The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts) podcast

The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)

The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library - the Bodleian Library - which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years; as well as 28 other libraries across Oxford including major research libraries and faculty, department and institute libraries. Together, the Libraries hold more than 12 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera. Members of the public can explore the collections via the Bodleian’s online image portal at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or by visiting the exhibition galleries in the Bodleian's Weston Library. For more information, visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library - the Bodleian Library - which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years; as well as 28 other libraries across Oxford including major research libraries and faculty, department and institute libraries. Together, the Libraries hold more than 12 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera. Members of the public can explore the collections via the Bodleian’s online image portal at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or by visiting the exhibition galleries in the Bodleian's Weston Library. For more information, visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

 

#121

We Rise (Together): Taking and Making Space for BIPOC Book Arts Creatives, Cultures, and Histories

Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collect... more

13 Feb 2024

50 MINS

50:31

13 Feb 2024


#120

The Dancing Master in Context: Playford’s publishing and music-making in 17th century England

In this session, we explore what Playford’s publishing activities can tell us about how mu... more

30 Nov 2023

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:09

30 Nov 2023


#119

A dance band for Playford?

This talk will consider how and why the frontispiece to this edition was different from th... more

02 Nov 2023

58 MINS

58:16

02 Nov 2023


#118

Persian lacquered bookbinding: A journey through its layers and conservation challenges

Conservation Scientist Prof. Dr. Mandana Barkeshli looks at lacquered bookbindings made by... more

17 Jul 2023

51 MINS

51:47

17 Jul 2023


#117

Body of evidence

In this online event, Ana Paula Cordeiro, the creator of Body of Evidence, speaks from the... more

17 Aug 2021

58 MINS

58:50

17 Aug 2021


#116

Reynard the Fox

In this BodCast from the Friends of the Bodleian, Professor Dame Marina Warner interviews ... more

09 Dec 2020

46 MINS

46:07

09 Dec 2020


#115

Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries

Join Rebecca Abrams in conversation with Samuel Fanous to discuss her riveting and beautif... more

08 Jun 2020

25 MINS

25:09

08 Jun 2020


#114

The Future of the Monograph: An Open Access Forum

Panel Discussion to debate the proposed changes to the policy on Open Access for monograph... more

16 Nov 2018

38 MINS

38:46

16 Nov 2018


#113

Making Third Stream Books in the Post-digital Age

Russell Maret talks about the development of the primary themes of his artist's books - al... more

08 Dec 2017

34 MINS

34:07

08 Dec 2017


#112

Researching the Impeachment and Trial of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford

Visiting fellow, Dr Robin Eagles of the History of Parliament Trust discusses his research... more

10 Nov 2017

06 MINS

06:30

10 Nov 2017


#111

A life in politics: Lord Heseltine in conversation with Lord Hennessy

Michael Heseltine discusses his political career with Peter Hennessy. The Rt Hon Lord Mich... more

21 Mar 2017

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:09

21 Mar 2017


#110

Research business and the shortwave beam: Marconi and the uses of wireless in postwar years

Giovanni Paoloni discusses the influence of the development of the shortwave beam technolo... more

03 Nov 2016

21 MINS

21:58

03 Nov 2016


#109

Marconi's early Latin projects over the South-Atlantic

Ines Queiroz explores how technical constraints have shaped strategies for wireless networ... more

03 Nov 2016

25 MINS

25:15

03 Nov 2016


#108

Performing Shakespeare: then and now

Jonathan Lloyd and Tiffany Stern, discuss performing Shakespeare in the past and now Accom... more

02 Nov 2016

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:17

02 Nov 2016


#107

Shakespeare and the Victorians

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Professor of English Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for Shakes... more

19 Oct 2016

32 MINS

32:47

19 Oct 2016


#106

Modelos cursivos y aprendizaje de la escritura en la Corona de Castilla en el siglo XV (in Spanish)

Carmen del Camino (Seville), gives a talk The unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and their... more

14 Oct 2016

36 MINS

36:28

14 Oct 2016


#105

Scritture umanistiche elementari (in Italian)

Teresa De Robertis (Florence), gives a talk for The unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and... more

14 Oct 2016

35 MINS

35:36

14 Oct 2016


#104

Hands turned to stone: some unconventional attempts at inscriptional lettering

Marc Smith (Paris), gives a talk for The unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and their plac... more

14 Oct 2016

40 MINS

40:05

14 Oct 2016


#103

Introduction to the unskilled scribe

Irene Ceccherini (Oxford) gives a talk for the unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and thei... more

14 Oct 2016

12 MINS

12:57

14 Oct 2016


#102

Elementary cursive handwriting in English and Scottish Charters, 1150-1250

Teresa Webber (Cambridge), gives a talk in the the unskilled scribe: Elementary hands and ... more

14 Oct 2016

28 MINS

28:37

14 Oct 2016


#101

Life, death and astrology in Shakespeare's England

Lauren Kassell (Reader in the History of Science and Medicine, Cambridge) gives a talk for... more

30 Jun 2016

35 MINS

35:50

30 Jun 2016