🔦 Today's LRBS course spotlight is The New Trade in Old Books, led by antiquarian booksellers Angus O'Neill and Leo Cadogan.
🎟️ Book your ticket here by 31st May 👉️ buff.ly/dBXo2UY
💸 Bursaries are available - apply by 7th April
#rarebooks #LRBS26
Ever wanted to learn how those manuscripts you research were actually made? Give it a go yourself!
Bookings close 22nd May, bursary deadline 7th April.
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#palaeography #paleography #LIPS26
In 1910 Andrew Sanderson was sentenced to 14 days hard labour for stealing a copy of this book. On 29 April I’ll be talking about what cases like these tell us about the book trade and life in London in the early 20th century. @thelondonarchives.bsky.social book👇
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Huge congratulations to @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social on the publication of The Dreadful Name of Henry Hills: The Lives and Afterlives of a Seventeenth-Century Printer!
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@ies-sas.bsky.social as part of their excellent summer school program 👇📚☀️
This Wednesday!
Trace the history of obedience, its relation to female identity through two novels: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926) and Sarah Bernstein’s Study for Obedience (2023)
⏰ 25 March, 5:30pm
📍 Senate House, London
Register for the seminar ➡️ ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Bursary deadline for this summer school course is April 7th! 👇 tell everyone you know.
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#EnglishCreates: Futures
Today's blog comes from Dr Aisha Jahan, a writer and lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University.
'I am so honoured to be a part of these young writers’ journeys.'
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#EnglishStudies
Timeline cleanse #bookhistory
Feels like spring.
Registration is now open for our in-person short course aimed at staff handling rights for literary agencies & publishing houses. The two-day course will cover translation rights, serial rights, film and television rights, and much more.
⏰ 7-8 May 2026, 10am-5pm
📍 Senate House, London
BOOK NOW 👇
#EnglishCreates: Futures
'What can poetry offer to policy makers?'
Today, Prof Nicky Marsh (University of Southampton) - the curator of this month's series on 'Communities' - asks how literary practice can help us to think about the 'pride in place' agenda: universityenglish.ac.uk/how-does-lit...
Next week’s medieval manuscripts seminar is a double-bill. Join us in person or online, Tuesday 17.30 UK time.
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Applications for IES Fellowships in the 2026/27 academic year are now open!
You can apply for an ECR or Research fellowship, with terms from 6 months to 3 years.
The application deadline is 10 April.
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Interested in brushing up your knowledge on rare books? Check out our week-long courses at the London Rare Books Summer School.
Scan the QR code or visit our website: buff.ly/7cpbeU1.
#RareBooks #SummerSchool
I’ll be talking about my recent research on the trade in medieval manuscripts on 25 March @ihr.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations to @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social! We can't wait to read this!
🔦 We're shining a spotlight on the fantastic courses running during the London Rare Books School at @senatehouselib.bsky.social
📖 Today, it's 'Visualising Likeness and Difference: Genus, Gender and Race', led by Dr Pragya Dhital.
🎟️ Book your place here: buff.ly/BGQBKPr
Recently published 🎉 'New Directions in Digital Textual Studies' is co-edited by Dr Christopher Ohge (School of Advanced Study, University of London) and Dr Kristen Schuster (University of Southampton) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-direc...
Next Tuesday the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar is online. Kate Gerry will be sharing her work on the Guthlac Roll. Book 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
We are delighted to host a major international symposium occasioned by the publication of 'Literature and Learning: A History of English Studies in Britain' by Stefan Collini
⏰Thurs 30 Oct 2025, 2-7pm
📍Senate House, London
The event is free to attend
BOOK NOW ⤵️
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We're thrilled to introduce our new IES Winter School in collaboration with LIPS and LRBS!
Choose from one of our four short courses and secure your spot now
Book here: buff.ly/ul7DsUz
#shortcourse #rarebooks #palaeography
Join us in February 2026 for our acclaimed Latin Palaeography short courses led by Dr. Marigold Norbye.
Discover more and register here:
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#Latin #Palaeography
Interested in Greek Palaeography?
Join our LIPS Online Short Course with Dr. Laura Franco on the 4th-6th February 2026, from 14:00 - 17:00!
Sign up here: buff.ly/CcGO6QT
"Too Catholic, Too Medieval" by CMS Professor Emeritus, David Townsend.
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Brilliant and inspiring exhibition co-curated by Cynthia Johnston @ies-sas.bsky.social and @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social
New exhibition explores history of decorative borders: from medieval manuscripts to William Morris
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Good job if you care about the arts and humanities.
Executive Director for Portfolios, Partnerships and Engagement at the Arts and Humanities Research Council - £91k-£99k
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services has published the results of its 2023 Public Libraries Survey
Sub-panel membership for criteria setting phase of REF2029 to be announced later today. PCE pilot report publication delayed to 'by the end of October'. Overall, changes to be announced by end December and 'Every opportunity will be taken to simplify, streamline and reduce burden on the sector.'