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Discover History of books projects at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, digital editions at the Taylorian and @BodleianLibraries.bsky.social https://historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/ Posts by @HLaehnemann.bsky.social & @emmahuber.bsky.social
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Fantastic talk online: Leah Price, speaker for the upcoming 2025 #LyellLectures @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, gives a sneak preview into Victorian books and their servants. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lyell-lectures : youtu.be/dty5Qj0Gaeo
Victorian Books and their Servants at the Bodleian (Leah Price)
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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April 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Had an amazing day presenting on @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social and @lincoln.ox.ac.uk pecia manuscripts at the
@friasunifreiburg.bsky.social Material Matters conference exploring reuse in pre-modern texts, images, and carriers! 📜🎉
April 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Fantastic presentation for #InternationalWomensDay #iwd by Péter Tóth, Curator of Greek Manuscripts, during the Friday coffee mornings, showing seven women of antiquity through papyrus documents @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social youtu.be/ynHDUk2Is5A
Greek Papyri in the Bodleian for International Women's Day (Péter Tóth)
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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March 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Professorship for 'Historische Hilfswissenschaften' (basically: bibliography) advertised @univie.ac.at berufungsservice.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...
February 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hugely exciting to be able to advertise the Professorship in Latin Palaeography at the History Faculty @ox.ac.uk in conjunction with @wadhamcollege.bsky.social, and to join the world's largest community of medievalists @oxmedstud.bsky.social medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/02/27/j... #medieval #palaeography
February 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Catch a new exhibition in the Voltaire Room tomorrow, with tour from curator Benjamin Micallef.

"Representation, and Displacement, in the Avant-Garde" features artists' books from the Taylor and Art Library collections.

On display for a limited time, make sure to stop by!
February 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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It's a new day at the Taylorian, and a new social media platform 🦋

What to expect?
The same content from our previous posts on other sites: Modern Languages events in Oxford, library updates, and top tips for using the Taylorian!

Let's chat! Let us know what you'd like to see on our feed 🌞
February 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Printed Heritage Collections @britishlibrary.bsky.social & Digital Research team are co-supervising a placement on Computational analysis of early printed book descriptions. For humanities people who want to learn about digital research tools. Deadline this Friday! www.bl.uk/more/researc...
Research collaboration - The British Library
The British Library offers opportunities for researchers to collaborate to create new knowledge, with a particular focus on the British Library’s collection, services and infrastructure.
www.bl.uk
February 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Hey just in the spirit of trying everything: as a middle-aged queer who already gets hassled in public loos, returning to the US is looking increasingly scary.
I CAN apply to stay in the UK, but need work at a liveable wage. Can teach nearly anything. Research CV as long as my arm. I just need work.
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Huge fun yesterday at the Weston Library Coffee Morning @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social with Niko Kontovas lively presentation of #queerlove in #Persian & other #Asian #manuscripts - incl. reading 4 languages & his own rhymed translations! youtu.be/jcyAQhqUBuY - a feast to listen to!
Queer Love Poetry in Persian and other Asian Manuscripts (Niko Kontovas)
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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February 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Hallo zusammen! 👋👋 The Associate of German Studies is now on BlueSky! Follow us for updates on all things German Studies in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Looking forward to building a vibrant community together here! #GermanStudies #BlueSkyLaunch
February 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This might be of interest for the newly established @ags-gbi.bsky.social account for the Association of German Studies (AGS) in the UK - the first European bestseller, originally written in German, then translated via Latin in many European lanuages
February 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Fantastic Weston Library Coffee Morning @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social with Alyssa Steiner @britishlibrary.bsky.social presenting Ship of Fools, the #earlymodern #bestselling printing sensation, from around Europe #Narrenschiff youtu.be/rwQ69h29lTQ
The 'Ship of Fools' in the Bodleian (Alyssa Steiner)
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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February 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Essential reading for early medievalists: Julia Smith's new study of the field's history, and perspectives on its future.
doi.org/10.1017/ean....
Fifty Years of Early Medieval History | Early Medieval England and its Neighbours | Cambridge Core
Fifty Years of Early Medieval History - Volume 51
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January 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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A magical @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Coffee Morning today on early modern alchemy! 📜🎉
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Our edition of 'Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen' is now #openaccess available on google books thx to @emmahuber.bsky.social: books.google.co.uk/books?id=oIx... @oxfordgerman.bsky.social #Reformation #pamphlets #Christian #freedom
January 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Exciting addition to the playlist of manuscript presentations from @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social: Dr Péter Tóth, Curator of #Greek #Manuscripts, presents #NewTestament #apocrypha #papyrus #parchment #fragments #codices youtu.be/_tat1NzWXIo
Greek New Testament Apocrypha in Manuscripts from the Bodleian Library (Péter Tóth)
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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January 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social What a captivating microcosm this BODcast on the #ARCHiOX Project is! History of science, book history, art history, reflection on the past and future of historical collections, not to mention the digital magic. Highly recommended podcasts.ox.ac.uk/archiox-seei...
ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Oxford University Collections
The very latest in 3D recording technology has revealed near-invisible markings from originals held at Oxford University institutions. Imagery captured with this technology shows what has never before...
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January 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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History and Materiality of the Book Seminar series

🗓️ Wednesdays 2-3:30pm
🗺️ @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Weston Library
January 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Welcome to 2025 and to a brand new 📯Medieval Booklet📯 !

Hilary is stronger than ever with almost 50 (!!) pages of medieval conferences, lectures, seminars, reading groups, events, and opportunities, ready to view at users.ox.ac.uk/~fmml2152/me....

Which means it's time for... a Big Booklet Thread!
January 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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We're sharing some of Bodleian Graduate Trainee, Emma's snapshots from her four months on the job so far! Please check ALT text for more info and follow the link tinyurl.com/9ve2uzk to apply for 2025/26 Graduate Trainee places before 12pm GMT tomorrow.
January 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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More of our Bodleian Graduate Trainee's pics from her four months on the job so far. Please check ALT text for full info and follow the link tinyurl.com/9ve2uzk to apply for 2025/26 Graduate Trainee places *before 12pm* GMT tomorrow. Repost to spread the word!
January 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fascinating detective work by Colin Harris and Andy Wheale @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social identifying the WW1 pilots in a private photographic album of the John Johnson collection
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A Photographic Album of 70 Squadron Royal Flying Corps, Summer 1916
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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January 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Now online: Fantastic talk by @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Curator of Chinese manuscripts
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The Chinese 'Mirror for the Ruler' in the Bodleian (Mamtimyn Sunuodula)
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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