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Seminar on the History of Libraries
A series of research seminars, which are freely open for anyone to attend, has
been organized at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study,
University of London.
Venue: Senate House, Malet St., London WC1E 7HU.
Meetings will take place on Tuesdays at 5.30 p.m. in Room NG 16, located off
the main ground floor corridor of Senate House North Block.
Seminar convenors: Giles Mandelbrote (Early Printed Collections, The British
Library, London); Dr. Keith A. Manley (Institute of Historical Research,
University of London).
AUTUMN TERM 2008
October 7 Dr. John Screen (University College, London): From Helsinki to
Irkutsk: Finnish military libraries from 1812 to 1918.
November 4 Professor Alistair Black (Leeds Metropolitan University) and
Professor Simon Pepper (University of Liverpool): Buildings, books, and social
engineering: the architecture of early public buildings in Britain.
November 25 Dr. Keith A. Manley (Institute of Historical Research): Love,
blood, and teddy bears: twopenny libraries, parliament, and the law of retail
trade in the 1930s. NB No teddy bears will be harmed during the course of
this lecture.
SPRING TERM 2009
February 3 Alison Walker (British Library): Re-creating Sir Hans Sloane's library.
March 10 Prof. David McKitterick (Trinity College, Cambridge): Waste
management or selling the family silver?: libraries and the second-hand book
trade since the 16th century.
March 31 Peter Hoare (formerly of University of Nottingham Library): Library
practices and policies in the British Zone of Occupation in Germany, 1945-50.
SUMMER TERM 2009
May 5 Graham Jefcoate (Radboud University Library, Nijmegen): `A difficult
modernity': the library of the Catholic University of Nijmegen.
June 2 Prof. Richard Sharpe (Wadham College, Oxford): John Bagford's
account of London libraries (1707).
Further information concerning the Institute of English Studies may be found
on its website, or email [log in to unmask]
For up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits
please see the online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2008 at
http://www.arlis.org.uk/
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