A conversation with Dr Nasrin Askari, Bahari Visiting Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book 2016 & Alasdair Watson, Bahari Curator of Persian Collections, Bodleian Library

In Pursuit of Beauty: Modern Guides to the Hair, Face, and Body, 1784-1933

Oct 13th, 2015 4m 8s

Dr Jessica Clark discusses Victorian beauty practices with items from the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections. Dr Jessica Clark discusses Victorian beauty practices with items from the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections, including Mary S

Pax Canadiana: Canada, the Commonwealth, and the End of Empire

Jun 13th, 2014 48m 38s

Dr McKercher is Royal Bank of Canada Visiting Scholar at the Bodleian Library. His research explores Canadian reactions to the demise of the British imperial order, looking at Canadian foreign relations beyond the North Atlantic.

Self-publishing in 18th-century Paris and London

Jun 5th, 2014 43m 39s

Marie-Claude Felton, a Royal Bank of Canada-Bodleian Visiting Scholar in 2013-14, describes her research on the legal and business history of self-publishing in the eighteenth century. Self-publishing in the internet age is regarded as a new wa

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