2018-19

Seminars

Seminar: Correspondence, provenance, and the ethics of collecting, 6 March 2019

by Oscar Seip | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog, Seminar 18/19, Uncategorized

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...

Seminar: Ancient and modern love, 31 January 2019

by Oscar Seip | Dec 19, 2018 | Blog, Seminar 18/19

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...

Seminar: Literary letters, 5 December 2018

by Oscar Seip | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog, Seminar 18/19

Please join us for our second seminar of the semester, featuring two twenty-minute presentations and discussion.Wednesday 5 December, 3pm - 4.30pm Samuel Alexander Building (University of Manchester, Oxford Road Campus), A202Lucy Burns (English, American Studies, and...

Seminar: Pictures and postcards: Images and letters

by Oscar Seip | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog, Seminar 18/19

We are delighted to announce our first seminar of the semester, featuring two twenty minute papers and discussion. 8 November 2018, 5pm - 6.30pm, The Christie Room, The John Rylands Library Dr Luke Uglow (Art History, Manchester): 'Drawing letters: Ruskin at the...

Workshops

Workshop: READing and Transkribing handwritten documents – 24 January 2019

by Oscar Seip | Nov 27, 2018 | Blog, Workshop 18/19

We are delighted to announce our first skills training workshop this year:The Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents (READ) project aims to make archival material more accessible by training computers to read handwritten historical manuscripts. Join Dr...

Public events

Public event: Creative letters with Leonita Flynn and Zaffar Kunial, 9 May 2019.

by Oscar Seip | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Public event 18/19, Uncategorized

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...