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Department: Bodleian Libraries
Talks:
Thursday 12 March 2026
Broadcasting Apartheid: British Television and the Anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1950–1990
Date: 12 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Tal Zalmanovich (University of Haifa),
Saul Dubow (University of Cambridge),
Suzanne Franks (University of London),
Lucy McCann (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Centre for the Study of the Book
Hosts:
TBA
The unique large-format print of the General Map of the Qing Empire by Li Mingche李明徹 (1751–1832) in Göttingen: tracing its cartographical origins and journey to a German university
Date: 12 March 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 27 April 2026
TOSCA Field Trip – The Queen’s Atlas
Date: 27 April 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
David Fletcher (Independent Researcher)
Venue Details: In person only
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Lecture 1 – The Morisco Polemicist Muhamad Alguazir: From Marrakech to the Bodleian
Date: 28 April 2026, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Mercedes Garcia-Arenal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 30 April 2026
Lecture 2 – Morisco books between Spain and Rome: Morisco Islam through Eastern Christian eyes
Date: 30 April 2026, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Mercedes Garcia-Arenal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Lecture 3 – Christian Books in Muslim Hands
Date: 5 May 2026, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Mercedes Garcia-Arenal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 7 May 2026
Lecture 4 – Concordia mundi and the search for Qur'ans: Prophetism and Christian Kabbala
Date: 7 May 2026, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Mercedes Garcia-Arenal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 11 May 2026
Lecture 5 – Muslims and Christian Knowledge of Islam: the participation of Moriscos
Date: 11 May 2026, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Mercedes Garcia-Arenal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 June 2026
Geography and Catholic censorship in Europe at the end of the sixteenth century
Date: 4 June 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Jean-Marc Besse (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 18 June 2026
Ordnance Survey: twenty-first-century National Mapping Agency
Date: 18 June 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Nick Bolton (CEO, Ordnance Survey)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
