Exploring the world of books at Oxford
Posts about ongoing research in book history at Oxford.
A report by Marina Giraudeau (Université de Lausanne), Research Intern Michaelmas 2025 When I first met Henrike Lähnemann in spring 2024, I would never have believed the possibility of an internship at Oxford University would actually come true. Yet here I am, spending Michaelmas 2025 in a city vibrant with cultural events, academic opportunities and …
by Marina Giraudeau (Intern in Medieval German under the supervision of Henrike Lähnemann) This week, a change of scenery: the History of the Book seminar is meeting at St Edmund Hall! After making our way into the college’s Front Quad, we are warmly welcomed by librarian James Howarth, who will be our enthusiastic guide through …
Are you interested in the study of Modern Languages on an advanced degree level? Would you like to be part of a large research community spanning seven languages, with research interests ranging from Medieval Studies all the way to Contemporary Literature Studies? Would you like to spend 9 months at one of the oldest universities …
Update: The full edition launched on Friday, 28 November 2025 in Room 2 of the Taylor Institution Library. It comprised a historical and bibliographic introduction as well as the edition, translation, and facsimile. Sneak preview of the volume here and a preliminary audiobook of the text here. The Studienstiftung Sommerakademie came together for a week …
On Wednesday 15 October, 5-6.30pm, there was the launch of a new book in the Taylorian, Room 2, where the building itself and its inhabitants are the protagonists: Luisa Hewitt: The Girl Who Lived in the Library, edited by Christina Ostermann on the occasion of the 2025 conference of the Association for German Studies (AGS). Both the …
To celebrate the 2025 conference of the Association for German Studies (AGS), the Taylorian is showing a special exhibition linked to the theme of the conference ‘German in the World’, opening on 2 September 2025 and running until end of October 2025. The catalogue is open access available via the Publications website of the Taylor …
Workshop on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the collaboration between Christiane Mariane von Ziegler and Johann Sebastian Bach and the performance of BWV 128 with the team from the new edition of the works of Ziegler, https://www.ziegler-edition.de at the University of Oxford, 7–8 May 2025 . Full programme. Organiser: Henrike Lähnemann. In 1725, Johann …
Are you curious about what manuscripts can tell us beyond their texts? Join Digital Scholarship @ Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries for a hands-on workshop using data from manuscript catalogues to explore trends and patterns in medieval manuscript production. You’ll learn: You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with manuscripts from the Bodleian’s collections, learning …
The anthology of poems and pictures based on the Year Abroad project by Tara Williams, sponsored by a Lidl GB award from the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. Download the eBook as two-on-one pdf or read it on Google Books. Watch the launch: Tara Williams writes: This anthology, comprising of ten poems with accompanying …
A new DiSc-funded project within the Bodleian Libraries is working to transform the Bodleian’s TEI-encoded medieval manuscript catalogues into accessible tabular formats such as CSV, to support innovative research in manuscript studies and the digital humanities. By making these data more user-friendly, the team hope to foster new research avenues and collaborations. We kindly invite you …