Libraries, Lives and Legacies

Open to: Students in host dept/school/institute/centre / Staff in host dept/school/institute/centre / Students from same Faculty as host dept/school/institute/centre / Staff from same Faculty as host dept/school/institute/centre / Students within this Faculty / Staff within this Faculty / Specific UOL Students (for details see 'Suitable For') / Specific UOL Staff (for details see 'Suitable For') / Any UOL students / Any UOL staff / General Public

Type: Workshop

Contact: For more information contact Mark Towsey at M.R.M.Towsey@liverpool.ac.uk

Website: http://c18librariesonline.org/

Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-lives-and-legacies-tickets-600175580317

About the event

An event organised by the AHRC-funded ‘Libraries, Reading Communities and Cultural Formation in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic’ project.

We are delighted to welcome registrations for the Liverpool leg of the dual-venue research festival Libraries, Lives and Legacies, jointly organised by two major AHRC-funded research open-access database projects – Libraries, Reading Communities and Cultural Formation in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic and Books and Borrowing 1750-1830: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers.

University of Liverpool and Online

13th April - 10:30 -17:00

14th April - 09:00 - 17:00

13 April (Liverpool and Online): Old Books, New Media: Digital Humanities Showcase

A one-day workshop showcasing digital humanities projects exploring the history of the book, and featuring the launch and demonstration of two major new AHRC-funded open-access databases on libraries in the long eighteenth century.

14 April (Liverpool and Online): Subscription Libraries in North America and the British Isles, 1731-1801: Books, Concepts, People, Communities

A one-day symposium featuring work-in-progress panels emerging from the ‘Libraries, Reading Communities and Cultural Formation in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic’ project.

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