Past events
Explore past events held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
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Founders and Funders: What Next?
27 October 2023, 1pm-4pm
Join the John Rylands Research Institute and Library in activities to promote and explore collections close to our current exhibition Founders and Funders: Slavery and the building.. -
PNR at 50 (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)
19 October 2023, 7pm
7pm (Drinks Reception from 6pm) Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading and raise a toast to PN Review, celebrating 50 years of p.. -
Medieval Manuscript Collection Encounter
23 September 2023, 2pm-3.30pm
Enter the enchanting world of Western Medieval Manuscripts, held within the extraordinary neo-gothic setting of the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Part of the Manches.. -
Workers' Playtime: Curator Tour
7 September 2023, 2pm-2.30pm
Did industrial workers in Victorian Lancashire have time to participate in literary culture and leisure pursuits? From the Factory Acts to the First World War, this tour will expl.. -
Collection Encounter: Workers' Words
16 August 2023, 2pm-3.30pm
Drop in and delve into the fascinating tales of culture, community, and resilience from industrial Lancashire, which have inspired our current exhibition, Workers' Playtime. Our ex.. -
Sharing Stories: Co-operative Heritage Trust Archives
12 August 2023, 1pm-3pm
As part of the Workers' Playtime exhibition programme, Co-operative Heritage Trust Archives join the Rylands for this special collection encounter event. Items selected will focus.. -
Workers' Playtime: Curator Tour
3 August 2023, 2pm-2.30pm
Did industrial workers in Victorian Lancashire have time to participate in literary culture and leisure pursuits? From the Factory Acts to the First World War, this tour will expl.. -
Collection Encounter: Workers' Words
26 July 2023, 2pm-3.30pm
Drop in and delve into the fascinating tales of culture, community, and resilience from industrial Lancashire, which have inspired our current exhibition, Workers' Playtime. Our ex.. -
The Affective Value of the Last Will & Testament in Early Modern Studies
13 June 2023, 4pm-5.30pm
A talk on Final Words: The Affective Value of the Last Will & Testament in Early Modern Studies presented by Erica Fudge (Strathclyde). This event is part of Affective Artefacts,.. -
Workers' Words from Lancashire Life
10 June 2023,
The Rylands is pleased to present a day of free activities inspired by the stories of culture, community and resilience from industrial Lancashire featured in our Workers’ Play.. -
Of Song and Speech: Music and Words from Industrial Lancashire
8 June 2023, 5.30pm-7.15pm
Join us in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library for an evening celebrating the culture of the 19th-century working classes. There will be a chance to explore rich colle.. -
Creative Arts Archive Encounter with Factory Academy’s Future Cultural Leaders
7 June 2023, 12pm-1pm
Connect with a behind-the-scenes view into creative processes, artistic expression, and cultural history in the Rylands’ magnificent Historic Reading Room. Factory Academy’s Fu.. -
Smelling the Past: An Archaeology of the “Vast Structure of Recollection”
30 May 2023, 4pm-5.30pm
A talk on Smelling the Past: An Archaeology of the “Vast Structure of Recollection” delivered by William Tullett (Anglia Ruskin). This event is part of Affective Artefacts, a.. -
Gardens in the Mughal and Ottoman Empire
23 May 2023, 4pm-5.30pm
An evening with guest speakers Asli Niyazioglu (Oxford) and Neha Vermani (Sheffield) will be speaking on the following topics: Asli Niyazioglu (Oxford): Why did 16th-Century Ottoma.. -
Maps, magic and the Manchester Geographical Society: working with colonial collections at the University of Manchester Library
18 May 2023, 5.30pm-7.30pm
Join us at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library for a number of presentations which explore the nature of colonial collections and the stories they reveal about empire a.. -
Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies Lecture- Professor Max Saunders
11 May 2023, 5.30pm-7.15pm
The Case for a Writer’s Collected Letters: Ford Madox Ford and the Editing of Modern Correspondence At a time when the digitization of so many library archives has made it easi.. -
Workers' Playtime: Curator Tour
4 May 2023, 2pm-2.30pm
Did industrial workers in Victorian Lancashire have time to participate in literary culture and leisure pursuits? From the Factory Acts to the First World War, this tour will expl.. -
The Birth of International Law Out of the Spirit of Political Theology
27 April 2023, 5pm-7.15pm
The Birth of International Law Out of the Spirit of Political Theology In times of experiencing an unpredicted war in Europe it is necessary to rethink political and legal theorie.. -
Jessica Rawson - Ancient Chinese Tombs, Their Treasures, and China Today
25 April 2023, 4.30pm-6pm
[In-Person, The John Rylands Research Library] Drawing from Professor Jessica Rawson's new book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China, Professor Rawson will discuss the significance.. -
Global Shakespeare in Manchester
22 April 2023, 11am-4pm
Join us at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library to mark the anniversary of the publication of the first edition of William Shakespeare’s plays 400 years ago. Meet cura.. -
In-Between Textiles, 1400–1800: Online Book Launch
20 April 2023, 3pm-4pm
Join us online for a book launch organised in collaboration with Amsterdam University Press to celebrate the publication of In-Between Textiles, 1400-1800: Weaving Subjectivities a.. -
Glass & Colour in the History of Alchemy
18 April 2023, 4pm-5.30pm
A talk on Symbolism, Transformation, Imitation: Glass & Colour in the History of Alchemy delivered by Umberto Veronesi (Lisbon). This event is part of Affective Artefacts, a serie.. -
Workers' Playtime: Curator Tour
6 April 2023, 2pm-2.30pm
Did industrial workers in Victorian Lancashire have time to participate in literary culture and leisure pursuits? From the Factory Acts to the First World War, this tour will expl.. -
Signs of The Times: Maps of history and prophecy from the Christian Brethren Archive
31 March 2023, 1.30pm-3.30pm
SOLD OUT Led by historians Professor Crawford Gribben, Queen’s University, Belfast and Dr. Andrew Crome, Manchester Metropolitan University, this event provides a unique opportun.. -
The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar: Gardening Can Speak Proper English: Exploring Early Modern Manuals
23 March 2023, 12pm-12.45pm
Join us for an online discussion about John Evelyn’s translation of La Quintinie’s gardening summa, Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers of 1690, Stephen Switzer..