Past events
Explore past events held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
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Collection Encounter: Ink and Reed-The First Papyrus Bibles
11 October 2024, 2pm-4pm
Drop into The Rylands for a rare glimpse into the fascinating world of the earliest Bibles. Join curator Dr Jeremy Penner to discover how ancient biblical texts were meticulously c.. -
MLF 2024: Gillian Clarke poetry masterclass
10 October 2024, 4pm-5.15pm
Poet, playwright and educator Gillian Clarke is one of the most acclaimed and widely read poets of recent decades. In this workshop, she will share insights into the craft of poetr.. -
Manchester Literature Festival 2024 poetry reading with Gillian Clarke
10 October 2024, 7pm-8.15pm
‘Clarke has a direct line to the natural world. She paints the Welsh landscape without idealising or romanticising, and in the process shows that nature doesn’t need to be elev.. -
Virtually at the Rylands: Looking at our LGBTQ+ Collections
9 August 2024, 2pm-2.20pm
Hosted online by Jack (Exhibitions and Public Engagement with Research and Assistant) and MT (Reader Services Assistant), this online event will guide you through some of our LGBTQ.. -
Exhibition Sonilluminations; Sounding the Archive
24 - 27 July 2024,
A sound installation by composer and researcher Patrick Jones, drawing inspiration from a wide range of collections held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Patrick.. -
I Was There: Alan Edwards in conversation with Andy Spinoza
11 July 2024, 6.30pm-8pm
Join the godfather of modern music PR Alan Edwards in conversation with cultural author Andy Spinoza for an evening discussing Alan Edwards’ memoir, detailing his work with every.. -
Collections Encounter: Humanitarian Archive
20 June 2024, 2pm-3.30pm
Join us at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library to explore the World Refugee Collection with Flora Chatt, archivist of the Humanitarian Archive. This free event presen.. -
Medieval and Early Modern Studies in the North West Annual Study Day SOLD OUT
17 June 2024, 10am-4pm
The third annual study day, co-hosted by the North West Medieval and Early Modern Seminars. This event will feature a keynote lecture from Dr David Rundle (University of Kent), â€.. -
Festival of Libraries: Reading at The Rylands
15 June 2024, 12pm-4pm
Ever wondered what it means to be a reader at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library? Our Reader Services Team are hosting an open afternoon to share more about this worki.. -
Collections Encounter: Deaf Community, Culture and Collections
14 June 2024, 2pm-3.30pm
Drop into the Historic Reading Room and explore Deaf community and culture from the late 19th?century to the 1980s. With curator Steven Hartshorne, delve deeper into the stories be.. -
The Rylands Lunchtime Online Seminar: The Making of the Cranach Workshop’s Copy of the Armorial of Bianca Maria Sforza (Rylands German MS 2)
6 June 2024, 1pm-1.45pm
We'll be joined by researcher Ben Pope for this online talk focussing on Elector August of Saxony (1526–86) who, in 1565 commissioned Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–86) to mak.. -
The Rylands Lunchtime Online Seminar: Translation, Teleology & Technology- Digital Humanities Studies of the Ancient World
30 May 2024, 1pm-1.45pm
This online talk will focus on the John Rylands Library's rare copy of the medieval Arabic translation of On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body by Galen of Pergamum (d. ca. 21.. -
The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar: Ancient and Modern Lives of an Ancient Egyptian Papyrus
23 May 2024, 1pm-1.45pm
Papyrus Rylands "Demotic 9" is a long (ca. 4.5 m) papyrus roll found as part of a group with other eight papyri in the ruins of el-Hibeh, Middle Egypt. This remarkable group of pap.. -
Decoding Codices: Mesoamerican Manuscripts and Indigenous Knowledge SOLD OUT
22 May 2024, 2pm-4pm
Did you know that the Northwest of England holds some of the rarest Indigenous manuscripts that have survived the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, as well as other important M.. -
Collection Encounter: The Gospel of Mary
15 May 2024, 3pm-4.30pm
The Rylands holds one of only two Greek copies of the important manuscript, the Gospel of Mary. A papyrus which challenges the conventional Christian narrative that often marginali.. -
We Have Always Been Here: LGBTQ+ Voices
2 May 2024, 2.30pm-4pm
Join us at the Library to delve deeper into the stories behind our ‘We Have Always Been Here’ exhibition, we are offering a free collections encounter; a chance to view unseen.. -
The Rylands Lunchtime Online Seminar: Fossil Histories: South Asian Natural Heritage in the Manchester Museum and Beyond
25 April 2024, 1pm-1.45pm
Join us online to explore fossils from the Indian subcontinent which are commonly found, if not always exhibited, in many natural history museums around the world. The collections.. -
The Rylands Lunchtime Online Seminar: Re-Mapping Past Weather and Climate
18 April 2024, 1pm-1.45pm
Join us online to examine how historians, climatologists and their collaborators have mapped past weather and climate, drawing on a range of printed, digital, and algorithmic maps,.. -
Discover the Rylands; BSL tour
15 March 2024, 12pm-12.30pm
Experience a guided introduction tour to The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, with our engagement team and BSL interpreters, including Thomas Holroyd. The tour gives a.. -
Collections Encounter: Deaf Community, Culture and Collections
15 March 2024, 2pm-3.30pm
Join us on our collections encounter in the Historic Reading Room, exploring Deaf community and culture from the late 19th century to the 1980s. Like hearing people, Deaf people ha.. -
Epistolary Archives and Sensibilities: Between the Personal and the Scientific in Women Mathematicians’ Correspondence
5 March 2024, 5pm-6.30pm
Join us at the Rylands as Maria Tamboukou offers the notion of sensibility as a methodological move that she has deployed in conducting archival research, but also as an epistemolo.. -
Unknotting Dürer's Jerome with Professor Alexander Marr
29 February 2024, 5.15pm-6.30pm
This is a hybrid event taking place online and on the University of Manchester campus in the Mansfield Cooper Building G.22, you can find the exact location on this interactive map.. -
Europe meets Asia: Early Encounters, 1500-1800
24 February 2024, 2pm-4pm
Join us at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library for a fascinating exploration of the origins of cultural connections between Europe and Asia. Meet curators and researche.. -
We Have Always Been Here: LGBTQ+ Voices
23 February 2024, 2pm-4pm
Join us at the Library for the first in a series of events delving deeper into the stories behind our ‘We Have Always Been Here’ exhibition, we are offering a free collections.. -
Dürer and the Making of Modernism with Prof Ulinka Rublack
22 February 2024, 5.15pm-6.30pm
This is a hybrid event taking place online and at the Whitworth Art Gallery on Oxford Road in the Study Centre, you can find the precise location here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk..