in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Māori community worldwide, and scholars and students internationally, continues to this day."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
29.09.2025 08:17 — 👍 32 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1
Just 👏 because 👏 it was published 👏 before 👏 19-👏 whatever 👏 doesn’t mean 👏 it belongs 👏 in the 👏 rare book room 👏
08.05.2025 23:51 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hi! Not an ologist, but part of the ologist support crew! (Library Tech)
06.03.2025 11:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking for something to keep you occupied over Christmas?🎄
Why not try your hand at some palaeography (reading old handwriting)? 📜
If you are a complete beginniner, you could always have a go at an online tutorial:
northumberlandarchives.com/learn/decoding-manuscripts
11.12.2024 10:28 — 👍 26 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 1
he/him | Mid 40s | Sculptor of Dragons
Proudly Trans & AroAce | Independent Artist
🏳️⚧️Rights | Free🇵🇸 | ACAB | 🔞 | #art
http://lnk.bio/verdantsculpts
🔜 Las Vegas Fur Con, April 2-5, 2026
Living in so-called Colorado on Arapaho, Ute and Cheyenne land.
Book historian, medieval manuscript liker, Curator of Special Collections at the Winterthur Library. They/she. Biblioshitposter.
Views my own.
Sharing Muppet pictures with you and the world.
Check out MuppetWiki and ToughPigs for more Muppet info!
Sunshine-haired creative force🧚🏻
Award winning book illustrator✍🏻
Helping you embrace your weirdness🐛
Historic potter at Potted History
The Bibliographical Society exists to promote the study of the history of the book, for librarians, collectors, historians and book lovers everywhere.
Potted History: Ancient maker of replica ancient pottery, shaper of clay, builder of kilns, maker of tools, Experimental archaeology: Ceramic Technology. Prehistory Neolithic, Bronze-Age, Iron-Age, Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Mediaeval.
classically trained artist.
theartofpants.com
Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down.
Old Books, Global History, at UCLA (Curator of Global Book History and the History of Printing). Once described as, "in need of etiquette classes." Queer. Poly. They/them
Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
Husband, father, Traveler.
Nazi punks fuck off.
Rare books and archives, book history, dance and ballet, trivia, baking, knitting. Head of Special Collections at Haverford College. She/her
Sharing treasures from our Special Collections, Rare Books and Archives.
Website: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/
Enquiries: specialcollections@reading.ac.uk
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/unirdg_collections
Rare Books Specialist @theul.bsky.social |
Hon. Secretary @bibsoc.bsky.social | Fellow @antiquaries.bsky.social | Venetophile | Bellringer | PhD on antiquarian networks in 18thC Lincolnshire (thesis linked in pinned post) 🌈
PhD student using conservation detection dogs to study carnivore diet and connectivity in Taal Levi's Lab at OSU | Host K9 Conservationists Pod | NSF-GRFP | Founder K9 Conservationists | Views are mine
Artist, botanist, citizen scientist, author, husband, father, occasional photographer, business owner, personal wizard.
https://linktr.ee/tylerthrasherart?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=737528a5-8cc5-4089-b0bf-cab5206f31df
medieval snail historian 🐌
(no seriously, that's what my thesis is on)
Charlie/Arthur, he/him. I draw a lot of creatures
