History of the Book Lecture
Details of the next lecture in the History of the Book series will be posted here shortly. Meanwhile, see below for details of topics covered in the past.
Past Lectures
Date | Time | Event |
Tue, 30 June 2020 | 9:00am | The Inaugural Durham History of the Book Conference: Bibliophilia and Bibliophobia |
Mon, 29 June 2020 | 9:00am | The Inaugural Durham History of the Book Conference: Bibliophilia and Bibliophobia |
Tue, 19 May 2020 | 6:00pm to 7:00pm | CANCELLED: History of the Book Lecture:Pilgrim Songs, Silence and Noise on the Way to Santiago |
Thu, 17 October 2019 | 9:30am to 11:00am | Workshop: "Window onto the Domain of a Concept" |
Wed, 16 October 2019 | 5:30pm to 6:30pm | History of the Book Lecture: "The Roundel: Window onto the Domain of a Concept" |
Wed, 17 October 2018 | 5:30pm to 8:00pm | History of the Book Lecture 2018:'Hoccleve Manuscripts' |
Wed, 8 November 2017 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2017: Print and the Reformation: a drama in three acts |
Wed, 19 October 2016 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2016:The Colours of Manuscripts: From Concept to Exhibition |
Wed, 21 October 2015 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2015: Medieval Manuscripts from Germany in the Bodleian Library, Oxford |
Wed, 29 October 2014 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2014: The Renaissance in the North: Durham, York and the Fortunes of Humanist Script |
Wed, 30 October 2013 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2013: Reading the Lindisfarne Gospels: image, text, context |
Wed, 7 November 2012 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2012: Time and Man: Authorship in the High Middle Ages |
Wed, 26 October 2011 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2011: Royal Manuscripts on Exhibition at the British Library |
Wed, 27 October 2010 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2010: Shakespeare's First Folio |
Wed, 28 October 2009 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2009: Books Chained and Books Burned: the fate of Wyclif's Writings in England |
Wed, 29 October 2008 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2008: The Durham Books that Got Away: the fate of the Cathedral Library after the Reformation |
Wed, 31 October 2007 | 5:30pm | History of the Book Lecture 2007: The Illustrated Service Books of the Emperors Otto III and Henry II |