TALKING MAPSTHINKING 3D: FROM LEONARDO TO THE PRESENT

WHAT’S ONJ U LY – S E P T E M B E R 2019

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

EXHIBITIONS

Talking Maps is a celebration of maps and what they tell us about the places they depict and the people that make and use them.

Drawing on the Bodleian’s unparalleled collection of more than 1.5 million maps, this exhibition brings together an extraordinary selection of ancient, pre-modern and contemporary maps from a range of cultures and in a variety of formats as well as showcasing fascinating imaginary, fictional and war maps.

Highlights include the Gough Map, the earliest surviving map showing Great Britain in a recognizable form, the Selden Map, a late Ming map of the South China Sea, as well as works by the artist Grayson Perry. ST LEE GALLERY, WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE

Talking Maps Jerry Brotton & Nick MilleaDrawing on the Bodleian Library’s outstanding

map collection and covering almost a thousand years, Talking Maps takes a new approach to map-

making by showing how maps and stories have always been intimately entwined.

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Al-Idrisi’s world map Muslim geographer al-Sharif al-Idrīsī’s world map, one of the greatest works of medieval map-making, draws on Islamic cosmology and geography. This circular world map, showing south at the top, was published in 1154 in Al-Idrisi’s book, the Nuzhat al-mushtāq, known as Entertainment (‘Entertainment for He Who Longs to Travel the World’).

Thomas Sharp, ‘Central Oxford’, 1948Thomas Sharp was a prominent twentieth-century town planner, employed by Oxford City Council after the Second World War. In his daring vision, Oxford Replanned, Sharp devised a series of radical plans for the transformation of the city, which never materialized. These maps have never been publicly displayed before.

OPENS 5 JULY 2019

TALKING MAPSEvery map tells a story

Join our maps experts in the gallery for an informal tour of the exhibition

Every Mon, Wed, Fri | 1pm-1.30pmADMISSION FREE

NO BOOKING REQUIRED

MEET AT INFO DESK

NEW FROM BODLEIAN LIBRARY PUBLISHING

Fifty Maps and the Stories They TellJerry Brotton & Nick Millea9781851245239 PB with flaps £12

Why North is Up: Map Conventions and Where They Came FromMick Ashworth9781851245192 HB £20

Oxford Botanic Garden: A GuideSimon Hiscock & Chris Thorogood9781851245208 PB with flaps £8

Curious Creatures on our ShoresChris Thorogood9781851245345 HB £15Available in September

Heritage ApplesCaroline Ball9781851245161 HB £25Available in September

Thinking 3D From Leonardo to the presentFor centuries, artists and scientists have wrestled with how to convey three-dimensional objects on the page. Using some of the Bodleian Libraries’ finest books, manuscripts, prints and drawings, Thinking 3D tells the story of the development of three-dimensional communication over the last 500 years. The exhibition also explores technological advances right up to the present day including 3D modelling, photography and stereoscopy, as well as highlighting the works of modern practitioners and researchers in Oxford.

This sheet shows not only Leonardo’s adept skill at conduct ing studies of various systems in human anatomy, but also the bottom left-hand corner has a list of further illustrations he wished to make for a never-realised treatise on anatomy.

THE TREASURY, WESTON LIBRARYADMISSION FREE

OPEN UNTIL 9 FEBRUARY 2020

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TALKS & EVENTS

FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN LECTURE

Talking Maps: Cartographic conversations from the Bodleian’s exhibitionMonday 23 September | 1pm

Nick Millea, Map Librarian, Bodleian LibrariesThis talk will navigate through some of the highlights of producing the Talking Maps exhibition – from early planning to narrowing down the field of exhibits. It will also show how the exhibition leads audiences away from their cartographic comfort zones and encourages them to explore maps from the afterlife to the Twittersphere.LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY

Check timings and reserve your place at:www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson

Free talks and events on subjects relating to the items on display at the Weston Library ALL TALKS ARE IN THE LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY

ADMISSION FREE BOOKING REQUIRED

Heritage ApplesCaroline Ball9781851245161 HB £25Available in September

LUNCHTIME LECTURES

Authorship, language and textual pathology: linguistic changes in Iris Murdoch’s writingsFriday 12 July | 1pmProfessor Peter Garrard, Professor of Neurology, St George’s, University of LondonAccompanies a one-day display: ‘Iris Murdoch and Alzheimer’s’.LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY

Thinking of Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years onThursday 25 July | 1pmDr Matthew Landrus, Research Fellow in History (Wolfson)LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY

The Gough Map of Great Britain: can a 600-year-old map reveal any new secrets?Wednesday 31 July | 1pmNick Millea, Map Librarian, Bodleian LibrariesLECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY

War Without Glamour: Emily Hobhouse and the ‘enemy’ civilian, 1899 – 1919Thursday 26 September | 1pmDr Rebecca Gill, University of Huddersfield; Dr Helen Dampier, Leeds Beckett UniversityLECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY Support the Bodleian, join the Friends

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TALKS & EVENTS

Sacred scripts of Ethiopia and Eritrea Activity DaySaturday 27 July | 11am–4pm

Celebrate the opening of a community-curated display of manuscripts from Ethiopia and Eritrea with a day of activities including storytelling, talks, music and zine-making.BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY

DROP IN NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Self-publish Saturday: zine-making workshopSaturday 24 August | 12–4pmBring images to collage and a favourite text that you’d like to turn into a self-published 8-page mini zine. Book a slot from 12–2pm or 2–4pm to lay out your zine and we will print a small run for you on the risograph.BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY

ADMISSION FREE BOOKING REQUIRED

Shakespeare in the Quad23–30 July 2019

An unmissable cultural highlight of Oxford’s summer, Oxford Playhouse and the Bodleian Library welcome back the Globe Theatre on Tour.OLD SCHOOLS QUAD, OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY

BOOKING REQUIRED

Book tickets at the Oxford Playhouse www.oxfordplayhouse.com

For more information and to book tickets please go to www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson

Oxford Open Doors at the Bodleian LibrariesSaturday 14 September

11am–4pm

Explore intriguing maps of Oxfordshire from Tudor times to the 20th century with a day of fun drop-in activities, including talks, walking tours from Uncomfortable Oxford, tapestry weaving, and redesigning Oxford for the 21st century.BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY

11am–3pmDiscover the Bodleian’s historic presses and letterpress workshop.SCHOLA MUSICAE, OLD BODLEIAN LIBRARY

www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/content/oxford-open-doors

Lunar: We Look to the Moon Activity Day at the Bodleian Libraries

Saturday 20 July | 10am – 4pm

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with us! Find out how and why humans study the moon, and what the moon might tell us about humanity. Listen to lunar-themed music, enjoy object handling stalls, visit our resident story-teller, try your hand at printing and craft activities, and engage with academics.BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY

ADMISSION FREE NO BOOKING REQUIRED

The Bodleian Libraries Education Programme is generously supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust.

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White Rose Writing and Resistance18 May – 7 JulyIn the early 1940s, five students and their professor secretly wrote and distributed leaflets calling on Germans to resist Hitler. This display explores how the White Rose Resistance used the political power of the written word.PROSCHOLIUM, OLD LIBRARY

For more information visit https://whiteroseproject.org

Oxford’s Stone Heads History and Mysteries4 May – 21 July350 years of heritage explored through three generations of Broad Street’s famous sculptures. Follow their journeys and discover the myths behind their identities. Understand how heritage science contributes to unravelling their past and conserving stone for the future.BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY

Lunar: We Look to the Moon13 July – 15 September

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first crewed mission to land on the moon (20 July 1969). Come and explore humanity’s study of, and fascination with, all things lunar.PROSCHOLIUM, OLD LIBRARY

Languages of God Sacred Scripts of Ethiopia and Eritrea27 July – 13 October

Ge’ez is one of the world’s ancient languages and is still used in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Members of Ethiopian and Eritrean communities living in the UK have worked together to curate a selection of vibrant and beautiful books produced by this scholarly and devout African culture.BLACKWELL HALL, WESTON LIBRARY

War Without Glamour Emily Hobhouse’s Peace Activism, 1899–192621 September – 24 November

Newly-donated papers in the Bodleian Library are showcased to tell the story of Emily Hobhouse’s lifelong commitment to revealing the devastating impact of war on women and children.PROSCHOLIUM, OLD LIBRARY

DISPLAYS

All displays are open daily. Check opening hours online before visiting. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson ADMISSION FREE

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SUPPORT THE BODLEIAN, MAKE A DONATION TODAYHelp safeguard some of the world’s greatest literary and cultural treasures by making a donation to the Bodleian Libraries today. Your support will allow the Bodleian to keep exhibitions free for all, broaden access to collections through digitization, and ensure fragile items are conserved for future generations.

This year the Bodleian is running a special campaign to support its treasured map collection

to coincide with its major Talking Maps exhibition.To donate to this appeal, please visit www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/bodleianmaps

To find out more about the ways you can support the Bodleian Libraries, including how to leave a legacy, please visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/give

You can also contact us at development@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or 01865 611552.

Alice’s Day at the Bodleian Libraries Saturday 6 July | 10am–5pm

Join us for a spectacular celebration of Alice’s Day at the Weston Library which will include drop-in printing and crafts, lectures from The Lewis Carroll Society, a display of Alices old and new, and Hiroko Hanna’s animated Alice on the heritage screen.WESTON LIBRARY ADMISSION FREE

Drop-in activities 11am–3pm

Try your hand at creating a matchbox concertina book, hand-press printing, or explore Hiroko Hanna’s animated Alice on the large heritage screen (9am-5pm).

NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Lectures 10am–2pmFour illustrated talks presented by the Lewis Carroll Society.

Alice’s Nightmare in Wonderland: an innovative adventure gamebook with a dangerous twist

10am | Jon Green

Alice in Guinness-time: a 1960’s advertising campaign using Lewis Carroll’s characters

11am | Brian Sibley

Alice in Fashion-land: over a century of changing trends and designs inspired by Wonderland

1pm | Kiera Vaclavik

Timeless Alice: adventures in modernity – from the fourth dimension to climate change

2pm | Franziska Kohlt

LECTURE THEATRE, WESTON LIBRARY NO BOOKING REQUIRED

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BODLEIAN TOURSA trip to Oxford is incomplete without a visit to the world famous Bodleian Libraries. Guided tours to see inside its ancient rooms run daily.

The magnificent gothic Divinity School, the University’s earliest teaching room which was designed to inspire, is available to visit, and you can also take an audio tour around the historic exterior quadrangles.

The Weston Library on Broad Street is the home of the Bodleian’s special collections, some of which can be seen in the exhibition galleries. Don’t forget to also visit our fantastic café and shops.

www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/visit Phone: +44 (0)1865 277094 Email: tours@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

BODLEIAN SHOPSTake a treasure home. Visit the Zvi Meitar Bodleian Libraries Shop in the Weston Library or the Libraries Shop set in the tranquil, historic Old Schools Quadrangle, offering gifts inspired by the Libraries’ collections. Opening hours are Mon to Fri 10am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–5pm.

Also available for purchase online at www.bodleianshop.co.uk @bodleianshop

BODLEIAN PUBLISHINGBodleian Library Publishing produces beautiful and authoritative books which help to bring the riches of Oxford’s libraries to readers around the world. Our titles include non-fiction, high-quality illustrated art books, facsimiles, stationery, gift and children’s books, as well as titles related to our exhibitions.

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