‘Don’t throw that away! Exploring the significance of ephemera’
In January 2023, Emeritus Professor Michal Twyman and Assistant Curator Emma Minns gave papers on different aspects of ephemera at a one-day workshop held at the School of Art, Prifysgol Aberystwyth University. Twyman led an interactive ephemera analysis on what items of ephemera can tell us about the lithographic trade in the period 1820 to 1850 and Minns […]
Fellowship in Ephemera studies
We were delighted to appoint Dr Liz West as our first Fellow in Ephemera Studies. Liz decided to work on book-related ephemera to align with interests and priorities in our Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing. Liz worked with the Amoret Tanner collection of bookplates, housed in the Centre for Ephemera Studies (TYP/CES/AT). This uncatalogued […]