King James Library Lecture: Professor Edith Hall and ‘Adventures in the Libraries of the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds’

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Friday 19 October 2012

Next Wednesday, 24 October 2012, Professor Edith Hall, King’s College London, will be giving the next installment in the 3 years-long lecture series of King James Library Lectures.

An artist’s reconstruction of a classical Roman library, with a statue of Minerva at centre.

The King James Library Lectures were begun as part of the University’s 600th anniversary celebrations in 2009 as a series of public lectures which centred on ‘The Meaning of the Library’. Delivered by internationally renowned figures from the academic and library worlds, the King James Library Lectures will articulate what the library as an institution has meant to civilization in different historical periods.  The lectures will also set out visions of what the library might mean in our own time and beyond.

Professor Hall delivers a lecture at the Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens

Edith Hall is Professor of Classics at King’s College London and has held posts at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham and London Universities. She has published widely on a variety of topics and also has worked as a consultant to professional productions of ancient drama at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, &c. and appears regularly on BBC Radio. The title of Professor Hall’s King James Library Lecture is: “Adventures in the Libraries of the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds.”

Professor Hall’s lecture is open to the public and will take place at 5:15pm in School III in St Salvator’s Quad.

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  • King James Library Lecture: Professor Edith Hall and ‘Adventures in the Libraries of the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds’ | Special Collections Librarianship | Scoop.it
    Sunday 21 October 2012, 10.58am

    [...] Next Wednesday, 24 October 2012, Professor Edith Hall, King’s College London, will be giving the final lecture in the 3 years-long series of King James Library Lectures.   Professor Hall’s lecture is open to the public and will take place at 5:15pm in School III in St Salvator’s Quad.  [...]

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