History of Libraries

These seminars are jointly sponsored by the Institute of English Studies, the Institute of Historical Research, the Warburg Institute and the Library & Information History Group of CILIP.

Time: Tuesdays 17:30
Convenors: Giles Mandelbrote (Lambeth Palace Library); Keith A. Manley (National Trust); Raphaële Mouren (Warburg Institute); Isabel Rivers (Queen Mary)

About Seminar

These seminars are jointly sponsored by the Institute of English Studies, the Institute of Historical Research, the Warburg Institute and the Library & Information History Group of CILIP.

Term 1 - Autumn 2022

04 oct 2022

Sermons in the Subscription Library: A Digital Approach to Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Atlantic Religion

Kyle Roberts (Congregational Library and Archive, Boston, Massachusetts)

Online- via Zoom

01 nov 2022

From Books to a Library: The Collection of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)

Eleanor Greer (University of Cambridge)

Online- via Zoom

Term 2- Winter 2023

07 feb 2023

Books of her own: Women's Libraries and Book Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century

Melanie Bigold (Cardiff University)

Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB

07 mar 2023

The Reuse of Library Catalogues in Eighteenth-Century Germany: The Case of Julius Carl Schlaeger

Philippe Schmid (St Andrews/Edinburgh University)

Online via Zoom

Term 3- Spring/Summer 2023

07 feb 2023

Books of her own: Women's Libraries and Book Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century

Melanie Bigold (Cardiff University)

Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB

07 mar 2023

The Reuse of Library Catalogues in Eighteenth-Century Germany: The Case of Julius Carl Schlaeger

Philippe Schmid (St Andrews/Edinburgh University)

Online via Zoom

02 may 2023

Unearthing an Irish collection at Cambridge: Henry Bradshaw and his books in context.

Nora Moroney (Cambridge University)

Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB

History of Libraries

About Seminar

Term 1 - Autumn 2022

Sermons in the Subscription Library: A Digital Approach to Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Atlantic Religion

From Books to a Library: The Collection of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)

Term 2- Winter 2023

Books of her own: Women's Libraries and Book Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century

The Reuse of Library Catalogues in Eighteenth-Century Germany: The Case of Julius Carl Schlaeger

Term 3- Spring/Summer 2023

Books of her own: Women's Libraries and Book Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century

The Reuse of Library Catalogues in Eighteenth-Century Germany: The Case of Julius Carl Schlaeger

Unearthing an Irish collection at Cambridge: Henry Bradshaw and his books in context.

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