Reading objects, images and documents : postgraduate workshop

Discover how to 'read' items from archive, art, rare book and museum object collections. In this hands-on workshop, you will engage with items from the University's collections and develop confidence handling and understanding different types of materials.

Each segment of the workshop is led by the experienced archivists, librarians and curators who care for these collections.

This is workshop 2 of the 'researching with collections' series. You can attend as many or as few sessions as you like.

1. Navigating collections - online - 2-4pm Wednesday 28th October 2026
2. Reading objects, images and documents - in person - 11am-4pm Tuesday 3rd November 2026
3. Collections-based research theories and methods - online - 11am-4pm Wednesday 13th January 2027
4. What's not there? Absences in collections - online - 11am-4pm Wednesday 27th January 2027
5. Digital research with collections - online - 11am-4pm Wednesday 24th March 2027

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