Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries

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We Rise (Together): Taking and Making Space for BIPOC Book Arts Creatives, Cultures, and Histories

Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective (aka Book/Print Collective) and shared methods for supporting and empowering BIPOC book and print artists In this lecture, Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Arti ...  Show more

The Dancing Master in Context: Playford’s publishing and music-making in 17th century England

In this session, we explore what Playford’s publishing activities can tell us about how music was incorporated into different social environments in seventeenth-century English society and the role music played in peoples lives. Although The Dancing Master was one of John Playfor ...  Show more

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