Oxford History of the Book

Congrats to the new #Dante exhibition with @TAYOxford #incunabula & linocuts by Wuon-Gean Ho @OxfordModLangs @TORCHOxford historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/seeing-dantes-…

Dating the Undatable: From woodblock to print. A session sponsored by the Society in memory of John Flood at Oxford’s lively Reading in the Woods study day. Thanks to Julianne Simpson, Ed Potten and Elizabeth Savage for speaking about methods and perils in dating woodblocks.

My team at Oxford is recruiting three new Senior Research Software Engineers. If you can see yourself working with researchers & innovative methods to build & implement digital tools to explore culture & ideas, this may be for you! More information: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Did you know: St John’s has a remarkable collection of late medieval liturgical vestments and embroidery, including a rare set of vestments for the pre-Reformation High Mass. They are some of the finest examples in England, but these treasures were almost lost forever...

Today is All Souls' Day. This day developed in the Middle Ages as a time for comfort and connection between the living and the dead: a day to ensure no one was left alone in death, and to reassure the living of their place within a vast community of souls. unherd.com/2020/11/how-we…

The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference committee is delighted to announce this year's Call for Papers! We look forward to receiving submissions for 20 minute papers from graduate students on ‘Rituals and Ceremonies’. Details below: #OMGC2025 #cfp #medieval #medhist

Our latest exhibition in the Voltaire Room is not to be missed (it's no lie that these books are stunning)!

You've read our booklet and watched our TikToks, but have you ever wondered what Oxford Medieval Studies is actually meant to be? We've put together a short promotional video to explain exactly who we are and why you should join us! Watch it now at youtu.be/Jy1M4pP5cAc?si…

First week of term completed ✔️

📯 Everyone, we have wonderful news! For a second time, the Medieval Women's Writing Research Group has been chosen as a @TORCHOxford Critical-Thinking Community! 🥳 We're so delighted by this and really excited for our next phase!

Learn about material culture through talks by expert speakers like @sarajcharles and @EleanorMayBaker and hands-on crafting activities 📜 📅 22 Nov 📍 Weston Library and Bodleian Bibliographical Press @bodleianlibs @liber_ray @BkHistOx

For Oxford University staff and students – are you interested in learning about some of the innovative work taking place in digital scholarship in the Bodleian Libraries and across the university? Join us for this hybrid event on the 25th October: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/what-is-…

The image that comes to mind when someone says that they have a frog in their throat 🐸 @NewCollegeOx, MS 65, f. 58r #ManuscriptMonday