Memory and the Library: Remembering the Reformation — 9th–10th June 2016

Hilliard, Thomas Bodley
Old Palace, York Minster

This event is open to the public on a free ticketed basis. Registration is now closed.

The UK’s Cathedral Libraries often have ancient origins but most were re-founded after the Reformation. Their collections involve a complex interface between past and present, between different confessional histories, and between different political ideologies.

This Workshop, funded by the Department of English & Related Literature at the University of York as a result of the University’s External Engagement Awards, is a collaboration between the Cathedral Libraries and Archives Network and the AHRC-funded project, Remembering the Reformation. It will explore Cathedral Libraries and their relationship to the idea of memory before and after the Reformation. It brings together three groups: curatorial staff from the Libraries, Archives and Collections of the UK’s Cathedrals; members of the AHRC team led by Prof. Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge) and Prof. Brian Cummings (York); and other scholars and students of the Reformation period. The programme is available below.