Early Modern Book Collections: Past, Present and Future
Multiple dates and times
Royal Irish Academy, D02 HH58
Description
When: 24 April - 15 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
The Historical Studies Committee and the Library of the Royal Irish Academy are pleased to present a series of lunchtime lectures on the topic of early modern book collections. At each lecture, experts from the field of print culture and book collecting will present short papers, to be followed by a Q&A session. The speakers will elaborate on the subjects of early modern libraries, private collections and caring for early modern collections in the 21st century.
Wednesday 24 April, 13:00: Institutional and private libraries in early modern Ireland.
- 'Curious collections of scarce and valuable books': eighteenth-century Irish private libraries.
Dr Máire Kennedy, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Early Modern History, Trinity College Dublin.
- 'Cold, draughty, and unwelcoming?': the institutional libraries of early modern Ireland.
Dr Jason McElligott, Director of Marsh’s Library.
Wednesday 08 May, 13:00: Early modern book collections in the 21st century.
- The Bolton Library: reconsidering an early modern book collection in the 21st century.
Olivia Lardner, Cataloguer of the Bolton Library, University of Limerick.
- Well read and well-travelled: the Franciscan book collection at UCD Special Collections.
Eugene Roche, Assistant Librarian, UCD Special Collections.
- The St. Canice's Library: past, present and future.
Alexandra Caccamo, Assistant Librarian with responsibility for Special Collections and Archives, Maynooth University Library.
Wednesday 15 May, 13:00: Reading and collecting books in early modern Ireland and Europe.
- Factors affecting book collecting in early modern Ireland and Europe.
Dr Elizabethanne Boran, Librarian, Edward Worth Library.
- Reading books: here, there and then.
Prof Brendan Dooley, Professor of Renaissance Studies, University College Cork.
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Location
Royal Irish Academy, D02 HH58