by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources, Training and Research
Laurence Worms, owner of Ash Rare Books since 1971 and past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, on a partnership that spans some 12 years. The Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) has long had a problem with the lack of training opportunities...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 17, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
Rose Aitchison, an MA History of the Book student at the Institute of English Studies, explores the importance of touch in our interaction with the texts we read, from the pre-reading toddler to the expert adult. “For the last twenty years neither matter nor space nor...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 29, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement
The academic partnership between the Institute of English Studies (IES) and the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery produced two major events in 2018: an international conference at the Blackburn University Centre and ‘Finding Mr Hart’, a specially written play based on...
