Exploring the world of books at Oxford
Posts about ongoing research in book history at Oxford.
by Solveig Laubinger My one-month internship with Henrike Lähnemann at Oxford University, starting in the fourth week of Hilary Term 2026, can best be described as a whirlwind of experiences. I arrived on a cold February evening, marvelling at the warmly lit alleys and grand colleges I had seen in countless movies, as I walked …
Researchers at Oxford and Manchester are working on a research project combining computer vision and human perception to improve ‘optical collation’ – the spotting of differences in printed books. This collate-a-thon provides an opportunity to learn about typographical variance in books and why it matters to book historians, and to make a contribution to our …
Written by Jana Christin Lammerding Few conventions in filmmaking spark as much debate as adapting books for the big (or small) screen. With their potential to breathe new life into a story and their risk to dilute the original work, book-to-film adaptations are indeed a potentially rewarding but delicate undertaking in the creative business. Yet …
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 …
The edition ‘Wider die Rotten der Bauern’ / ‘Against the Bands of Peasants’ launched on Friday, 28 November 2025, in the Taylor Institution Library. The edition comprises a historical and bibliographic introduction as well as the edition, translation, and facsimile. Watch the launch with a full reading of the pamphlet below. Ebook of the volume …
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 …