I had some REALLY inspiring few days Pamela H. Smith’s Edmond J. Safra Colloquy Thinking Through Materials at The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts National Gallery of Art (talking about featherworkers). Amazing papers and discussions, and great to make many new friends! Massive thanks!

Did you know the Rylands also make 3d models of some of our collections? Photographer Jo Castle has made this amazing horse bone effigy of John Wesley into a 3d model using 622 images! Have a look on our @sketchfab to see it and more!
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All 7 of our stunning Colonna Missal manuscripts have now been digitised by our photographer Samuel Simpson. They posed extra challenges as they are so highly illuminated and use lots of gold. Take a look here ow.ly/byRS50QUgoa

Kehinde Andrews talks on the ways society deludes itself to avoid facing up to the racism within. An accessible but challenging book that prompted reflection upon whether EDI initiatives really can work within a society which refuses to see the realities of how the world operates

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This week our expert Imaging team are taking over! Did you know there's been a photographic department at the library for over 100 years?! The library has always used technology to explore and share the collections, this week we'll be sharing what we do these days!

A massive thank you to our performers and caterers at last week's #TakingCentreStage showcase of global majority-led heritage projects. Daudi Matsiko (on guitar) and Godfrey Pambalipe with Afrocats (on drums) moved and captivated us while RJ's cuisine kept us well-fed.

‘Women silenced across ranks: LSE’s mishandled sexual misconduct investigation into professor’
I cannot say how shocked I was reading this article! In response, I have stepped down as External Examiner LSE International History with immediate effect.
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Exciting new interview in our very own History Department Dr Holly Fletcher's history of the body series with amazing Prof Laura Gowing @lauragowing.bsky.social! School of Arts, Languages and Culture Check out the exciting initiatives of The Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective!

Amazing upcoming talk by Jill Burke on cosmetics, beauty & Renaissance women
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art - not to be missed!

Thrilled to welcome our next #AffectiveArtefacts speaker
Caroline van Eck (Cambridge)
Three-Dimensional Grotesques in Sixteenth-Century Tuscany: Animation, Deceit & Camouflage
6 March, 4pm, Sam Alex A112
kindly supported by John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Sasha Handley Rachel Winchcombe School of Arts, Languages and Culture