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Adam Smyth hosts a series of discussions by Oxford and visiting researchers presenting current research on the material history of the book.

13/03/2017

Nicholas Crouch's seventeenth-century books

Professor Adam Smyth talks to cataloguer Lucy Kelsall and book conservator Nikki Tomkins about the seventeenth-century library of Nicholas Crouch, now in Balliol College, and how to deal with fragile books.

27 min
13/05/2015

Graham Greene and Josephine Reid

Adam Smyth talks to Balliol College, Oxford archivist Anna Sander about an exciting new archive of letters relating to Graham Greene and his secretary, Josephine Reid.

29 min
25/09/2014

Hand-press printing

A demonstration of and discussion about hand-press printing with the Bodleian's Dr Paul Nash. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

25 min
08/07/2014

Scribal correction and literary craft: English manuscripts 1375-1510

Adam Smyth talks to Professor Daniel Wakelin about his new book on cultures of correction in later medieval manuscripts. Adam Smyth talks to Professor Daniel Wakelin about his new book on cultures of correction in later medieval manuscripts. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

28 min
19/06/2014

'Almost Identical': Copying Books in England, 1600-1900

Henry Woudhuysen joins Adam Smyth to discuss the history of facsimiles. Henry Woudhuysen joins Adam Smyth to discuss the subject of his 2014 Lyell Lectures in Bibliography, on the history of facsimiles, forgeries, and fantasies of authenticity. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

28 min
17/03/2014

The History of Oxford University Press

Adam Smyth is joined by Professor Ian Gadd to discuss his just-published collection on the history of OUP. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

28 min
23/02/2014

Bibliography in Bits

Adam Smyth talks to Professor Will Noel about the potentials of digital technology for the study of manuscripts. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

20 min
03/02/2014

Early modern plays in bits and pieces

Professor Tiffany Stern joins Dr Adam Smyth to discuss her current research on the materiality of the early modern play text. What happens to our thinking about plays when prologues, epilogues and songs become mobile pieces, detached from the whole? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

18 min

8 Episodes

Adam Smyth hosts a series of discussions by Oxford and visiting researchers presenting current research on the material history of the book.

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Oxford University
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2014 - 2017
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8
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Centre for the Study of the Book

Centre for the Study of the Book

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Nicholas Crouch's seventeenth-century books

Graham Greene and Josephine Reid

Hand-press printing

Scribal correction and literary craft: English manuscripts 1375-1510

'Almost Identical': Copying Books in England, 1600-1900

The History of Oxford University Press

Bibliography in Bits

Early modern plays in bits and pieces

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