Getting to Know Gaskell
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About this event
Elizabeth Gaskell fanatic or new to her novels? Explore digitised documents in this online event with Curator Jessica Smith, resident researcher Zoe Miller, a specialist in gender and sexuality history and Elizabeth Gaskell 's House Manager Sally Jastrzebski-Lloyd. Witness the archive come to life through dramatic readings from our Historic Reading Room. Let's get talking about one of Manchester's most celebrated authors.
The panel will discuss items from the newly created Elizabeth Gaskell and Charles Dickens Collection on Manchester Digital Collections (MDC).
This event will include a 40 minute talk followed by 20-minute Q&A . The talk will take place on Zoom, the link will be sent to you on the morning of the event.
If you have any queries regarding the event please contact us on the following email address at jrl.visitors@manchester.ac.uk.
Organiser John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Organiser of Getting to Know Gaskell
John Rylands Research Institute and Library promotes world-leading research in the humanities and sciences using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library – National Research Library in the North. Based in one of the finest neo-Gothic buildings in Europe and in the heart of Manchester, it is a dynamic community of world-leading researchers, curators, conservators and imaging specialists, all focused on our core mission to define the human experience over five millennia and up to the current day.
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