MCCS Annual Lecture 2022: recording now available
The recording of Prof. Hugh Haughton's MCCS annual lecture, 'The Ghost of the Letter: Corresponding Subjects and Objects' (11 May 2022) is now available here:...
MCCS Annual Lecture 2022, 11 May 2022
'The Ghost of the Letter: Corresponding Subjects and Objects' Join us in the magnificent Historic Reading Room of the John Rylands Library on Deansgate on 11 May 2022 for the annual lecture of the Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies (MCCS). Hosted by Dr...
Authentication and Forgery in Letters workshop, 13 April 2022
We're holding our next event this academic year on 13 April 2022, from 1.45pm at the John Rylands Research Institute & Library on Deansgate. Join us for an academic led symposium to explore authentication and forgery in classical, biblical and patristic letters...
Before Mail Art: Visual Letters Workshop, 23 Feb. 2022
We're holding our first event in this academic year on 23 February 2022, from 1.45pm at the John Rylands Research Institute & Library on Deansgate. Join us for an academic led symposium to explore letters as visual objects, exploring interdisciplinary discussion...
Conference: The Aldine Edition of the Ancient Greek Epistolographers, 17 June 2019
CONFERENCE: The Aldine Edition of the Ancient Greek Epistolographers. 17 June 2019, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm. Accompanied by an exhibition: “Old and Rare Editions of Ancient Greek Epistolographers”. The Aldine edition of Greek epistolographers, published in 1499 in...
Seminar: Editing Letters, 19 June 2020
SEMINAR: EDITING LETTERS, 19 June 2020, 2-4pm. This panel discussion will explore issues involved in editing correspondence from a range of disciplinary and thematic perspectives. The Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies warmly invites you to join us in a...
Seminar: Correspondence, provenance, and the ethics of collecting, 6 March 2019
Please join us for our second seminar of the semester, featuring two twenty-minute presentations and discussion. All welcome!Wednesday 6th March 2019, 3pm - 4.30pmA112 Samuel Alexander BuildingEthical challenges in early twentieth century Samaritan manuscript...
Public event: Creative letters with Leonita Flynn and Zaffar Kunial, 9 May 2019.
9 May 2019, The John Rylands Library, Manchester, 6pm-7.30pm.(with a collection encounter and reception from 5pm).Save the date! There are still many more Lives of Letters events this year ahead of us, but we are delighted to already announce a letter-themed poetry...
Seminar: Ancient and modern love, 31 January 2019
Please join us for our first seminar of the semester, featuring two twenty-minute presentations and discussion. All welcome!Thursday, 31 January 2019, 5pm - 6.30pmChristie Room, The John Rylands Library'Love letters and erotic letter: Antiquity and beyond' Dr Owen...
A letter and envelope reunited
Thomas Carlyle was born on this day in 1795. Here's a story from the archives of the John Rylands Library Special Collections Blog by Fran Baker about reuniting a letter and envelope from Carlyle. We recently made a very small but slightly unusual archival...
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