What’s in a name? A birthday blog for Enriqueta Rylands
Today marks the birthday of the founder of the John Rylands Library, Enriqueta Augustina Rylands née Tennant. Enriqueta and herContinue Reading
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Rylands Reflects: Our Man in Havana
This post considers how Enriqueta Ryland’s father and his British compatriots were complicit in the oppression of enslaved people in Cuba.
Rylands Reflects: Whiter than white? Enriqueta Rylands’s Cuban roots
Part of the ‘Rylands reflects’ series, this blog-post focuses on the Cuban childhood and family background of Enriqueta Rylands (1843-1908), founder of the John Rylands Library.
Naskhi-divani: A Little-Recognized Sultanate Script – Asian and African Studies Blog
Wonderful new blog from the British Library featuring our very own Laur Chanda manuscript (Hindustani MS 1). Source: Naskhi-divani: aContinue Reading
Networks and Archival Absences Workshop #1 – Registration now open
Free afternoon workshop at the Rylands on Networks and Archival Absences with keynote from Anne Welsh.
CFP – (Dis)connections: Networks and Archival Absences
The deadline for abstracts for this workshop at the John Rylands Library has now been extended until August 19th, 2018.
The Reformation – Luther and the lamp
The Reformation exhibition at the John Rylands Library marks 500 years since Luther declared his famous 95 theses (see Renegade,Continue Reading
Rediscovered: Persian poets and poetry
James White writes Over the past weeks, I have been cataloguing some of the Persian literary manuscripts in the UniversityContinue Reading
Rehousing the Greek Papyri
Guest blog by Niki Pantazidou. As a book and paper conservator I had the great opportunity to work at theContinue Reading