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...
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‘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...
Treasures in plain sight: revealing the depths of the Methodist Collections at the University of Manchester
Jane Gallagher is Digital Engagement Manager (Special Collections) and Curator of World Religions & Theology printed collections. Here she talks about the printed Methodist Collections held at the University of Manchester.Nonconformity runs through the collections...
Advanced Imaging techniques, supporting research with Special Collections
The Imaging team offer a suite of Advanced Imaging techniques to support innovative and multidisciplinary research with our Special Collections. Advanced Imaging supports researchers to interrogate the physical attributes and contents of our Special Collections, using...
The Making of an Anti-Slavery Anthology: Mary-Anne Rawson and ‘The Bow in the Cloud’ (Part 1)
Christopher Ohge (Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) Part 1 A Definitive Object, a Solidity of Purpose "The plan appears to me very promising, and I hope, and that its success will further the amiable design of its...
Collection Spotlight: The Mark Warner Photography Collection
The University of Manchester Library has recently acquired a body of work by the Manchester photographer Mark Warner (1960-2001). Mark was formerly the Head of Photography at Manchester College of Art and a photographer of great virtuosity and technical skill. Born in...
A closer look at the Manchester Observer (1819-1822)
Dr Janette Martin, curator of our current exhibition Peterloo: Manchester’s Fight for Freedom, writes: The spring and summer of 1819 saw radical speakers criss-crossing the country holding large meetings to raise support for parliamentary reform and other radical...
Curator spotlight: Julie Ramwell
Julie Ramwell is a Special Collections Library with curatorial responsibility for post-1500 English printed collections, including English literature, private press and street literature, and French literature. Here she talks about some items of note from the street...
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