Happy birthday William Blake – and why his letters are useful (part 1)

by Oscar Seip | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog

Lives of letters Blog Past Events 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 Recorded events About Goals History People Connect Events 2021-22 Naomi Billingsley, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the JRRI and one of the Lives of Letters team, writes: Today is the birthday of poet,...

Seminar 3 – Private and Public Letters – 14 December

by Oscar Seip | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog, Events

Lives of letters Blog Past Events 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 Recorded events About Goals History People Connect Events 2021-22 Please join us for our third seminar this semester. Four lightning talks will consider issues involved in working with private and public...

Letters from the front: A soldier’s experiences in the First World War

by Oscar Seip | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog

Lives of letters Blog Past Events 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 Recorded events About Goals History People Connect Events 2021-22 To mark Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday this weekend, we are reposting this blog from the John Rylands Library Special Collections blog....

Networks and Individuals: Opportunities and challenges in mapping relationships through the study of correspondence

by Oscar Seip | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog

Lives of letters Blog Past Events 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 Recorded events About Goals History People Connect Events 2021-22 The Lives and Afterlives of Letters Network’s three events for semester 1 take the form of four 10-minute lightning talks with 40 minutes of...