Dr Elizabeth Gow

Living in Chorlton, working with manuscripts at the John Rylands Library, wrote a PhD about its founder, tweeting in a personal capacity.

[Dr Elizabeth Gow @ecgow]

My thesis is live! Enriqueta Rylands: the public and private collecting of a Nonconformist bibliophile, 1889-1908 https://t.co/URViGSvnr9

[National Women's History Museum @womenshistory]

#SojournerTruth gave her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech #OnThisDay in 1851, which brought awareness to the intersectional issues Black women faced, the erasure of their labor, & their exclusion from the women’s suffrage movement. Learn more: https://t.co/bZywN6sBGp #SheIsNotAFootnote

[Dr Elizabeth Gow @ecgow]

@HistLibraries @Warburg_News I’m excited to be heading to the big smoke to talk about early exhibitions at @TheJohnRylands - thank you @HistLibraries for inviting me.

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

Do join us online or in-person on Tuesday 3 June at 5.30pm BST. Elizabeth Gow will be discussing ‘From Wiclif to the present time’: exhibiting English Bibles at the John Rylands Library, 1899-1911. Book: https://t.co/bTPACzH4b8
@ecgow @Warburg_News. Image https://t.co/BMlh0Tk8wV

[John Rylands Research Institute and Library @TheJohnRylands]

Celebrating our brilliant placement students here at Special Collections, we wish to draw your attention to their fascinating stories on various subjects from the past 7 months, from depictions of Mount Fuji to the Order of the Golden Fleece: https://t.co/uFivVv9jNq

[John Rylands Research Institute and Library @TheJohnRylands]

New galleries are open! To celebrate we’re open until 6.30pm.

Explore the Collections Gallery with over 40 rare items telling the story of the collections.

Or explore the new exhibition The Secret Public examining the influence of LGBTQ performers on mainstream pop culture.

[Zsófi Buda @BudaZsofia]

The Rylands are HIRING a new HEAD OF COLLECTIONS! https://t.co/eRN7WtwqR0

[Zsófi Buda @BudaZsofia]

Thirty Samaritan manuscripts from
@TheJohnRylands collection have been published: https://t.co/KbE7RqC0do The online records are based on Robertson's Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library Manchester (vols. 1-2). #Samaritanmanuscripts

[John Rylands Research Institute and Library @TheJohnRylands]

Rylands Leverhulme Postdoctoral fellow @KateGibson22 has won a prize for her book, Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England 1660-1834! https://t.co/Wb7mYHQuWd

[Rare Book School @rarebookschool]

RBS has received a groundbreaking $3.1 million donation to endow a full-time curatorial chair for the School’s teaching collection and exhibitions program. It is the largest single gift in our 41-year history. Learn more at: https://t.co/xW3B2L8MYX.

[Julianne Simpson @simps_julianne]

Come join our lovely team and such a special place

[Dr Elizabeth Gow @ecgow]

@liamsims Congratulations! Sounds like a great topic, I look forward to reading it.

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

Life update: wonderful and actually enjoyable PhD viva with Anna Marie Roos & Felicity James this afternoon, passed (astonishingly) with no corrections. I am one happy boy. #PhDone

[clare baker💙 @ClareBakerJRL]

Please donate to our fundraising page and help raise life-saving funds for Cancer Research UK https://t.co/jn8HFRb1kF

[Dr Louise Duckling @LouiseDuckling]

There are so many delights waiting for us in this @WSGUK programme. If you love women's history, please do take a look at the papers on offer.

And now is a great time to join the group (there's a lot of member activities, so it offers great value!)

[ChorltonBookFestival @ChorltonBF]

One overflowing table in a café, eighteen writers and thousands of words – that’s the recipe for this unique anthology from Chorlton Writers' Cafe. Join us at the launch, Sept 25 https://t.co/zNqLH5iFrK

[Dr Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social @alicemarples]

Join us for our first online Doctoral Open Day 'Getting Started at The British Library' on Mon 28th October 2024!

For all new, aspiring and curious PhDs who want to learn more about our collections!

Sign up and dates for in-person 2025 events: https://t.co/WIQCFQwz3K

[Laura Cleaver @LauraJCleaver]

On October 2nd I’ll be talking about Eric Millar and Francis Wormald as manuscript collectors as part of this event celebrating the donation of a 14th-century Psalter to @SenateHouseLib. Book now to attend online or in person 👇
https://t.co/7L2JfPgNBL

[Dr Daniel Johnson @danjohnsonhymns]

Today was the first day of my three month fellowship at the @TheJohnRylands, where I'm looking at missionary archives to look at the role of hymns in slavery and abolition in the C18 British Atlantic world.

So far, it's been downloading books. Archives on Wednesday!

[Dr Elizabeth Gow @ecgow]

Includes a chapter on Enriqueta Rylands, founder of @TheJohnRylands and active supporter of @UoMReligion

[Dr Elizabeth Gow @ecgow]

@stuartjones22 @ManchesterUP @OfficialUoM Excellent news. Thank you @stuartjones22 for bringing it all together.