The Society for the History of Collecting Invites you to its Online Lecture THURSDAY, 11 NOVEMBER, 2021 6pm (GMT), 1pm (EST) Object-Oriented Manias and the Barricaded Back Room by Dr. Rebecca Falkoff, Affiliated Scholar. Brown University In early nineteenth century France, collections spilled forth from curiosity cabinets, grand galleries, personal libraries, and literary texts and … Continue reading SHC Lecture: Object-Oriented Manias and the Barricaded Back Room (11 November 2021, 6pm GMT)
Closure of the National Art Library and Proposed Restructuring of the V&A Museum
Closure of the National Art Library and Proposed Restructuring of the V&A Museum As many of our members already know the Victoria and Albert is planning a major restructuring of the museum and a massive staff reduction and immediate temporary closure of the National Art Library, both of which we see as proposals that will … Continue reading Closure of the National Art Library and Proposed Restructuring of the V&A Museum
STIP: 2 PhD Studentships with the British Library (London, 29 May 2020)
Subject: STIP: 2 PhD Studentships with the British Library Durham/London and London/Bristol (United Kingdom) Application deadline: May 29, 2020 [1] Appropriating a Conqueror: The Legend of Alexander the Great in Late Antique and Medieval Literary Culture [2] The Michael Hamburger Archive: Mediating European Literature ___________ [1] PhD Studentship: Appropriating a Conqueror: The Legend of Alexander … Continue reading STIP: 2 PhD Studentships with the British Library (London, 29 May 2020)
SYM: Seventeenth-Century Libraries: Problems & Perspectives IAS Common Ground, UCL (6 – 8 June 2019)
Seventeenth-Century Libraries: Problems & Perspectives IAS Common Ground, UCL 6-8 June 2019 This symposium brings together a group of UK-based academics and librarians, as well as key Continental scholars, in an attempt to consolidate current research, for the first time, on seventeenth-century libraries and book collecting. Seventeenth-Century Libraries: Problems & Perspectives will address questions of … Continue reading SYM: Seventeenth-Century Libraries: Problems & Perspectives IAS Common Ground, UCL (6 – 8 June 2019)
WORKSHOP: Antiquarian ‘Science’ in the Scholarly Society (1, 2 April 2019)
1 and 2 April 2019 Antiquarian ‘Science’ in the Scholarly Society Society of Antiquaries of London. Workshop two of the AHRC International Networking Grant: Collective Wisdom: Collecting in the early modern academy https://collectivewisdom.uoregon.edu led by A.M. Roos and Vera Keller In this workshop, we will explore how ‘antiquarian science’ informed collecting in the early modern scholarly … Continue reading WORKSHOP: Antiquarian ‘Science’ in the Scholarly Society (1, 2 April 2019)