WHAT S ON JULY SEPTEMBER 2018

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1 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD WHAT S ON JULY SEPTEMBER 2018 TOLKIEN: MAKER OF MIDDLE-EARTH SAPPHO TO SUFFRAGE ALICE S DAY

2 EXHIBITIONS OPEN UNTIL 28 OCTOBER 2018 Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earh Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earh explores Tolkien s unique legacy from his genius as an aris, poe, linguis, and auhor o his academic career and family life. The exhibiion akes you on a journey hrough Tolkien s famous works, The Hobbi and The Lord of The Rings, displaying an array of draf manuscrips, sriking illusraions and maps drawn for his publicaions. Discover Tolkien s early absrac painings from The Book of Ishness, he ouching ales he wroe for his children, rare objecs ha belonged o Tolkien, never before seen fan mail, and privae leers. he Bodleian Libraries remendous Tolkien exhibiion is an immersive experience." H H H H H The Sunday Telegraph ST LEE GALLERY, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE BOOKING REQUIRED Suiable for all ages. Tickes can be booked a olkien.bodleian.ox.ac.uk 1 booking fee per ransacion.

3 OPEN NOW UNTIL 3 FEBRUARY 2019 Bodleian Treasures Sappho o Suffrage: women who dared Piraes and poes, suffragees and explorers 100 years of women s voes. This exhibiion celebraes he achievemens of women who dared o do he unexpeced by showcasing some of he Bodleian s greaes reasures alongside iems ha have rarely been displayed before. Explore phoographs, ancien papyrus, leers, scienific insrumens, games, unique exs and much more in his display. On show are he work of lierary geniuses like Mary Shelley and Jane Ausen as well as ground-breaking scieniss like Maria Sibylla Merian and French royal midwife Louise Bourgeois. Suiable for all ages. No booking required. THE TREASURY, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE reasures.bodleian.ox.ac.uk NEW FROM BODLEIAN PUBLISHING AVAILABLE THIS SEPTEMBER The Making of Mary Shelley s Frankensein Daisy Hay PB The Universiy of Oxford: A Brief Hisory Laurence Brockliss PB Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earh Caherine McIlwaine PB 25 HB 40 Collecor s 295 Tolkien: Treasures Caherine McIlwaine PB wih flaps 12 Los Maps of he Caliphs Drawing he World in Elevenh-Cenury Cairo Yossef Rapopor and Emilie Savage-Smih HB Available in he Bodleian Shops or online a

4 TALKS & EVENTS Free alks and evens on subjecs relaing o he exhibiions a he Weson Library ALL TALKS ARE IN THE LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE BOOKING REQUIRED To avoid disappoinmen for popular evens, book your ickes in advance online: Booking fees may apply. Oxford Open Doors a he Bodleian Libraries Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earh Saurday 8 Sepember 11am 4pm Celebrae one of Oxford s mos exraordinary wriers wih a day of fun drop-in aciviies exploring he imaginaive and academic worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien. A lab of one s own: science and suffrage in he Firs World War Wednesday 25 July 5 6pm Professor Paricia Fara 2018 marks a double cenenary: peace was declared in war-wracked Europe, and some Briish women won he voe afer decades of sruggle. This alk commemoraes boh anniversaries by revealing he unold lives of female scieniss, docors and engineers who helped o win he war. Bigger han Baman: The BBC s Tolkien in Oxford (1968) Dr Suar Lee 11am 12.15pm and pm Join Dr Suar Lee o piece ogeher he sory behind he 1968 BBC film, Tolkien in Oxford, and some recenly discovered maerial previously assumed los. This 45-minue alk will be followed by a screening of he 30-minue film. Tolkien s creaion John Garh 2 3pm Wha drove Tolkien o creae Middleearh, and why is his achievemen so unique? Are here any clues in he ale of divine worldcreaion ha begins his myhology? Biographer John Garh goes in ques of is inspiraions and far-reaching meanings. For more informaion visi olkien.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

5 TALKS & EVENTS Pahs of enlighenmen hrough Inner Asia Tuesday 17 July pm Peer T Daniels, auhor of An Exploraion of Wriing Linguis Peer T. Daniels alks abou he fascinaing origin of Tibean and Mongol wriing sysems. To look a hem, a common origin migh scarcely be suspeced; bu hey are bu wo way-saions of he dual journey of wriing, by a souhern and a norhern pah, no from he Chinese Eas, bu from he Aramaic Wes. No lux ex oriene, bu liera ex occidene. LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE BOOKING ADVISED Ehiopian & Erirean Discovery Day Saurday 28 July 11am 4pm The Bodleian has a fascinaing collecion of manuscrips and icons from Ehiopia and Erirea. Drop in o see a emporary display, enjoy family-friendly aciviies, and discover he ancien language of Ge ez. BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE Shakespeare in he Quad July 2018 An unmissable culural highligh of Oxford s summer, Oxford Playhouse and he Bodleian Library welcome back he Globe Theare on Tour. Experience heare as i was performed in Shakespeare s day, wih his unique hearical even se in he Old Schools Quadrangle, one of he UK s mos glorious locaions. OLD SCHOOLS QUAD, OLD BODLEIAN BOOKING REQUIRED 24 Book ickes a he Oxford Playhouse Make a hand-prined book in five days July 10am 5pm Design, ype-se, illusrae and prin your own bookle using hand-operaed presses in he Bodleian s prining workshop. SCHOLA MUSICAE, OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY BOOKING REQUIRED 400 For more informaion and o book ickes please go o Crafing Curious Cabines & binding books Saurday 4 Augus 10am 4pm Uncover inspiraion in 19hcenury children s cabines of lieraure o make your own miniaure library. Join he curaor of Curious Cabines for a our of he display and work wih a book aris o craf a decoraive cabine and wo iny books o ake home. This workshop is designed for people aged 16+. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PRESS AND BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY BOOKING REQUIRED 10

6 DISPLAYS All displays are open daily. Check opening hours online before visiing. ADMISSION FREE Looking a Euclid Unil 15 July This display explores he geomerical worlds of he early modern Briish Isles by looking a he recepion of Euclid s Elemens, one of he mos influenial works in he hisory of mahemaics. BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY Aricles of Glass 21 July 9 Sepember Around 1844 pioneering phoographer W.H. Fox Talbo produced a phoograph of glassware for his book The Pencil of Naure. On show will be Talbo s original work as well as he awardwinning work of aris Cornelia Parker who in 2016 borrowed ha same glassware and produced a series of phoogravure echings in response o Talbo s experimenal work. BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY Curiosiy Cabines Unil 27 Augus How did girls, mohers, and governesses uncover science, hisory, language, and culure in he nineeenh-cenury nursery? This display opens he curious cabines ha made young ladies lessons ino lierary advenures. PROSCHOLIUM, OLD SCHOOLS QUAD Songs of Farewell Huber Parry and he end of an era 1 Sepember 20 Ocober This display explores he life and career of Huber Parry using iems from he Bodleian s collecions, including he elegiac Songs of Farewell, compleed shorly before his deah in 1918, a monh before he Armisice. PROSCHOLIUM, OLD SCHOOLS QUAD Harms in Healhcare: Unhealhy Times of Kings and Queens 15 Sepember 11 November This display looks a he grea harms hisorical reamens have caused o he healh of he Kings and Queens of England. I furher explores wheher modern day evidence-based inervenions could have changed hose oucomes. PROSCHOLIUM, OLD SCHOOLS QUAD BODLEIAN CAFÉ Visi he Bodleian Café for coffee, ligh snacks, lunch, cakes or o ake a break from a day ou. SITUATED IN BLACKWELL HALL IN THE WESTON LIBRARY, BROAD STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3BG For more informaion visi: Bookings aken for graduaion celebraions. bodleian@benugo.com

7 EVENTS Alice s Day a he Bodleian Libraries Saurday 7 July 10am 4pm Join us for a specacular celebraion of Alice s Day a he Weson Library. Our free programme will include drop-in prining and badge-making, bookable mini book-making workshops, and a range of lecures. WESTON LIBRARY AND OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE Curious cabines & curiouser craf workshops Sessions a 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm Make a miniaure book and discover nineeenh-cenury children s cabines of lieraure wih he curaor of he display Curious Cabines. BOOKING REQUIRED Drop-in aciviies 10am 4pm Try your hand a badge-making and hand-press prining (11am 3pm), or explore Hiroko Hanna s animaed Alice on our large Heriage Screen. NO BOOKING REQUIRED Lecures 10am 4.30pm Four alks presened by he Lewis Carroll Sociey on Lewis Carroll s Journeys and Alice s Advenures, and a alk from he curaor of he Curious Cabines display. LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY NO BOOKING REQUIRED Alice in Oherlands: parodies and pasiches 10 11am Dr Selwyn Goodacre Voes for Alice: Suffragees in Wonderland 11am midday Professor Kaherine Cockin Alice in Volga-land: Lewis Carroll s excursion o Russia 1 2pm Mark Davies Lewis Carroll in Psychology-land: dreams, asylums and fanasy 2 3pm Dr Franziska Kohl Girls uncovering curiosiy pm Joani Eskoviz For more informaion and o book ickes please go o SUPPORT THE BODLEIAN, MAKE A DONATION TODAY Help safeguard some of he world s greaes lierary and culural reasures by making a donaion o he Bodleian Libraries oday. Your suppor will allow he Bodleian o keep exhibiions free for all, broaden access o collecions hrough digiizaion, and ensure fragile iems are conserved for fuure generaions. You can also conac us a developmen@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or Already leaving a legacy o he Bodleian Libraries? Please le us know so we can make sure o include you in our Bodley s Circle members group. To donae online or find ou more abou he ways you can suppor he Bodleian Libraries, please visi

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