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Research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London ies.sas.ac.uk

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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Since #Traitors is back, I’m treating my family to a running commentary on the castle… @ies-sas.bsky.social ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Adding to the prize pot: manuscript missions in the Traitors Castle
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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2026 is the 550th anniversary of England's first printer, William Caxton, establishing his printing press in Westminster, London. To celebrate, the Bibliographical Society is hosting a series of videos from libraries in the UK and around the world introducing viewers to items printed by Caxton ...
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Caxton 550 - YouTube
2026 is the 550th anniversary of England's first printer, William Caxton, establishing his printing press in Westminster, London. To celebrate, the Bibliogra...
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come along to SAS Festival of Research and Engagement 2026 on Thursday 8 October for a lively day of discovery, conversation and inspiration. Find out more here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 2026 Being Human Festival programme is now live! Running 5-14 November 2026, over 230 events in 38 towns and cities across the UK will explore a wide range of humanities research with the festival theme 'Crossroads'. Read about it here: bit.ly/4halWX1 #BeingHuman2026
A red image with a starburst logo and text 'Being Human Festival 2026: 05-14 November'
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join us in person to investigate Arthur Conan Doyle’s representations of and ideas about Asia and Africa, exploring themes and issues such as empire, race, Orientalism, health, travel and tourism 🎟️ Ticket price: £20 ⏰ Friday, 2 Oct 2026, 10am - 5:30pm 🔗 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle in a pith helmet
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Dr. Will Green @drwillgreen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🗣 Public History Talks - Open for Booking! When we think about the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, we often think of purpose-built London playhouses like the Globe. Yet much of the disruptive, political energy of the professional playing companies was forged on the road.
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📣 CREAM Presents Rahaab Allana: The Unpredictable Commons Autonomy and Exhibitionary Practice Initiated by Pragya Dhital of the IES and organised by @lucysoutter.bsky.social 📅 8 October, 6–7.30pm 📍 University of Westminster 🎟️ Open to all: tinyurl.com/ymdva3j8
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CREAM Presents Rahaab Allana
The Unpredictable Commons Autonomy and Exhibitionary Practice | The Alkazi Foundation
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Marking the 350th anniversary of the oldest English book auction catalogue, this year’s book trade history conference returns to the theme of auctions. 🧑‍⚖️ 📚 London 22-23 November, book now at www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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47th Annual Conference on Book Trade History | Battling Over Books: Auction Catalogues and Their Contexts, 1676-2026
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join us in person to investigate Arthur Conan Doyle’s representations of and ideas about Asia and Africa, exploring themes and issues such as empire, race, Orientalism, health, travel and tourism 🎟️ Ticket price: £20 ⏰ Friday, 2 Oct 2026, 10am - 5:30pm 🔗 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle in a pith helmet
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How does printing shape our language and the way we consume the written word? @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Karen Attar explored these topics at a talk last week, following on from their @senatehouselib.bsky.social Caxton exhibition. Read more here: www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
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Dr Karen Attar and Dr Michael Durrant deliver Caxton lecture at Westminster Abbey
Dr Karen Attar and Dr Michael Durrant delivered a presentation on the legacy of William Caxton at Westminster Abbey
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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yesterday we delivered the lunchtime talk @westminsterabbey.bsky.social St Margaret's Church on Caxton to mark the end of @senatehouselib.bsky.social Caxton exhibition @ies-sas.bsky.social 🙌
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On International Literacy Day, we're looking back on how tablets were made of wood and wax. This wax tablet is a 2,000-year-old homework book, with a Greek maxim copied out by a student. How do you 'clear the screen' on a wax tablet? Find out in our blog: link.bl.uk/blw
A 2,000-year-old wax tablet with a Greek maxim copied out over several lines.
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Join us in person to examine Arthur Conan Doyle as an author of fiction (including the Sherlock Holmes stories), a traveller, an imperialist, a war correspondent, an amateur Egyptologist, and an investigator of the occult 👀🔎 ⏰ Fri, 2 Oct 2026, 10am-5:30pm 📍 Senate House, London BOOK NOW ⤵
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Conan Doyle’s Orient
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IALS @ials.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📢 FINAL CALL FOR NETWORKS. LHub invites applications for research networks of law & humanities for 2026-27. Open to all academics with relevant research interests. ⏰ Deadline: 6 Sept 2026 🔗Further information: tinyurl.com/catx3vsn 📚 Application form: tinyurl.com/rkaybujy #LawandHumanities
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Elaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The backside! The Bayeux Tapestry was one of the things I covered in a seminar on "Medieval Britain in Eight Objects" a few years ago. What I particularly love about it is the back. You can tell a lot from behind the scenes!
The back of the Bayeux Tapestry Odo feasting scene.The front of the Bayeux Tapestry feasting scene.
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My book exists! Thanks to everyone @archumanities.bsky.social for their patience and support.
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Coinciding with the 180th anniversary of the publication of Dombey and Son in October 1846, this year's Dickens Day Conference will focus on how the concept of family informed Dickens’s life and works. ⏰ Saturday, 10 October 2026, 10am-5pm 📍 Senate House, London BOOK NOW 👇
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Dickens Day 2026 - ‘Dickens and Family’
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This lunchtime talk by @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Dr Karen Attar next week looks great 👇 www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events...
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Lunchtime talk: The English print revolution | Westminster Abbey
Discover how Westminster-based printer William Caxton played a vital role in the revolutionary history of the printed word.
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Join us in person to examine Arthur Conan Doyle as an author of fiction (including the Sherlock Holmes stories), a traveller, an imperialist, a war correspondent, an amateur Egyptologist, and an investigator of the occult 👀🔎 ⏰ Fri, 2 Oct 2026, 10am-5:30pm 📍 Senate House, London BOOK NOW ⤵
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Conan Doyle’s Orient
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Catch me at 1 hour 49 mins (28/08/26), talking about the politics of #poetry, what it means to have a PM with an English Literature degree, and how the #humanities inform and enrich our public life. @ihr.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Matt Chorley - with Nick Watt - BBC Sounds
Nick Watt sits in with political guests, news, and your views.
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Coinciding with the 180th anniversary of the publication of Dombey and Son in October 1846, this year's Dickens Day Conference will focus on how the concept of family informed Dickens’s life and works. ⏰ Saturday, 10 October 2026, 10am-5pm 📍 Senate House, London BOOK NOW 👇
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Dickens Day 2026 - ‘Dickens and Family’
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Dr Shafquat Towheed @shaftowheed.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Vernon Lee and the Future of Intelligence is out - do order it for your library! Details below ⬇️ @ies-sas.bsky.social @ouliterature.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @navsa.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @sharpnews.bsky.social
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Excited to take part in this online event for the Print Exchanges research network on exhibitions with the fantastic @senatehouselib.bsky.social and @ies-sas.bsky.social team to share my work on the @rialibrary.bsky.social ‘Ink & Innovation’ display! 🤗📖🎉
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School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Humanities and social sciences research helps us better understand the world and shape positive change. We bring together researchers, scholars and practitioners committed to making a difference through our institutes, libraries, collections and archives. Learn more - sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's not only academic learning at the LRBS, the network you build here creates the Rare Book world around us! One student said that "other students brought a wealth of different experience and backgrounds and the conversations while we were working were often illuminating (excuse the pun)"!
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Did you know our LRBS courses can be taken for Masters-level credit? Our LRBS students who chose to do so are currently writing an essay on the topic of their choice to be submitted for 20 CATS-M points. Happy writing everyone!
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It is almost two months since LRBS 2026 began and we are reading through some of the lovely feedback from our students: "26 years since I did my MLIS and I've had many opportunities for professional development, but it's no exaggeration to say this was the best learning experience of my life"!
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Ready to upgrade your page-turner for the beach this summer? Our LIPS students have said that "going forward I will be able to use manuscripts as sources, rather than relying on transcriptions, translations and secondary material" (N.B. no rare books were taken onto the beach for this post)!
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Dr Cinzia Yates 🇮🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @manxinwales.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Can anyone there help a girl out identifying these? Anything really - date (ish) would be handy, but if there are any clues of where or who might have written his. I only have a B&W image so context is non-existent! Just need a place to start... bsky.app/profile/manx...
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Congratulations!
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Fantastic online symposium this morning - "Emergency Action On...the Situation for English Thank you @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social and all the participants for an important pragmatic, democratic and directional forum
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University English @univeng.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
University English, @englishassociation.bsky.social and @ies-sas.bsky.social Emergency Action On … the State of English, Thursday 16.07, 10-12. All arts and hums colleagues welcome too. Please sign up here : forms.office.com/e/PN4MNv5T6G
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#MedievalSky #Genealogy
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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond runs until 24 July. Pop over to @senatehouselib.bsky.social if you’re nearby
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Upcoming Emergency Summit: 16 July 2026 jointly organised by @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social "Emergency Action On...the Situation for English" Details here: mailchi.mp/1b1ef2d5a8a3...
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Emergency Action On… the Situation for English (10:00 - 12:00, 16 July 2026)
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Last chance to book for the Latin and Palaeography Summer School in Birmingham! There are still places available on the introduction to Latin course and the course on wills. #Skystorians. More info 👇 palaeography.uk/study/short-...
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The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026
The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…
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British Jesuit Archives @jesuitarchives.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Archive joy!! The over-excitement of an Archivist and a Rare Book Historian on finding C19 archive lists and book catalogues. #ArchivalJoy #Archives #Catalogues #RareBooks #JesuitBook
Colour photo of two people looking very happy in front of a bookshelf and standing behind a table on which are archival items.  One of the figures is holding a sheet of paper and pointing at it and looking a little ridiculous.
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School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The @ies-sas.bsky.social, together with SAS and the University of London are supporting the 2026 National Year of Reading. All year, colleagues from across the University will share the books that shaped them, challenged them and stayed with them. #NationalYearOfReading #UoLReads #GoAllIn2026
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A lovely gathering of medievalist friends last night @ies-sas.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social to celebrate this new book on the Angevin World. 🥂🎉 📚 Get your copy now from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
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School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Last week, @ies-sas.bsky.social celebrated the publication of "Information at War: A Communication History of the Ministry of Information 1939–1946", a new book that explores the activity of the MoI when it was based at Senate House. Read more: bit.ly/4eLWogu @senatehouselib.bsky.social
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And so #LRBS @ies-sas.bsky.social comes to an end for the 2025/26 session. Thanks to @bibsoc.bsky.social for their sponsorship and all students, staff, librarians, and friends who facilitated discussions about all aspects of #BookHistory. See you next year.
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Today at #LRBS @ies-sas.bsky.social we had guest lectures on book collecting in the Renaissance and Early Modern eras. Thanks to @ials.bsky.social for letting us stay cool in your classrooms!
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
VERY WARM STILL
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We had fun on day 3 of #LRBS @ies-sas.bsky.social, working on bookselling (and staying cool), with a wonderful visit to @quaritch1847.bsky.social 📚
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It’s not too late to book your place for the Palaeography Summer School in Birmingham in July! 📖✏️👨‍🎓👇 #MedievalSky #Skystorians #Latin palaeography.uk/study/short-...
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The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026
The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
An excellent second day at a rather warm #LRBS @ies-sas.bsky.social. We’ve been thinking about book collecting in the long nineteenth century (and ice cream).
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Fitting messages for #LRBS @ies-sas.bsky.social
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This evening at #LRBS @ies-sas.bsky.social we’re celebrating Simon Eliot and Henry Irving’s work on the Ministry of Information.
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Here we go for #LRBS week 2 @ies-sas.bsky.social Stay hydrated everyone!
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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It was a pleasure to organise this with @clarelees.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social, Nigel Newton (Bloomsbury) and colleagues from @englishassociation.bsky.social & @univeng.bsky.social universityenglish.ac.uk/charter-for-... #englishCreates
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Charter for Change launched at Westminster
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