POSTPONED: Ink & Innovation: Curator’s Talk and Tour

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY, 8TH JULY. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW BOOKING PAGE.

A lunchtime talk and tour led by the curator of the Royal Irish Academy’s Ink & Innovation exhibition showcasing the Library’s oldest printed materials for the first time.

About the event

Ink & Innovation is a new exhibition showcasing the Royal Irish Academy's oldest printed material together for the first time. Dr Alison Ray will present on the hidden histories of this collection dating to the fifteenth century, exploring the continental book trade and printing press technologies of the early Renaissance. Containing a range of works from history to astronomy, these books reflect the wide interests of readers and their desire to gain an understanding of their surrounding world and beyond. Readers further left behind signs of use in their books, including a fantastic array of written marginalia and notes of ownership from contemporary scientists to eighteenth-century Irish households. This talk will be followed by a guided tour of the display.

About the speaker

Dr Alison Ray is the Collections & Archives Manger of the Royal Irish Academy. She gained her PhD in Medieval History from University College London and her academic research specialises in the history of the pre-modern book

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Eolas faoi Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann

Is cumann léannta neamhspleách, uile-oileáin é Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann, a bunaíodh sa bhliain 1785. Tacaíonn an tAcadamh le scoláireacht agus taighde sna heolaíochtaí, sna daonnachtaí agus sna heolaíochtaí sóisialta. Tá tuairim is 680 comhalta tofa ann agus 80 ball foirne, agus déanann siad ionadaíocht ar son na hÉireann go hidirnáisiúnta, cuireann siad comhairle shaineolach ar fáil don rialtas, déanann siad taighde, déanann siad deontais taighde a riaradh, eagraíonn siad comhdhálacha agus léachtaí poiblí, cuireann siad leabhair agus irisí acadúla i gcló, agus déanann siad cúram de leabharlann taighde.

About the Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy, established in 1785, is an all-island, independent learned society and academic body that champions research by supporting and promoting scholarship in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. Its elected membership of approximately 680 individuals and 80 staff represent Ireland internationally, provide expert advice to government, carry out research, administer research grants, organise conferences and public lectures, publish academic books and journals, and maintain a research library.

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