Artist in Residence: Rebecca Hurst
Rebecca Hurst writes poetry, essays and libretti. As artist in residence at the JRRI in 2019-20, Rebecca worked on the Elaine Feinstein archive (with a particular focus on the 2005 hybrid novel 'The Russian Jerusalem'), and drafted a new auto-fictive narrative poem...
Student spotlight: Alexander Hurlow
Norman Identity in Capetian France (1204-c.1337): The Chronique de Normandie and Établissements de Rouen PhD researcher, Alexander Hurlow, discusses the Rylands' copy of the 'Chronique de Normandie', and how his JRRI funded MA helped to lay the groundwork for his...
ECR Spotlight: Catherine Evans
Early Modern Sermons and Annotations By Catherine Evans Last summer, I was granted an Early Career Research Fellowship at the John Rylands Library and spent two months working with the library holdings of annotated and manuscript early modern sermons. I’ve worked on...
Geographical visions of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) in the John Rylands Library
Dr Sonia Favi is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, who works on Tokugawa period (1603-1868) Japanese history. She is currently using primary sources such as administrative and commercial maps, travel guides, pictorial representations of travel (especially ukiyo-e...
Ancient Letter Collections Project (and how you can help!)
Professor Andrew Morrison is Professor of Greek at The University of Manchester, and is co-director of The Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies, which was awarded a JRRI collaboration grant in 2019/20. The MCCS developed out of the Manchester Lives and...
‘thou shalt slepe well’: Provoking Sleep in the First English Printed Herbal
Dr Stephen Gordon is currently a Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has researched widely on the relationship between medical and supernatural beliefs in the pre-modern world. Stephen’s blog post details part of his preliminary research for...
Paper Heads and Forceps: Modelling Midwifery Practice in the Early Nineteenth Century
Dr Rebecca Whiteley is the Shreeve Fellow in the History of Medicine, John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the visual and material culture of pregnancy and midwifery in the nineteenth century. She is currently researching...
ECR Spotlight: Sarah Fox
Sarah Fox was a JRRI Early Career Research fellow during 2018/19. Here she talks about her time as a JRRI fellow and how it has helped to shape the direction of her research. My early career fellowship at the John Rylands Research Institute was awarded to allow me to...
The Artist of the Future Age: What was Blake’s influence in counterculture?
'The Artist of the Future Age: William Blake, Neo-Romanticism, Counterculture and Now' was funded by a John Rylands Research Institute events grant and held in the John Rylands Library on 11 October 2019. In this post, student intern Francesca Bradley reflects on some...
ECR spotlight: Drew Thomas
Drew Thomas was a JRRI Early Career Fellow from May-June 2019. Here he talks about his research into the counterfeit book trade:If you have ever visited the beautiful historic reading room at the John Rylands Library, you may have noticed the many statues carved into...
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