WHAT S ON UNHEALTHY TIMES OF KINGS AND QUEENS SAPPHO TO SUFFRAGE LAST CHANCE TO SEE TOLKIEN MAKER OF MIDDLE-EARTH UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

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1 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD WHAT S ON OCTOBER DECEMBER 2018 UNHEALTHY TIMES OF KINGS AND QUEENS SAPPHO TO SUFFRAGE LAST CHANCE TO SEE TOLKIEN MAKER OF MIDDLE-EARTH

2 EXHIBITIONS he Bodleian Libraries remendous Tolkien exhibiion is an immersive experience." H H H H H The Sunday Telegraph 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. OPEN UNTIL 28 OCTOBER 2018 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. Conversaion wih Smaug The Tolkien Esae Limied 1937 NEW FROM BODLEIAN LIBRARY PUBLISHING Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earh Caherine McIlwaine PB 25 HB 40 Collecor s 295 Tolkien: Treasures Caherine McIlwaine PB wih flaps 12 Rare & Wonderful Treasures from Oxford Universiy Museum of Naural Hisory Kae Dison and Zoë Simmons PB 20 Sindbad he Sailor & Oher sories from he Arabian Nighs Illusraed by Edmund Dulac, Translaed by Laurence Housman HB 30

3 OPEN UNTIL 22 FEBRUARY 2019 Sappho o Suffrage: Women who Dared To mark he cenenary of women s suffrage in 2018, Women in he Humaniies have creaed a modern suffrage wall. Find ou more abou hese inspiraional women who come from a variey of occupaions along wih hisoric reasures from he Bodleian Libraries collecions in his special exhibiion celebraing he achievemens of women who dared o do he unexpeced. Suiable for all ages. No booking required. THE TREASURY, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE reasures.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Marin Liser and his Remarkable Daughers The Ar of Science in he 17h Cenury Anna Marie Roos HB 25 The Devil s Dicionary Ambrose Bierce HB I s All Greek Borrowed Words and heir Hisories Alexander Tulloch PB The Road Behind, The Road Ahead Ocober Experience he Sappho o Suffrage: Women who Dared exhibiion agains he background of houghprovoking sound and voice insallaion, reflecing on he experiences of equaliy from a range of conemporary women from across Oxfordshire. The Road Behind, The Road Ahead is a unique projec creaed by The Theare Chipping Noron o explore he hisory of he Suffrage movemen, and wha i means o us oday. THE TREASURY, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE Available in he Bodleian Shops or online a

4 Chrismas card collages Friday 16 November 6 9pm Drop in on Oxford s Chrismas Ligh Nigh o creae quirky Chrismas cards, explore he exhibiions and browse unusual Chrismas presens a he Bodleian gif shop. The Oxford Bach Choir will perform in Blackwell Hall and he café will be serving mulled cider, mince pies and oher seasonal reas. DROP-IN; ACTIVITIES ARE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES Unhealhy imes of kings and queens How evidence-based medicine could have changed he course of hisory Wednesday 7 November pm Dr Jeffrey Aronson, Professor Carl Heneghan Hisorically grea harms have been caused o he kings and queens of England. Charles II died suddenly a he age 54 from an apoplecic fi bu no before being subjeced o bloodleing, purging and cupping. How would oday s evidence-based inervenions have changed he oucome and he course of hisory? Visual mere and rhyhm The funcion of movable devices in books Wednesday 21 November pm Emily Marin, Bodleian priner-in-residence The Oxford Bibliographical Sociey and he Cenre for he Sudy of he Book presen a alk abou movable devices in books from carousel and pop-up children s books o asrolabes and oher volvelles in he early modern science exs. These devices allow for he ulimae means of emphasis wihin he pages of a book. Acresses and aciviss Saging he sruggle for Women s Suffrage in heares and on he srees Wednesday 28 November pm Dr Sos Elis From hree-ac plays of seducion and poliical inrigue o comic skeches, dialogues, pageans and pasiches, his lecure will look a how performance became a key ool in women s campaigns for he voe, and how i enabled aciviss o engage he public in innovaive ways ha oher suffrage wriings could no. Finding ourselves in he Library Saurday 1 December 10.30am 4pm Discover more abou he Sory of Phi display in Blackwell Hall. Curaor alks 10.30am 1.15pm Mee Professor Jennifer Inglehear, he curaor of Sory of Phi, for mini alks abou he display. Sudy day: Finding ourselves in he library: Queer people and closeed books pm Jennifer Inglehear (Durham) and Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houson (Herford) Paricipans will explore Phi, he Bodleian s resriced collecion of obscene books. Should sexualiy be a caegory se apar? Why does a collecion like Phi maer for our queer hisory? ACCOMPANIES THE DISPLAY IN To avoid disappoinmen for popular evens, book your ickes in advance online: Booking fees may apply.

5 EVENTS Free alks and evens on subjecs relaing o he Bodleian Libraries collecions UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL TALKS ARE IN THE ADMISSION FREE BOOKING REQUIRED Tolkien s Beowulf and he Criics Par of lae nigh exhibiion opening Tuesday 9 Ocober 6pm Professor Andy Orchard Tolkien compleed a ranslaion of Beowulf as early as 1926, bu i underwen coninuous revision, and a full version finally appeared in This alk explores he complex relaionship beween Tolkien and Beowulf as i developed and was refleced boh in his scholarship and in his ficion. Re-Imagining Cole (Symposium) Saurday 20 Ocober 10am 4pm Pamela Robers Black Oxford Unold Sories, in associaion wih he Bodleian Libraries, presens a symposium exploring he recenly rediscovered imagery of Chrisian Frederick Cole, Oxford Universiy s firs Black African scholar. Lunch included. WESTON LIBRARY REGISTRATION FEE years of Frankensein: i s alive! Friday 12 Ocober 7 10pm This Library Lae, in associaion wih IF Oxford Science and Ideas Fesival, splices cuing-edge science wih he gohic lierary sensaion of 1818, Mary Shelley s Frankensein. The even will ake place across he Weson Library and he Museum of he Hisory of Science. Book your free icke and find ou more a The Making of Mary Shelley s Frankensein Wednesday 31 Ocober pm Daisy Hay In he 200 years since is firs publicaion, he sory of Frankensein s creaion during sormy days and nighs a he Villa Diodai on Lake Geneva has become he suff of lierary language. In his lecure, Daisy Hay reurns o he objecs and manuscrips of he novel s genesis in order o assemble is sory anew. FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN EVENTS These evens are open o all wih free admission, unless oherwise saed. To avoid disappoinmen please book online a Special lecure by Caherine McIlwaine, Tolkien exhibiion privae view Monday 22 Ocober pm Resriced access for Friends of he Bodleian only ST LEE GALLERY, WESTON LIBRARY Tour of Bodleian s Conservaion Norh Workshop Wednesday 14 November 10am, 11.45am and 2.15pm LIMITED SPACES WESTON LIBRARY Invisible Agens Women and espionage in 17h Cenury Briain Thursday 29 November 1pm Nadine Akkerman, Reader in Early Modern English Lieraure, Leiden Universiy

6 DISPLAYS All displays are open daily. Check opening hours online before visiing. ADMISSION FREE Songs of Farewell Huber Parry and he end of an era Open unil 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 Wilfred Owen The piy of war Opens 26 Ocober As he Armisice bells were ringing on 11 November 1918, Wilfred Owen s parens received a elegram informing hem ha heir son had been killed in acion, one of 17 million casualies of WW1. To commemorae his cenenary he Bodleian is displaying a selecion of original manuscrips, phoographs and family possessions from he Library s unique Owen archive. PROSCHOLIUM, OLD SCHOOLS QUAD Unhealhy imes of kings and queens Open unil 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. MS. Owen phoogr. 5, iem 8 Shikshapari viewing November Shikshapari is a Sanskri manuscrip, wrien by he founder of Swaminarayan Hinduism. I oulines moral and spiriual codes for everyday life. The manuscrip will be displayed in Blackwell Hall for followers o come and pay heir respecs. Sory of Phi Φ 15 November January 2019 In he Vicorian age, he Bodleian creaed a resriced caegory for obscene books, known as Φ (Phi). This display, showcasing many iems never previously exhibied, explores changing ideas abou censorship and sexualiy. Talking Maps Lighshow Sunday 18 November pm Experience he Bodleian as never seen before, in a specacular lighshow showcasing research and images from he Bodleian Libraries Maps Collecions, creaed by Luxmuralis. OLD SCHOOLS QUAD DROP-IN; ACTIVITIES ARE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES 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. To donae online or find ou more abou he ways you can suppor he Bodleian Libraries, please visi You can also conac us a developmen@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or

7 LECTURES Free alks on subjecs relaing o he Bodleian Libraries collecions UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL TALKS ARE IN THE ADMISSION FREE BOOKING REQUIRED The Tree of Tongues Tolkien s medieval languages A series of lunchime lecures, convened by Tolkien exper Dr Suar Lee, presens five Oxford academics who examine he medieval languages ha J.R.R. Tolkien sudied and augh. Each lecure presens a shor inroducion o a language and is lieraure. ALL TALKS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY pm Middle English Wed 10 Ocober Professor Carolyne Larringon (S John s) Medieval Welsh Fri 12 Ocober Mark Williams (Meron) Gohic Wed 17 Ocober Elizabeh Solopova (Chris Church) Old English Fri 19 Ocober Mark Aheron (Regen s Park) Old Norse Wed 24 Ocober Eleanor Parker (Brasenose) The poliical hough of Clemen Alee Thursday 25 Ocober pm Professor John Bew The Alee Foundaion and he Bodleian Libraries invie you o join us in celebraing he legacy of Clemen Alee. The personal archive of Clemen Alee has recenly been placed a he Bodleian Libraries, and a selecion of iems will be on display for aendees. 1 BOOKING FEE Lieraures of Mulilingual Europe 9 Ocober 29 November An 8-week series of lecures offering an inroducion o lesser-known European lieraures and an alernae perspecive on creaive mulilingualism from a lierary perspecive. The series will include such lieraures as Irish, Greek and Polish, and will be followed by he Bodleian Libraries exhibiion Babel: advenures in ranslaion in early To find ou more go o: TAYLOR INSTITUTION LIBRARY The Grand Tour A European Journey in Song Ocober The 2018 Oxford Lieder Fesival presens a series of alks, hosed by he Bodleian Libraries, celebraing he rich apesry of music, words and performance in European song. To find ou more go o 2 BOOKING FEE For more informaion and o book ickes please go o

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