Bodleian Libraries

The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford form the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. They include the principal University library-the Bodleian Library-which has been a library of legal deposit for 400 years; major research libraries; and libraries attached to faculties, departments and other institutions of the University. The combined library collections number more than 11 million printed items, in addition to 30,000 e-journals and vast quantities of materials in other formats. The Old Bodleian is also a major visitor attraction, drawing over 300,000 visitors a year. More information about the Bodleian Libraries and their activities can be found at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

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Title	Description	People	Date
Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds	Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows.	David Pratten, Jamie Lorimer, Beth Greenhough, Eva Bredler, Eben Kirksey, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson	20 August, 2024
Extraordinary Bodies, Disability Justice, and Metamorphosis	All of our bodies are gradually undergoing metamorphosis. Yet, many people with extraordinary bodies and minds experience discrimination in everyday life. Our speakers imagine metamorphosis and transformations on a grand societal scale.	Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Anna Landre, Benedict Ipgrave, Stuart Murray, Hannah Thompson, Zhixin Wan, Khansa Mari	12 August, 2024
Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs	Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism.	Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Eben Kirksey	7 August, 2024
CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis	Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influential disabled thinkers to discuss ethical issues hovering around gene editing.	Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Nada Kubikova, Dagan Wells, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath, Eben Kirksey, Sarah Kane	26 July, 2024
Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation	Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its reception.	Peter Boxall, Ankhi Mukherjee, Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder, Alys Moody	10 July, 2024
Modernist Photobooks, Propaganda and the Everyday	Associate Professor Donna West Brett gives a lecture on the collection of photobooks donated to the Bodleian Library in 2020 by Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey.	Donna West Brett	3 July, 2024
Some generalizations about the shape and geographical spread of Latin textual traditions	Episode 4 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley.	Stephen Oakley	20 June, 2024
What happens when incunables replace manuscripts?	Episode 4 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley.	Stephen Oakley	20 June, 2024
Cross-fertilization and the limits of the genealogical method: the case of Catullus	Episode 3 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley.	Stephen Oakley	20 June, 2024
The transmission of the Corpus Cyprianum and Pontius’ Life of Cyprian	Episode 2 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley.	Stephen Oakley	20 June, 2024
The transmission of Julius Caesar’s Civil War	Episode 1 of the Lyell lectures 2024 delivered by Professor Stephen Oakley.	Stephen Oakley	18 June, 2024
‘Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’: Insects and Disgust and Repulsion’	Franz Kafka exploited people’s disgust at insects as his protagonist, Greger Samsa, was transformed into a giant insect. Is this disgust innate, widely shared or justified and what are the consequences for our treatment of insects?	Liam Crowley, Rosemary Gillespie, Clair Linzey, Geraldine Wright	12 June, 2024
Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience	Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberculosis from candidate vaccines, the role of genetics in TB treatments and the perspective of a patient.	Helen McShane, Philip Fowler	12 June, 2024
Oxford Reads Kafka	A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civic leaders and University academics and students, this event celebrates the power of Kafka’s voice today.	Lemn Sissay, Ben Okri, Lisa Appignanesi, Helen McShane, Danial Hussain, Marie Chatardová, Miguel Berger	12 June, 2024
'Kafka's Ape' and 'Words and Music'	Interview with the creatives behind two shows inspired by Kafka's story 'A Report for an Academy' which explore race, migration, ageing and "humanimal" agency.	Ed Gaughan, Karen Leeder, Tony Miyambo, Wes Williams	7 June, 2024
Exploring Chaucer Here and Now	In this webinar, Professor Marion Turner introduces some of the themes of Chaucer Here and Now, the exhibition currently on view at the Weston Library.	Marion Turner	5 April, 2024
'The hooly blisful martir for to seke' Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims	Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales tell the story of pilgrims 'from every shires ende / Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende’. Experience these journeys, both real and imagined, through medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian collection live under the visualiser.	Alison Ray, Andrew Dunning	3 April, 2024
We Rise (Together): Taking and Making Space for BIPOC Book Arts Creatives, Cultures, and Histories	Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective (aka Book/Print Collective) and shared methods for supporting and empowering BIPOC book and print artists	Tia Blassingame	13 February, 2024
The Dancing Master in Context: Playford’s publishing and music-making in 17th century England	In this session, we explore what Playford’s publishing activities can tell us about how music was incorporated into different social environments in seventeenth-century English society and the role music played in peoples lives.	Rebecca Herissone, Alice Little, Helen Cook	30 November, 2023
A dance band for Playford?	This talk will consider how and why the frontispiece to this edition was different from those in earlier editions and place the image in relation to other images of ballroom dance bands before and after 1728.	Jeremy Barlow, Alice Little, Helen Cook	2 November, 2023
Professor Trudie Lang	Georgina Ferry interviews Trudie Lang, Professor of Global Health Research and Head of the Global Health Network, 13 April 2023.	Trudie Lang, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Siobhan Gardiner	Georgina Ferry interviews Siobhan Gardiner, Clinical Research Nurse, 11 April 2023.	Siobhan Gardiner, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Professor Sara Khalid	Georgina Ferry interviews Sara Khalid, Associate Professor, 31 March 2023.	Sara Khalid, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Professor David Eyre	Georgina Ferry interviews David Eyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases, 28 March 2023.	David Eyre, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Yi-Chun Wang	Georgina Ferry interviews Yi-Chun Wang, Research Scientist and PhD Student, 24 March 2023.	Yi-Chun Wang, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Dr Claas Kirchhelle	Georgina Ferry interviews Claas Kirchhelle, former Honorary Fellow in Vaccine History (Oxford Vaccine Group/Oxford Martin School), 22 March 2023.	Claas Kirchhelle, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Elizabeth Stafford	Georgina Ferry interviews Elizabeth Stafford, Clinical Research Nurse Manager, 22 March 2023.	Elizabeth Stafford, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Sam Foster	Georgina Ferry interviews Sam Foster, former Chief Nursing Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust), 22 March 2023.	Sam Foster, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Professor Mary Daly	Georgina Ferry interviews Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 March 2023.	Mary Daly, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Sumali Bajaj	Georgina Ferry interviews Sumali Bajaj, DPhil student (Department of Biology), 17 March 2023.	Sumali Bajaj, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Dr Andrew Brent	Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Brent, Consultant in Infectious Diseases & General Internal Medicine and Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), 17 March 2023.	Andrew Brent, Georgina Ferry	1 August, 2023
Persian lacquered bookbinding: A journey through its layers and conservation challenges	Conservation Scientist Prof. Dr. Mandana Barkeshli looks at lacquered bookbindings made by Persian artisans in the 16th to 19th centuries.	Mandana Barkeshli	17 July, 2023
Dr Xin Xu	Georgina Ferry interviews Xin Xu, Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) and Junior Research Fellow (Kellogg College), 15 March 2023.	Xin Xu, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Professor Kate Orkin	Georgina Ferry interviews Kate Orkin, Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy, 15 March 2023.	Kate Orkin, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra	Georgina Ferry interviews Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology, 14 March 2023.	Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Dr Rajarshi Banerjee	Georgina Ferry interviews Rajarshi Banerjee, CEO Perspectum and former student of Oxford Medical School, 14 March 2023.	Rajarshi Banerjee, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Tony Brett	Georgina Ferry interviews Tony Brett, Director of Medical Sciences Division IT Services, 28 February 2023.	Tony Brett, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Professor Sheetal Silal	Georgina Ferry interviews Sheetal Silal, Associate Professor (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town) and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling (Nuffield Department of Medicine), 28 February 2023.	Sheetal Silal, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Dr Ane Ogbe	Georgina Ferry interviews Ane Ogbe, former Senior Immunologist (Frater Lab) and Group Leader (Evox Therapeutics), 23 Febrauary 2023.	Ane Ogbe, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Professor Nicole Zitzmann	Georgina Ferry interviews Nicole Zitzmann, Professor of Virology and Principal Investigator (Department of Biochemistry), 22 February 2023.	Nicole Zitzmann, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Dr Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu	Georgina Ferry interviews Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Chief Operating Officer (SimCell) and former postdoctoral researcher (Institute of Biomedical Engineering), 20 February 2023.	Chia Chen (Jane) Hsu, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Chris Price	Georgina Ferry interviews Chris Price, Divisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer for Medical Sciences, 8 February 2023.	Chris Price, Georgina Ferry	5 July, 2023
Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine and Japanese Manuscripts	An introduction to the analysis of painted Byzantine and Japanese manuscripts by the Bodleian Libraries' new Heritage Scientist.	Kate Fulcher	4 July, 2023
Daniel Meadows - 50 years of The Free Photographic Omnibus	Daniel Meadows is a pioneer of contemporary British documentary practice. A photographer, documentarian and digital storyteller. He returns to the Bodleian library to muse on his life and archive and the power of photography.	Daniel Meadows	27 June, 2023
Queer Bibliography: A Discussion	What is queer bibliography? How does it intersect with other critical bibliographies, (feminist, Black and liberation bibliography)? How does it relate to traditional bibliographic practice? What opportunities might queer methods and approaches provide?	Sarah Pyke, James Sargan, Adam Smyth	26 June, 2023
The New Nature of the Book: Publishing and Printing in the Post-Digital Era	In this lecture, Matthew Kirschenbaum considers textual stability, a concern of publishers and readers since before the advent of printing, in the post-digital era.	Matthew Kirschenbaum	13 June, 2023
Professor Brian Marsden	Georgina Ferry interviews Brian Marsden, Associate Professor for Data Management and Research Informatics, 3 February 2023.	Brian Marsden, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Omar El Muhanna	Georgina Ferry interviews Omar El Muhanna, Senior Operations Manager (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 2 February 2023.	Omar El Muhanna, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Dr Alex Mentzer	Georgina Ferry interviews Alex Mentzer, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, 25 January 2023.	Alex Mentzer, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Dr Lennard Lee	Georgina Ferry interviews Lennard Lee, Academic Clinical Lecturer and Medical Oncologist, 19 January 2023.	Lennard Lee, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Dr Helen Salisbury	Georgina Ferry interviews Helen Salisbury, GP and Senior Medical Education Fellow, 19 January 2023.	Helen Salisbury, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Professor Neelika Malavige	Georgina Ferry interviews Neelika Malavige, Academic Visitor and Professor (University of Sri Jayewardenepura), 18 January 2023.	Neelika Malavige, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Dr Edward O'Neill	Georgina Ferry interviews Edward O'Neill, Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Oncology) and vaccine volunteer, 12 January 2023.	Edward O'Neill, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Dr Emma Flint	Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Flint, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 5 January 2023.	Emma Flint, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Professor Stanley Ulijaszek	Georgina Ferry interviews Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, 15 December 2022.	Stanley Ulijaszek, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Dr Thomas Kirk	Georgina Ferry interviews Thomas Kirk, Former DPhil student (Biomedical Engineering), conducted by Georgina Ferry, 6 December 2022.	Thomas Kirk, Georgina Ferry	12 June, 2023
Shaping legacies	Lecture 5 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series	Ann M Blair	1 June, 2023
Complicating attributions	Lecture 4 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series	Ann M Blair	1 June, 2023
Mechanical and intellectual	Lecture 3 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series	Ann M Blair	1 June, 2023
Invisible and visible	Lecture 2 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series	Ann M Blair	1 June, 2023
Amanuenses in the longue durée	Lecture 1 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series	Ann M Blair	1 June, 2023
Dr Sile Johnson	Georgina Ferry interviews Sile Johnson, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 15 December 2022.	Sile Johnson, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Dr Cristian Roman	Georgina Ferry interviews Cristian Roman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 14 December 2022.	Cristian Roman, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Dr Andrew Kwok	Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Kwok, Former PhD student (Functional Genomics in Sepsis), 3 December 2022.	Andrew Kwok, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Dr Janelle Winters	Georgina Ferry interviews Janelle Winters, Postdoctoral Research Associate (Faculty of History), 2 December 2022.	Janelle Winters, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Emma Bolam	Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Bolam, Head of Production (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 24 November 2022.	Emma Bolam, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Professor Matthew Snape	Georgina Ferry interviews Matthew Snape, Visiting Professor (University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics), 22 November 2022	matthew snape, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Dr Stephanie Tierney	Georgina Ferry interviews Stephanie Tierney, Health Services Researcher, Departmental Lecturer, 15 November 2022.	Stephanie Tierney, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Dr Marion Watson	Georgina Ferry interviews Marion Watson, Head of Operations, Clinical Trials (Jenner Institute), 14 November 2022.	Marion Watson, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Dr Raha West	Georgina Ferry interviews Raha West, Principal Investigator on the RECOVERY Trial, 10 November 2022.	Raha West, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
Dr Annette von Delft	Georgina Ferry interviews Annette von Delft, Translational Scientist (Centre for Medicines Discovery), 16 June 2022.	Annette von Delft, Georgina Ferry	22 May, 2023
What is Photography For?	Social documentary photographer Jim Mortram and photographer and publisher Craig Atkinson ponder why should we care about photography? Why take photographs? Why preserve them.	Helen Cooke, Jim Mortram, Craig Atkinson	5 May, 2023
Making wood type then and now	Thomas Gravemaker explores the history of wood type printing as well as his own recent manufacture using digital design and a CNC router.	Thomas Gravemaker	19 April, 2023
Modern Times: Photography in Britain 1800–1850	Geoffrey Batchen explores the first fifty years of photography in Britain.	Geoffrey Batchen	6 April, 2023
Professor José Villar	Georgina Ferry interviews José Villar, Professor of Perinatal Medicine, 8 November 2022.	José Villar, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Dr Adam Ritchie	Georgina Ferry interviews Adam Ritchie, Senior Vaccine Programme Manager, 31 October 2022.	Adam Ritchie, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor Martin Landray	Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, 27 October 2022.	Martin Landray, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor Richard Cornall	Georgina Ferry interviews Richard Cornall, Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, 26 October 2022.	Richard Cornall, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor Marian Knight	Georgina Ferry interviews Marian Knight, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, 13 October 2022.	Marian Knight, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Tracey Mustoe	Georgina Ferry interviews Tracey Mustoe, University Biological Safety Officer, 21 September 2022.	Tracey Mustoe, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor John Bell (part three)	Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 21 September 2022.	John Bell, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor Lisa White	Georgina Ferry interviews Lisa White, Professor of Modelling in Epidemiology at the Big Data Institute, 13 September 2022.	Lisa White, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Dr Max Roser	Georgina Ferry interviews Max Roser, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development, 2 September 2022.	Max Roser, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Dr Carina Joe	Georgina Ferry interviews Carina Joe, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Vaccine Development, 1 September 2022.	Carina Joe, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor William James	Georgina Ferry interviews William James, Professor of Virology, 18 August 2022.	William James, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor Alain Townsend	Georgina Ferry interviews Alain Townsend, Professor of Molecular Immunology, 16 August 2022.	Alain Townsend, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor John Bell (part two)	Georgina Ferry interviews Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, 28 April 2022.	John Bell, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
Professor Aris Katzourakis	Georgina Ferry interviews Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, 27 January 2022.	Aris Katzourakis, Georgina Ferry	30 March, 2023
ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Bodleian Collections	A research collaboration between the Bodleian Libraries and the Factum Foundation	John Barrett, Adam Lowe, Jorge Cano, Andrew Irving, Richard Allen, Damien Bov, Jessica Hodgkinson, Jo Story, Alessandro Bianchi, Chiara Betti	17 February, 2023
Professor Lucie Cluver	Georgina Ferry interviews Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, 7 July 2022.	Lucie Cluver, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor Carl Heneghan	Georgina Ferry interviews Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, 4 July 2022.	Carl Heneghan, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor Sunetra Gupta	Georgina Ferry interviews Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, 15 June 2022.	Sunetra Gupta, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor David Stuart	Georgina Ferry interviews Sir David Stuart, Professor of Structural Biology, 10 June 2022.	David Stuart, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor Jennifer Beam Dowd	Georgina Ferry interviews Jennifer Beam Dowd, Professor of Demography and Population Health, 26 May 2022.	Jennifer Beam Dowd, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor Fernanda Duarte	Georgina Ferry interviews Fernanda Duarte, Associate Professor in Computational Organic Chemistry, 26 April 2022.	Fernanda Duarte, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Henry Chan	Georgina Ferry interviews Henry Chan, DPhil Student, 26 April 2022.	Henry Chan, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor Meghana Pandit	Georgina Ferry interviews Meghana Pandit, Chief Executive Officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 7 April 2022.	Meghana Pandit, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor Cathy Creswell	Georgina Ferry interviews Cathy Creswell, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology, 7 April 2022.	Cathy Creswell, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Professor Naomi Allen	Georgina Ferry interviews Naomi Allen, Professor in Epidemiology and Chief Scientist at the U.K. Biobank, 6 April 2022.	Naomi Allen, Georgina Ferry	4 January, 2023
Unveiling the invisible belt: the shareholders of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, 1897–1901	Drawing on a detailed survey of shareholders of the Marconi in 1897 and 1900, this lecture will trace an overall profile of the diverse categories of investors who dared to back this venture through it's experimental phase to becoming commercially viable.	Dr. Anna Guagnini	14 November, 2022

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