BODLEIAN LIBRARIES WHAT S ON STAGING HISTORY TREASURES: 24 PAIRS TUBERCULOSIS: MILESTONES OF DISCOVERY WOMEN OF THE BODLEIAN OCTOBER DECEMBER 2016

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1 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BODLEIAN LIBRARIES WHAT S ON OCTOBER DECEMBER 2016 STAGING HISTORY TREASURES: 24 PAIRS TUBERCULOSIS: MILESTONES OF DISCOVERY WOMEN OF THE BODLEIAN Bodleian Libraries UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

2 EXHIBITIONS OPEN 14 OCTOBER JANUARY 2017 Saging Hisory Exploraion, revoluion and parioism ake cenre sage in he Bodleian Libraries new auumn exhibiion, Saging Hisory, which reveals how hisorical evens were presened on sage in Regency-era Briain ( ). Discover how hisory and hisorical evens, such as he ravels of Capain Cook and he Napoleonic Wars, grew in populariy as he subjec of heare and opera producions. This exhibiion also akes you behind he scenes o examine how pioneering se designs and hisorically appropriae cosumes and props brough hisory o life on he sage. The ques for accurae re-enacmens pushed he bounds of hearical specacle: a waer ank wih model floaing ships was deployed a Sadler s Wells heare for he saging of he Siege of Gibralar, whils anoher producion on he same heme used live cannons which se fire o he vessels in each performance. Feauring rare iems from he Bodleian Libraries, he V&A and oher collecions, his sumpuous exhibiion will reveal wha i mean o be enerained like he Georgians. ST LEE GALLERY, WESTON LIBRARY Saging Hisory Prin workshop for families 15h Ocober 11am-3pm To celebrae he opening of our Saging Hisory exhibiion, come along o he Weson Library and creae your own playbill using he Bodleian s prining press. Drop in, no booking required.

3 OPEN UNTIL 19 FEBRUARY 2017 Bodleian Treasures: 24 pairs Wha is reasure? Explore his heme and more in his unique exhibiion which pairs up some of he Libraries mos iconic iems. Feauring he Magna Cara alongside souvenirs from he women s suffrage movemen, rare books joined ogeher wih manuscrips, modern ephemera alongside 400-year-old rolls, explore how ideas of creaiviy, libery, and reasure are represened in he Libraries hisoric collecions. THE TREASURY, WESTON LIBRARY Saging Hisory: An illusraed book o accompany he exhibiion. Edied by Michael Burden, Wendy Heller, Jonahan Hicks and Ellen Lockhar PAPERBACK ISBN: Available onsie in he Bodleian Shops or online a

4 TALKS & EVENTS Georgian hisory and heriage lecures Come, le us si for Tariel : The sory of The Man in he Panher s Skin 19 Ocober 5 6pm Dr Nikoloz Aleksidze, Research Associae, Hisory Faculy, Oxford The Wardrop Collecion of Georgian books and manuscrips in he Bodleian Library is a unique winess o nearly one housand years of he life of he Georgian naion. Discover why wo manuscrips from his collecion were deemed so imporan ha hey were added o he UK s UNESCO Memory of he World regiser in Amiran Unbound : Chris s Las Foe in he Caucasus 30 November 5 6pm Dr Nikoloz Aleksidze, Research Associae, Hisory Faculy, Oxford Few may know ha aniquiy s Promeheus has a lierary and folk win in he Caucasus Amiran, an epic hero who was chained o a Caucasian rock for challenging his own godfaher, Jesus Chris. This free lecure chars he origins of his Georgian myh and he ways in which i coninues o inspire oday. Saging Hisory lecure series Illuminaing specacle on he operaic sage 2 November pm Dr Tamsin Alexander, Lecurer, Goldsmihs, Universiy of London To urn o 1830s London is o explore a ime and place obsessed wih lighing echnologies. Using he example of Gusavus he Third, adaped from Auber s Gusave III for Coven Garden in 1833, his alk reveals how discussions abou ligh and vision influenced responses o opera, and offers new perspecives on how opera was experienced in he pas. LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY The Ripper on he London Sage 16 November pm Dr Sophie Duncan, Calleva Cenre Posdocoral Researcher, Magdalen College, Oxford In auumn 1888, Richard Mansfield s sage performance as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was bleeding ino Londoners sensibiliies as he Jack he Ripper killings filled newspapers and errified locals. In his alk, Dr Sophie Duncan examines how Mansfield spread panic over he Ripper from Whiechapel o he Wes End.

5 Talks run as par of he Oxford Shakespeare 2016 Fesival hp://shakespeareoxford2016.co.uk Shakespeare and he Vicorians 19 Ocober pm Rober Douglas-Fairhurs, Professor of English Lieraure, Universiy of Oxford Performing Shakespeare: hen and now 19 Ocober pm Tiffany Sern, Professor of Early Modern Drama, Universiy of Oxford, and Jonahan Lloyd Sonnes Alive! 10 November am Celebraing Shakespeare s poery and sonne-wriing oday. A presenaion of hand-prined sonnes from around he world and closer o home. Poery reading wih special guess. No need o book, jus drop in. Shakespeare Dead or Alive 27 November 11.30am, 1 & 2pm A new dance and spoken word piece presened by Crossover Dance Projecs, direced by Cecilia MacFarlane and Euon Daley MBE, boh of whom have inernaional repuaions for heir work in he communiy. This new commission explores urmoil & conflic, mysery and magic in Shakespeare s plays hrough he fusion of dance, heare, music and he spoken word o produce a visual specacle. This is par of Chrismas Ligh Fesival and he closing even of Shakespeare Oxford You can cach up on all of he Shakespeare Oxford 2016 alks a he Weson Library online a: csb/evens Marconi s wireless revoluion 27 Ocober 5 6pm Giovanni Paoloni and Inês Queiroz, Bodleian Byrne-Bussey Marconi Fellows In he early developmen of wireless, shorwaves were considered of no echnical and commercial consequence, and lef behind as a research field. This free lecure explores how Marconi was once again firs in undersanding he exisence of unexpeced possibiliies saring a new wireless revoluion. Oxford s Chrismas Ligh Fesival November Celebrae Oxford s iconic Chrismas Ligh Fesival a he Weson Library. Check online for more deails. WESTON LIBRARY Leerpress card workshop 16 November pm Hand-prin your own holiday cards in leerpress or linocu. Design and prin workshop using he Bodleian s handoperaed presses in he Bodleian Library. Age over 8 only. Children mus be accompanied by an adul. All maerials are provided, no experience necessary. Regiser online: 20 adul, 10 under 16. OLD SCHOOLS QUADRANGLE, SCHOLA MUSICAE Book online a bibpress Book alks online in advance o avoid disappoinmen: Please noe even imings may be subjec o change. Please check he websie before you visi.

6 FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN EVENTS These evens are open o all Friends and he public. Admission free unless oherwise saed. Couresy of Kenneh Noron Collins, ca Eleanor Rahbone, refugee scholars and he Sociey for he Proecion of Science and Learning in he 1940s 18 Ocober pm Dr Susan Cohen, Honorary Fellow of he Parkes Insiue for he Sudy of Jewish/ non-jewish Relaions a he Universiy of Souhampon. Docking a he moher ship: he meaning of a library 29 November pm Professor Lydia Wevers, Direcor of he Sou Research Cenre for New Zealand Sudies a Vicoria Universiy of Wellingon. Special even o mark Philip Larkin s memorial in Poes Corner a Wesminser Abbey 10 December 6-8pm We used o correspond : reading of he leers of Philip Larkin and Barbara Pym by Oliver Ford Davies and Triona Adams, wih inroducion by Anhony Thwaie, OBE Tickes 20, including refreshmens. To book please conac he Friends of he Bodleian Adminisraor on or fob@bodleian.ox.ac. uk. Prioriy bookings for members unil 30 Ocober. SUPPORT THE BODLEIAN JOIN THE FRIENDS Enjoy exclusive evens and discouns from only 32 a year. Please visi our websie for more informaion, o give a donaion, become a member or presen our membership as a gif. Book alks online in advance o avoid disappoinmen: whason If you do no have access o online booking, please conac he Friends of he Bodleian Adminisraor on or fob@bodleian.ox.ac.uk BODLEIAN CAFÉ SITUATED IN BLACKWELL HALL IN THE WESTON LIBRARY, BROAD STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3BG Bookings aken for graduaion celebraions, please bodleian@benugo.com

7 DISPLAYS Women of he Bodleian Open now unil 23 Ocober Se agains he imeline of he Bodleian s firs permanen female librarian, Frances Underhill, his display looks a he work and lives of he early female saff during and afer heir ime a Oxford. PROSCHOLIUM, BODLEIAN LIBRARY Tuberculosis: milesones of discovery and innovaion Open now unil 16 Ocober Tuberculosis has been presen in humans since ancien imes and coninues o infec millions world-wide every year. This display chars key sages in he developmen of our undersanding of uberculosis, as well as some of he medical discoveries and advances used o comba he disease. The Hun in Mughal India 29 Ocober January 2017 This small display will feaure depicions of he varied huning pracices in Mughal India. The deailed landscapes pained wih exquisie care illusrae he local prey and he huning weapons of he Mughals. PROSCHOLIUM, BODLEIAN LIBRARY Richard Hakluy: he world in a book 22 Ocober 23 December An exhibiion of Elizabehan ravel books and rare maps celebraing he Oxford geographer Richard Hakluy ( ). The display will include he famous Codex Mendoza, once owned by Hakluy. Porrai of a Lady 21 Ocober 23 December Using archive maerial, his small display explores he remarkable experiences of hree female scholars Elizabeh Hasings, Cornelia Sorabji and Dorohy Hodgkin whose close links o Oxford span hree cenuries. TRANSEPT,

8 BODLEIAN TOURS Come and experience a guided our of one of Europe s oldes libraries. Complee your rip o Oxford by visiing he Diviniy School he Universiy s oldes eaching room; and see he magnificen Duke Humfrey s medieval library. Tours run hroughou he day every day, and ickes are available from he icke office a he Grea Gae. Some ours can be booked in advance online look ou for Exended Tours on Wednesdays, Saurdays and Sundays, which includes a visi o he iconic Radcliffe Camera. Winer Tours Offer: Planning your visi in advance? Buy online and receive a discoun on your icke. Winer Tours Offer runs November o February inclusive. To find ou more, visi www. bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whason/visi Phone: +44 (0) ours@bodleian.ox.ac.uk BODLEIAN SHOPS Take a reasure home. Visi he Zvi Meiar Bodleian Libraries Shop in he Weson Library or he Libraries shop se in he ranquil, hisoric Old Schools Quadrangle, offering gifs inspired by he Libraries collecions. Also available for purchase online a BODLEIAN PUBLISHING Bodleian Library Publishing produces beauiful and auhoriaive books, which help o bring he riches of Oxford s libraries o readers around he world. Our iles include nonficion, high-qualiy illusraed ar books, facsimiles, saionery, gif and children s books, as well as iles relaed o our exhibiions. publishing@bodleian. ox.ac.uk o reques a free caalogue. FIND US To Naural Hisory Museum and Pi Rivers Museum v Bodleian Libraries, Broad Sree, Oxford, OX1 3BG Visiing he Bodleian T: +44 (0) E: ours@bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weson Library Shop Exhibiion Café Public enrance Parks Road Kings Arms Pub Holywell Sree Holywell Sree Holywell Music Room Opening hours for visiors Monday o Friday: 9am 5pm Saurday: 9am 4.30pm Sunday: 11am 5pm v To ouris informaion Museum of he Hisory of Science Broad Sree Disabled access 730mm wide Sheldonian Theare Gae Clarendon Building Clarendon Quad Cae Sree Gae New College Lane New College Lane Bridge of Sighs Subscribe o our monhly Wha s On e-newsleer Chancellor s Cour Convocaion House Wren Door (even use only) Diviniy School Duke Humfrey s Library 1s floor Proscholium Old Bodleian Library Old Schools Quad Ticke office Shop Grea Gae Disabled access Produced by he Communicaions Office, Bodleian Libraries, Universiy of Oxford. Vehicle barrier o Radcliffe Square All informaion is correc a he ime of going o press and is subjec o aleraion wihou noice. Brasenose Lane Radcliffe Camera Radcliffe Square Radcliffe Square Bodleian Libraries UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD The Universiy Church of Mary he Virgin