The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts) Podcast
1) 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 Collective (aka Book/Print Collective) and shared methods for supporting and empowering BIPOC book and print artists ...Show More
2) 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 music was incorporated into different social environments in seventeenth-century English society and the role mu...Show More
The Dancing Master in Context: Playford’s publishing and music-making in 17th century England
1:15:09 | Nov 30th, 2023
3) A dance band for Playford?
This talk will consider how and why the frontispiece to this edition was different from those in earlier editions and place the image in relation to other images of ballroom dance bands before and aft...Show More
4) Persian lacquered bookbinding: A journey through its layers and conservation challenges
Conservation Scientist Prof. Dr. Mandana Barkeshli looks at lacquered bookbindings made by Persian artisans in the 16th to 19th centuries. Persian artisans are known for their contributions to the fie...Show More
Persian lacquered bookbinding: A journey through its layers and conservation challenges
51:47 | Jul 17th, 2023
5) Body of evidence
In this online event, Ana Paula Cordeiro, the creator of Body of Evidence, speaks from the workshop in New York City where she produced it. She will be joined in conversation by Merve Emre, Associate ...Show More
6) Reynard the Fox
In this BodCast from the Friends of the Bodleian, Professor Dame Marina Warner interviews Anne Louise Avery, writer and art historian, on the subject of Avery's recent book, Reynard the Fox https://bo...Show More
7) Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries
Join Rebecca Abrams in conversation with Samuel Fanous to discuss her riveting and beautiful new book, edited with César Merchan-Hamann, Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries. You can purchase the bo...Show More
8) The Future of the Monograph: An Open Access Forum
Panel Discussion to debate the proposed changes to the policy on Open Access for monographs in the next REF after REF 2021 which will have profound implications for researchers in the humanities and s...Show More
9) Making Third Stream Books in the Post-digital Age
Russell Maret talks about the development of the primary themes of his artist's books - alphabet design, colour printing, and geometric form, also the influences of history and technology on his metho...Show More
10) 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 into Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford