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Developing a digital ‘tool-kit’ for book history at the London Rare Books School

Developing a digital ‘tool-kit’ for book history at the London Rare Books School

by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Training and Research

Dr Ellie Bleeker, researcher at Huygens Institute in Amsterdam, Dr Anne McLaughlin, senior research fellow at the National Gallery’s TANC-IIIF project, and Dr Christopher Ohge, Institute of English Studies and Digital Humanities Research Hub lecturer, on a hybrid...
A world of book illustration at the V and A and London Rare Books School

A world of book illustration at the V and A and London Rare Books School

by Talking Humanities | Nov 6, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Languages & Literature, Publications, Research & Resources

During this year’s London Rare Books School Krystle Attard Trevisan, a PhD candidate at the Institute of English Studies, attended a course on the history of book illustration, and she was not disappointed. This subject has been a passion for years and what better way...
Reloading the matrix – the research revolution

Reloading the matrix – the research revolution

by Talking Humanities | May 2, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Research & Resources, Training and Research, Uncategorized

Photo courtesy Roger Gaskell Rare Books: ‘Filippo Arena (1708–1789), La natura, e coltura de’ fiori (Palermo: A. Felicella, 1767–68), 3 volumes 4to, Tab. 9.’ It’s not just digital images that are being uploaded and catalogued by the gigabyte on the internet. Their...
An interview with Dr Elizabeth Savage

An interview with Dr Elizabeth Savage

by Talking Humanities | Nov 24, 2016 | Digital, History & Classics, Interviews, Republished, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

Dr Elizabeth Savage is British Academy postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in book history and communications at the Institute of English Studies (IES), a member of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. In 2016, she won the Wolfgang Ratjen Award for...

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