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Find out more about what is happening in the John Rylands Library and the John Rylands Research Institute on our blogs.
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Geographical visions of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) in the John Rylands Library
Kat Lowe
6 July 2020
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Ancient Letter Collections Project (and how you can help!)
Kat Lowe
4 June 2020
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‘thou shalt slepe well’: Provoking Sleep in the First English Printed Herbal
msraymm4
11 May 2020
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Paper Heads and Forceps: Modelling Midwifery Practice in the Early Nineteenth Century
Sarah May
23 January 2020
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ECR Spotlight: Sarah Fox
Sarah May
28 October 2019
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The Artist of the Future Age: What was Blake’s influence in counterculture?
Sarah May
22 October 2019
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ECR spotlight: Drew Thomas
Sarah May
15 October 2019
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Treasures in plain sight: revealing the depths of the Methodist Collections at the University of Manchester
Sarah May
20 September 2019
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Artist in Residence: Alicia Rouverol
Sarah May
6 September 2019
Dr Alicia J. Rouverol was one of the JRRI’s inaugural Artists in Residence from February-July 2019. Alicia drew upon the archives at the Ahmed Iqbel Ullah Race Relations Centre (a part of the University of Manchester Special Collections, but located in Manchester Central Library) to influence her creative writing. Here she talks about her residency, […] The post Artist in Residence: Alicia Rouverol appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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Drawing Letters: Ruskin at the Rylands
Alice Marples
8 May 2019
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