Elephants in Museums: Studying South Asian Fossil Heritage in Manchester and Beyond
Dr Amelia Bonea, recipient of the JRRI pilot grant, talks about her project on South Asian Fossil Heritage in Manchester and beyond.
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A Plethora of Placements
Celebrating 10 years of placements at the University of Manchester Special Collections.
Introducing the Terence Pepper Collection
Placement student Sophia Louise Lee talks about her experience cataloguing the Terence Pepper Collection.
Thank you for having me!
This blog post, the second in our series, summarises the University of Manchester’s ongoing research project on film critic Caroline Lejeune, with reference to the contents of her archive held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
2023 Summer placement: Hannah McAuliffe
A blog by PhD placement student Hannah McAuliffe on her project with the Special Collections Teaching and Learning department.
Manchester is still alive
British Pop Archive curator Mat Bancroft writes about Manchester’s Cities In The Park festival from 1991.
Two Hindustani Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Guest researcher Dr Manjiri Thakoor writes on the making of the Mahabharata, and discusses the characteristics of the ‘Adi Parva’ and ‘Rama Vijaya’ held at the Rylands.
The Guardian Archive as a resource for learning about African Decolonisation
Placement student Owen Mills talks about using the Guardian archive as a resource for learning about African Decolonisation.
Volunteer voices: Heather Richards on Norman Shrapnel
One of our volunteers, Heather Richards, talks about her experience at the Rylands and working with the Norman Shrapnel archive
Decolonisation and the Guardian’s West African correspondents, c. 1953-1971
Guest post by postgraduate students, Fatima Shaban and Owen Mills, whose project centres on the Patrick J Monkhouse correspondence inContinue Reading