2503, 2014

Photographic archive of expedition to Iraq 1919-1920

By Mary Fisk|March 25, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Archival collections, Art and Archaeology|0 comments

Photographs of James Breasted’s photographs documenting his journeys through the Near East in the period immediately following the First World War to record archaeological sites for the Oriental Institute (University of Chicago) have recently been added to the Oriental Institutes’s open-access photographic archive. Click here to go to the photographic archive page on the Oriental Institute’s website Clicking on the map allows you to select a site from those visited

2402, 2014

Free Webinar on researching Propaganda at the British Library (12th March 2014)

By Mary Fisk|February 24, 2014|Archival collections, History, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

[this posting is forwarded from LIS-HISTORYRESEARCHLIBS@jiscmail.ac.uk] In Summer 2013 we [The British Library] hosted an exhibition, ‘Propaganda: Power and Persuasion‘, examining the communication of power, and attempts to persuade, through the use of visually striking material and the objects of everyday life. Examples of these can be found across the Library’s collections, and this webinar will describe the types of material that we used, how we used the Library to research

1501, 2014

History Libraries and Research Open Day (Senate House)

By Mary Fisk|January 15, 2014|Archival collections, History|0 comments

The Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library is hosting a History Libraries and Research Open Day on Tuesday March 18th in the Deller Hall (Senate House) This is a one-day programme aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers. The morning session consists of introductory sessions on research skills in libraries, archives and digital resources. An “open history fair” is scheduled for the afternoon, with staff representing major

1301, 2014

Who Owns Antiquity? Museums, Repatriation, and Armed Conflict

By Mary Fisk|January 13, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Archival collections, Art and Archaeology, History|0 comments

Brian Rose (Penn State University) gave a lecture at Stanford Humanities Center on 4October 2013: “Who Owns Antiquity? Museums, Repatriation, and Armed Conflict“. The video of that lecture is now posted online: <http://www.stanford.edu/dept/classics/cgi-bin/web/node/4879> It is posted on Apple’s iTunes (about an hour): <https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/who-owns-antiquity-museums/id385665061?i=194306743&mt=2>. (notice posted on the Agade mailing list by A.J. Cave on 10th January 2014)

0711, 2013

Hebrew manuscripts digitization project at the British Library

By Mary Fisk|November 7, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Archival collections, History, Religions|0 comments

1250 of the 3000 plus Hebrew manuscripts in the British Library’s collection are to be digitized over the next three years in a project mainly funded by the Polonsky Foundation. The selected manuscripts will showcase the “creativity and intense social activities” of the Eastern and Western Jewish communities over 1000 years and will be available on open-access in their entirety For more information on the scope and content of the

2210, 2013

Hazine: a new website to assist research in the Middle East

By Mary Fisk|October 22, 2013|Archival collections, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

Holy Koran cover (16th century) from the Topkapi Palace Collections Image from Ahmet Karahisari on Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ahmet_Karahisari_001.jpg HAZINE is a new website “dedicated to helping scholars conduct research in the Middle East and beyond”. It focuses on practical advice on how to access and use archives, manuscript libraries and other relevant collections in the “greater Islamic world”. The site is launched with features on four major archives in Istanbul – the

1910, 2013

The Life and Afterlife of David Livingstone: exploring missionary archives

By dsw|October 19, 2013|Africa, Archival collections, Religions|0 comments

The Life and Afterlife of David Livingstone: exploring missionary archives Date: 22 October 2013Time: 10:30 AM Finishes: 22 March 2014Time: 5:00 PM Venue: Brunei Gallery Room: Foyle Special Collections Gallery Type of Event: Exhibition This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dr David Livingstone. He remains one of the best known British explorers and humanitarian campaigners of the nineteenth century, famed for his extensive travels through Africa, his