BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton University’s History Department will host the 2013 Harvey and Elizabeth Prior Shriber Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 15, in Lecture Hall 8, on campus. This event is free and open to the public. Guest speaker ...
From the Library of Congress, a lecture by Dr. Emile Schrijver on the history of the Jewish book since the invention of printing. SPEAKER: Emile Schrijver EVENT DATE: 10/25/2012 FORMAT: Video + Captions RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link ...
Webcast from the Library of Congress: Hassan Eltaher discusses the considerable cultural and historical project of reviving Egypt’s ancient library at Alexandria. SPEAKER: Hassan M. Eltaher EVENT DATE: 10/02/2012 FORMAT: Video + Captions RUNNING TIME: 65 minutes TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link ...
The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus by Owen Gingerich The so-called “book nobody read” was Copernicus’ 1543 work On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, in which the Polish astronomer expressed, for the first time, that ...
Has your cat ever walked across your keyboard? Well, it’s not a new problem. Medieval book historian Erik Kwakkel recently Tweeted this photo of a 15th century book with… you guessed it… cat paw prints in ink on the pages! ...
“Quiet Cruelties: Prints, Sculpture, and Unique Works on Paper” by Rimer Cardillo will be on display at the University Art Museum (FA-213) from Jan. 24-March 23. Cardillo, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz, will give a public lecture on ...
For many researchers today (whether academic or simply curious), one of the greatest benefits of recent technological progress is the ability to conduct archival research at home, in your pajamas, or at two in the morning. (Or, all three at ...
All this, and Heaven too / Rachel Field. New York : The MacMillian Company. 1940. The 2013 January Book of the Month is a recent addition to Special Collections. It is a gift of John McLaughlin, and represents just one ...
COPENHAGEN (AFP).- A Danish researcher has stumbled across the first fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen in Denmark’s national archives. Entitled “The Tallow Candle”, the tale tells the story of a candle that has difficulty finding its place in ...
Civil War Collections Brown Bag Presentation at Bartle Library When: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 12:00 noon Where: Glenn G. Bartle Library, 2nd Floor Lounge Come learn about items related to the American Civil War in our Libraries’ Special Collections. Many ...