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Themed issue of Lives and Letters

janbroadway — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:42:18 +0100

The new issue of Lives and Letters is now available. This is a themed issue, edited by Robyn Adams, on Diplomats, Agents, Adventurers and Spies: Information Exchange in the Early Modern Period.

Leaves Within Leaves

mattsymonds — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:14:46 +0100

Well, it didn't take Robyn Adams very long to make a small, yet significant, discovery during her time as Humfrey Wanley Fellow at the Bodleian Library: a pressed leaf preserved within the pages of an early medical reference book, acting as illustration, marker, and proof.

The Humfrey Wanley Fellowship

robynadams — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:37:53 +0100

Dr Robyn Adams, Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, has been awarded the Humfrey Wanley Fellowship at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

This fellowship is named after Humfrey Wanley, regarded as a pioneer in the study of manuscripts. As a member of staff of the Bodleian Library in the 1690s, Wanley was one of the first scholars to regard books as research materials in themselves and during this period he was instrumental in developing the skills that he would later deploy in ground-breaking publications.

Dr Adams' research project as Humfrey Wanley Fellow, entitled 'Building a Library without Walls: the Early Records of the Bodleian Library', explores the intellectual and friendship networks and spaces of the early years of the Library, developing directly from previous research on the period of Sir Thomas Bodley's diplomatic service.

Quentin Skinner on "Truth and the Historian"

mattsymonds — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:55:03 +0100

Professor Quentin Skinner's inaugural lecture, “Truth and the Historian”, is on Wednesday 2 June 2010 at 6.30pm.

All CELL students are very much encouraged to attend, in a speech act where “encouraged” is a word absolutely freighted with meaning.

Peter Stallybrass CELL seminar and lecture

lisajardine — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:14:30 +0100

On Tuesday 4 May Professor Peter Stallybrass, CELL occasional Visiting Scholar, will deliver a lecture entitled 'WHAT IS A BOOK?', at 5.30 pm in the Arts Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Queen Mary. All CELL graduate students are urged to attend.

Final Director's Seminar of the Year

janbroadway — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:05:10 +0000

Jonathan Walker, ‘Show, Don’t Tell: Historical Argument through Images and Design’

Director's Seminar 2010

lisajardine — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:49:41 +0000

The Director's seminar takes place in the CELL seminar room on Thursdays, 10.30-12.00

The theme of this semester's Director's Seminar will be 'the future of the history of the book'. Please read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 in preparation for the group discussion in session 3

14 January: Introduction — Are we sure about 'material culture'?

Congratulations to Rebecca Pohancenik!

robynadams — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:40:46 +0000

Many congratulations to Rebecca Pohancenik who has been successfully upgraded to PhD status. Well done, Rebecca!

Congratulations to Lizzy Williamson!

robynadams — Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:40:03 +0000

Many congratulations to Lizzy Williamson, who has been successfully upgraded to PhD status.
Well done Lizzy!

New Year at CELL

robynadams — Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:25:16 +0000

Happy New Year to our students! Welcome back to what will be another fantastic semester.

We reconvene on Monday 11th January. For MA/MRes students, you are required to submit your assessments by no later than 4pm at the English office in the Arts Building, together with the relevant documentation (available from said office).

Tuesday 12th January