Qing: Engaging with Special Collections and Research
Dr Kathy Davies from our Exhibitions and Public Engagement with Research team reflects on the varied engagement activities we staged for the Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire exhibition
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The Theft of the First Folio, 1972
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the theft of the University copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio from the University LibraryContinue Reading
The Norman Shrapnel Collection – Nostalgia in the past and present
Sophia Louise Lee discusses journalist and broadcaster Norman Shrapnel’s reflections on nostalgia in his ‘London Letters’
Liberal England and the Irish Civil War
After the Irish home rule debates in the 1880s the Manchester Guardian and its editor, C. P. Scott, emerged asContinue Reading
If you wanted to know…: number-letter divination in a Jewish miscellany
Learn about a curious prognostic technique called onomancy.
The Photography Collection: Photobooks by Women
Our extensive Photography Collection contains a grouping of photobooks by women. The purchase of these books was intended to act as a further step forward in diversifying the visual material within our Special Collections.
Rylands Reflects: Enriqueta Rylands’s first home
By Elizabeth Gow, Special Collections Manuscript Curator and Archivist. The Rylands Reflects series explores the history of the John RylandsContinue Reading
Meet our interns: Sophia Lee from Aarhus University
Who am I? My name is Sophia Louise Lee, and I am in Manchester doing a 2-month work placement atContinue Reading
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 3 – Looking at the images
In Part 3 of our ICP placements series, MA students Kai and Yunshuang talk about some of the Li Yuan-chia images they have digitised from 35mm slides.
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 2 – How the students are getting on
In Part 2 of our ICP placements series, MA students Kai and Yunshuang reflect on their experience so far.