UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BODLEIAN LIBRARIES WHAT’S ON JANUARY – MARCH 2020 The Art of Advertising Talking Maps Thinking 3D EXHIBITIONS OPENS 5 MARCH 2020 FROM BODLEIAN PUBLISHING The Art of Advertising The Art of Advertising tells the story of early advertising communication MARCH through an incredible collection of 2020 handbills, trade and greeting cards, novelties, posters and much more. Drawing from the Bodleian’s renowned The Art of John Johnson Collection of Printed Advertising Ephemera, one of the largest and Julie Anne Lambert most important collections of printed 9781851245383 | HB £30 ephemera in the world, the exhibition Vintage will reveal how advertisements Advertising: reflect social attitudes over time An A to Z Julie Anne Lambert APRIL while showcasing some of the finest 9781851245406 | PB £15 examples of advertising illustration 2020 and commercial art. Talking Maps THE TREASURY, WESTON LIBRARY Jerry Brotton & ADMISSION FREE Nick Millea 9781851245154 HB £35 The Art of Advertising Activity Day Saturday 28 March | 12–4pm ADMISSION FREE DROP IN COMING SOON 9 APRIL 2020 Thinking 3D Books, images and ideas from Leonardo to the present Sensational Books Edited by Daryl Green & Laura Moretti Explore the experience of the book beyond 9781851245253 reading in our upcoming exhibition HB £35 Sensational Books, which features books and items from the Bodleian’s collections that invite a sensory response across the five senses of sight, sound, taste, smell and Available in the Bodleian Shops or online touch and beyond. at www.bodleianshop.co.uk OPEN UNTIL 8 MARCH 2020 Talking Maps Every map tells a story Drawing on the Bodleian’s unparalleled collection of more than 1.5 million maps, Talking Maps is a celebration of maps and Join our maps experts in the gallery what they tell us about the places they for an informal tour of the exhibition depict and the people that make and use Every Mon, Wed, Fri | 1–1.30pm them. MEET AT THE INFO DESK ADMISSION FREE DROP IN Highlights include the Gough Map, the earliest surviving map showing Great Britain in a recognizable form, the al-Idrīsī silver Map of Sardinia, from al-Idrīsī, Entertainment for He who Longs to Travel the World, mid-12th century. MS. Pococke 375, fols. 187b–188a disc, a recreation of a huge 12th-century disc engraved with a map of the world, as well as “Extraordinary collection of maps works by the artist Grayson Perry. ancient and modern, plus the fictional ST LEE GALLERY, WESTON LIBRARY creations of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.” The Times ADMISSION FREE OPEN UNTIL 9 FEBRUARY 2020 Thinking 3D From Leonardo to the present For centuries, artists and scientists have wrestled with how to convey three-dimensional objects on the page. Using some of the Bodleian Libraries’ finest books, manuscripts, prints and drawings, Thinking 3D tells the story of the development of three-dimensional communication over the last 500 years. THE TREASURY, WESTON LIBRARY Polyhedra models in the book Polygons and Polyhedra: Theory and History ADMISSION FREE (Vielecke und Vielflache: Theorie und Geschichte) by Max Brückner, 1900. For more information go to visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/events-exhibitions TALKS & WORKSHOPS Free talks and events on subjects relating to the Bodleian Libraries collections Talking Maps UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL TALKS AND EVENTS ARE FREE AND HELD IN THE LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE BOOKING ADVISED Every map tells a story Trinity: Klaus Fuchs and The Future of the Past the Bodleian Library The 2020 Colin Ford Lecture Supported by the Friends of the Bodleian Thursday 6 February | 5.30–9pm Tuesday 21 January | 1–2.30pm Professor Larry Schaaf, The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné Professor Frank Close, Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford BOOKING REQUIRED Morison’s Historia: a 17th-century botanical treasure Where was the Field of Cloth Supported by the Friends of the Bodleian of Gold? A new look at Tudor Thursday 27 February | 1–2.30pm mapping of the Calais Pale Professor Stephen Harris, Druce Curator (Herbaria), Department of Plant Sciences The Oxford Seminars in Cartography BOOKING REQUIRED Wednesday 22 January | 4.30–6pm Julian Munby, Oxford Archaeology Sheldon Tapestry Map talks ‘This land is your land; this land Monday – Friday | 11.30am–12pm is my land’: how maps shape our Join a member of the Bodleian Library’s Map Room as they talk about the background of the collective allegiance to territory Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire. Thursday 6 February | 1pm BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY Elizabeth Baigent, University Reader in the DROP IN History of Geography For more information and to book tickets, please go to visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/events-exhibitions Bodleian Bibliographical Press ALL WORKSHOPS ARE HELD IN THE PRINTING WORKSHOP, SCHOLA MUSICAE, OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY Six-week linocut course Six-week letterpress course Tuesdays, starting in January | 5.30–8pm Wednesdays, starting in January | 5.30–8pm Robin Wilson, Rosie Fairfax-Cholmeley Using the Bodleian’s hand-operated presses, Linocut printmaking using the Bodleian’s this course will enable you to set and print a hand-operated presses. short text of your own choice. £160 BOOKING REQUIRED OVER 18s ONLY £160 BOOKING REQUIRED OVER 18s ONLY See website for dates and further details: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/events-exhibitions EVENTS FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival 27 March – 5 April 2020 As cultural partner to the Festival, we host the Blackwell’s Festival Marquee, Box Office and Bookshop, based in our Clarendon Quad. Between talks visit the Weston Library’s Alice in Typhoidland activity day Blackwell Hall to enjoy our exhibitions, café In connection with the display Alice in and shop. Typhoidland Highlights include: Saturday 25 January | 12–4pm Journey down the sewer hole into Oxford’s Sun 29 March | 10am underside to discover the past and present of The Story Behind Heritage Apples typhoid with Oxford researchers. Mini-talks, by Caroline Ball games, animations, and hands-on activities Sun 29 March | 12pm make this event suitable for all ages. The Edgeworth Collection: A Masterclass BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE DROP IN Sat & Sun 28 – 29 March | 12–2pm Library Lates: Talking Maps Sat & Sun 4 – 5 April | 12–2pm Friday 28 February | 7–9.30pm Drop in printing activities at the Weston Join us for an interactive exploration of the Library finest maps in the Bodleian’s collections. BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY Through talks, tours, workshops and hands-on Tue 31 March, Wed 1 & Thu 2 April art activities, discover how maps can tell us who Letterpress printing workshops we are, as well as where we are. PRINTING WORKSHOP, SCHOLA MUSICAE, OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE BOOKING REQUIRED Mon 30 March, Wed 1 & Thu 2 April A programme of evening guided tours The Art of Advertising activity day for literary festival-goers OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY This event is part of FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival and in connection with the exhibition For full information and to book tickets The Art of Advertising. please go to oxfordliteraryfestival.org Saturday 28 March | 12–4pm Drop in for a day of ephemeral fun based around our new exhibition, The Art of Advertising. Meet the exhibition curators, researchers and printing experts to discover something unexpected about those pieces of paper most people just throw away. BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE DROP IN DISPLAYS All displays are open daily. Check opening hours online before visiting. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk ADMISSION FREE Meet the Edgeworths Solve the riddle of mysterious Until 26 January typhoid outbreaks in Victorian Oxford, find out Get acquainted with this how doctors and engineers talented brood of Anglo-Irish controlled typhoid to stop scientists, writers and artists. the disease from spreading 250 years after her death, we and experience Alice’s explore the cult of celebrity adventure into Typhoidland. surrounding the eldest BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY daughter of 22 siblings, the Alice in Typhoidland ‘great Maria’, and the trouble 11 January – 22 March and triumph it brought in its Join Alice Liddell (Alice in From Studio to Selfie wake. Wonderland) on a journey 1 February – 15 March PROSCHOLIUM, OLD LIBRARY through the history of early typhoid control and discover The Bodleian Library is a how typhoid influenced treasure trove of books, the design which include photographs, of the water and portraits of famous and sewage writers. This display shows systems under how, since its invention in the our feet. Learn mid-1800s to today’s digital how a group image culture, photography of Oxford has been instrumental in researchers are constructing and promoting contributing to the author’s public image and the control of persona. the disease. PROSCHOLIUM, OLD LIBRARY NEW FROM BODLEIAN PUBLISHING How We Fell A Sanskrit Treasury: Islamic Maps in Love with A Compendium of Yossef Rapoport Italian Food Literature from the Clay Diego Zancani Sanskrit Library 9781851244928 9781851245123 Camillo A. Formigatti, HB £35 HB £25 Foreword by Amartya Sen 9781851245314 HB £50 Available online at www.bodleianshop.co.uk or visit our shops to browse our full range of published books and find unique gifts and souvenirs. Exclusive events for members Friends For tickets and further information contact the Friends’ office: of the BODLEIAN 01865 277234 [email protected] Garsington Opera Keepers of the Flame: Tue 10 Feb | 6.30–8.15pm Celebrating Mick A special evening with Imlah’s archival legacy Garsington Opera following Thu 26 Mar | 7–9pm their enormously successful Join us for a special event performance in February with writer and poet Alan 2019. Hollinghurst to celebrate the DIVINITY SCHOOL & CONVOCATION HOUSE, Royal Society of Literature’s OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY £22 200th anniversary.