Past events
Explore past events held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
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CANCELLED Collection Encounter: Literature, loves and liminal spaces: private correspondence and conscientious objection to the First World War
15 March 2023, 1.30pm-4.30pm
What leads people to refuse to go to war in times of conscription? How did books sustain conversation between those imprisoned for their beliefs, and their friends, families and.. -
Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour
9 March 2023, 2pm-3pm
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the world’s greatest collections of 15th-century printed artefacts, which have been examined by scholars for over 100 y.. -
Transitions in Print; Exhibition Tour
24 February 2023, 2pm-3pm
Free tour of our new exhibition 'Transitions in Print' with curators and specialists from the Library and beyond. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the wo.. -
Film screening: Dante’s Inferno- reimagined in sound
24 February 2023, 6pm-8pm
As part of the global Inferno project to bring to life Dante's vision of Hell using sound, Cities and Memory developed a unique collaborative soundtrack to the 1911 silent film L'I.. -
Sunny Xin Liu & Michael Wood - Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War [Book Launch Conversation]
23 February 2023, 5pm-6.30pm
[IN-PERSON] This event is part of a new Chinese Culture Lecture Series organised by the Manchester China Institute and Manchester Museum. Dr. Sunny Xin Liu and Professor of Public.. -
The Biological Archive
4 February 2023, 11am-4pm
Inspired by current exhibition, Transitions in Print, meet the team behind research into the biology of books. Throughout the day, the Rylands hosts bioarchaeologists, based at Un.. -
Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour
20 January 2023, 11am-12pm
Free tour of our new exhibition 'Transitions in Print' with curators and specialists from the Library and beyond. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the wo.. -
The Rob Gretton Archive Collections Encounter
14 January 2023, 1pm-3pm
Rob Gretton was a central figure in shaping the Manchester music scene from the late 1970’s until his untimely death in 1999. Join our specialist speakers as we display a selecti.. -
The Rob Gretton Archive Collections Encounter
17 December 2022, 2pm-4pm
Rob Gretton was a central figure in shaping the Manchester music scene from the late 1970’s until his untimely death in 1999. Join our specialist speakers as we display a selecti.. -
“Solstice and Equinox Series” with Jeanette Winterson CBE
15 December 2022, 6.30pm-8pm
In the tradition of Charles Dickens, award-winning writer and acclaimed author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and Frankissstein, Jeanette.. -
Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour
8 December 2022, 11am-11.45am
Free tour of our new exhibition 'Transitions in Print' with curators and specialists from the Library and beyond. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the wo.. -
The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series: Scribbling In Old Books: Annotations and The Stories They Can Tell Us
8 December 2022, 1pm-1.45pm
This online talk will explore what jottings and notes in books can tell us about life in 18th and 19th century northern English towns. Hannah Barker and Jane Gallagher (Head of Dig.. -
Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour
2 December 2022, 11am-11.45am
Free tour of our new exhibition 'Transitions in Print' with curators and specialists from the Library and beyond. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the wo.. -
Collecting Health Histories
19 November 2022, 10am-4pm
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library and NHS Voices of COVID-19 have teamed up to welcome people of all ages to explore oral histories – and create their own! Discover.. -
Beyond the Books
12 November 2022, 10am-4pm
Discover the amazing work that takes place behind the shelves at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Visitors can experience interactive pop-up labs, printing demonstr.. -
Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour
11 November 2022, 12pm-12.45pm
Free tour of our new exhibition 'Transitions in Print' with curators and specialists from the Library and beyond. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the wo.. -
Research workshop: Popular Culture research methods, with Dr Helen Holmes
8 November 2022, 5pm-6pm
Dr Helen Holmes is an interdisciplinary social scientist with expertise in the sociology of consumption, materiality and diverse economies, particularly circular economy’s recent.. -
Rave Renaissance with Graeme Park
8 November 2022, 6pm-7.30pm
Rave Renaissance Manchester is renowned not just for its rich musical history but also as one of the clubbing capitals of the world: the birthplace of the legendary Hacienda. This.. -
Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour
4 November 2022, 2pm-2.45pm
Free tour of our new exhibition 'Transitions in Print' with curators and specialists from the Library and beyond. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the wo.. -
Cosey Fanni Tutti & Jon Savage (part of Manchester Literature Festival 2022) CANCELLED
20 October 2022, 7pm-8.30pm
What do performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti, pioneering electronic musician Delia Derbyshire and medieval mystic Margery Kempe have in common? Join Cosey and Jon Savage as they di.. -
Carl Phillips (part of Manchester Literature Festival 2022)
13 October 2022, 7pm-8.30pm
Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading with Carcanet ‘A poet of enchantment and persuasion’ (The Los Angeles Review of Books). One of America’s most celebrated poets,.. -
Designing Dante: An Exhibition Tour with Dr Guyda Armstrong
1 October 2022, 3pm-3.45pm
Would you like to learn more about book design and see some of the finest books from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library Special Collections? The Italian medieval auth.. -
Designing Dante: An Exhibition Tour with Dr Guyda Armstrong
30 September 2022, 2pm-2.45pm
Would you like to learn more about book design and see some of the finest books from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library Special Collections? The Italian medieval auth.. -
Online Launch of the Mary Hamilton Papers: Digital Edition
27 September 2022, 11am-1pm
Register to join us Online on Tuesday 27th September to celebrate the launch of the digital edition of the Mary Hamilton Papers. The Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers project sta.. -
Designing Dante: An Exhibition Tour with Dr Guyda Armstrong
24 September 2022, 1pm-1.45pm
Would you like to learn more about book design and see some of the finest books from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library Special Collections? The Italian medieval auth..