Explore diaries in depth at this study day
Course date: Sunday 24 March
Times: 09.45 – 16.00
Six expert speakers discuss the origins and development of diary-keeping from Samuel Pepys to 21st-century vloggers, by way of Romantic travellers, Antarctic explorers and office workers. We also discover how the British Library acquires, preserves and curates diaries, making these unique works available to the public.
Speakers
Kate Loveman – Early Modern Diaries: Samuel Pepys and his Friends
Emma McEvoy – Touring Britain: Travel Journals 1780-1830
Laura Walker – Cultivating Gardens to Crossing the Ice: Collecting and Curating Diaries at the British Library
Graham Farmelo – Using Diaries in Writing Scientific Biographies
Joe Moran – 20th-Century Diaries and the History of the Everyday
Clare Brant – Diaries in the Digital Age
Details
| Name: | Study Day: Diaries and Memoirs |
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| Where: |
Knowledge Centre The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Show Map How to get to the Library |
| When: | - |
| Enquiries: | +44 (0)1937 546546 boxoffice@bl.uk |