Prints and drawings from the printed books, manuscripts, maps and music @britishlibrary
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Things could be worse - this is 'A Cock with 3 Leggs and 2 arses & by both he dungeth'. Add MS 5220
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PhD funding news!
@ucl Dept of Information Studies & @britishlibrary have announced a fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship, 'Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the BL: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks'. The deadline for applications is 14 April 26 🧵
Fully funded AHRC CDP
Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the British Library: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks
ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/ne…
The project will be jointly supervised by Dr Lucy Brownson and Prof Elizabeth Shepherd at UCL Department of Information Studies (UCL:DIS), and Felicity Myrone, Maddy Smith and Dr Alice Marples at the British Library.
UCL and the British Library are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of people, from different backgrounds and career stages, and particularly welcome those currently underrepresented in doctoral student cohorts.
Deadline: 14 April 2026
ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/ne…
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Want to level up your library career this year?
We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026
ALT A woman with long brown hair pulls a red book from a bookshelf.
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Our blogs have a new look: bit.ly/BL-Blogs
All previously published blogs will be available in our archive, launching in coming weeks. Watch this space for an update on when that goes live.
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The @britishlibrary #PhD placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply transferable skills and expertise outside the university sector.
Visit bl.uk/more/research-collabor… for details & how to apply
'Joseph Newnham is my Name and with my Pen I write the same my pen was Bad and so was I But I hope to mend before I Die 1804' google.co.uk/books/edition/D…
The @britishlibrary #PhD placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply transferable skills and expertise outside the university sector.
Visit bl.uk/more/research-collabor… for details & how to apply
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Call for applications for the 2025 British Library PhD Placement Scheme!
Open until 21 February, research themes and application process at
bl.uk/more/research-collabor…
Call for applications for the 2025 British Library PhD Placement Scheme!
Open until 21 February, research themes and application process at
bl.uk/more/research-collabor…
Recordings of the 2024 Panizzi Lectures on 'Black Bibliography, Here and Now' by Elizabeth McHenry, Professor of English at New York University are now available at youtube.com/@britishlibrary
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We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team
Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts
Does this sound like you? Please read the advert 👇 and apply, or tell your friends/spread the word 👍
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
Closing date 9 Feb, interviews 25 Feb
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Calling mid-career library and archive professionals 📣
Looking to advance your career and connect with international peers? Join our International Library Leaders Programme for behind-the-scenes access and valuable insights.
Apply by 6 February 2025: bit.ly/BL-International
ALT A view of the spiral staircase at the British Library, with two visitors standing on the platform looking out at the space below.
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Calling all arts, humanities and social sciences early-career researchers! 📢
Applications are now open for a collections-based fellowship to explore sustainability and the environment through our collections.
Apply by 7 January 2025: bit.ly/BLSustainabilityFello…
ALT Digitised image from page 669 of "Expedição Portugueza ao Muata-Ianvo. Os climas e as Producções das terras de Malange á Lunda, etc. pt. I" showing an ipomoea plant with a white flower
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Elizabeth McHenry delivers the first in this year’s Panizzi Lectures this Thursday: Black Bibliography, Here and Now.
Join us as we explore the challenges of studying Black print history and its impact on understanding Black literary production: bit.ly/BLPanizziBlackReaders
ALT "Star Pupil, 82 Years old" by Marion Post Wolcott. From The New York Public Library.
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Head of Printed Heritage Collections at the British Library
An exciting opportunity to lead the team looking after one of the greatest collections of rare books in the world.
Closing date: 16 December 2024
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CALL NOW OPEN for academics interested in co-supervising Collaborative Doctoral Partnership projects with The British Library (deadline 29 November, 12pm):
bl.uk/more/research-collabor…