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Late Night Live - Separate stories podcastOxford's librarian on Donald Trump's war against knowledgeDonald Trump is fighting a war against knowledge. In his second term, he has fired the Librarian of Congress and the Archivist of the United States, and government websites have been altered to remove facts about climate change and Black history. Haven't we seen this kind of war against knowledge before?Guest: Richard Ovenden, the Bodley's Librarian in the University of Oxford and author of "Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge under Attack"Producer: Alex Tighe
2025-09-0326 min
Late Night Live — Full program podcastBehrouz Boochani on Iran's Revolutionary Guard, plus why Trump is targeting librariesBehrouz Boochani was locked in Naura for more than half a decade after fleeing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC). Now, that group will be designated a terrorist organisation by the Australian government. Meanwhile, in the United States, the Trump administration is sacking librarians and deleting public archives. Oxford librarian Richard Ovenden, is the author of "Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge under Attack".
2025-09-0354 min
Peranginangindownload [Pdf]] The Great Tales Never End: Essays in memory of Christopher Tolkien by Richard Ovenden on Mac New PagesLink To Download : https://booklibraryed.com/?book=1851245650
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2025-08-2700 min
By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. TolkienA Mean Girl Nuclear BombJared, Oriana and Ned discuss Oriana’s choice of topic: dragons. Thanks to the appearance of Smaug in the book that first brought Tolkien to wider fame, dragons haven’t merely been associated with him in general but have found their way into wider modern fantasy as a whole, especially in the European tradition of the mythical beasts that he was deeply familiar with. Later writings further fleshed out the sense of how dragons operated in Middle-earth, especially via the cruel Glaurung in the stories that made up The Silmarillion, as well as providing an amusing counterexample outside the lege...
2025-08-0457 min
Get A Life - Ex-Cult ConversationsGet A Life Podcast Ep. 136: How Bruce Defrauds the UK Government featuring Steve Simmons, Richard Garrett and David OvendenA podcast jam-packed with powerful content and breaking news as Steve Simmons unpacks yet another Exclusive Brethren scandal concealed behind layers of deception and outright lies. Learn how the UK government was defrauded of £ millions by a written committal that was then secretly verbally withdrawn. Hear about the PBCC trustees who don’t even meet their own definition of being a member of the Brethren, and take a look at the immoral business affairs of Richard Garrett and David Ovenden. Finally, some essential advice that every current member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church needs to urgently consider in order to...
2025-02-261h 43
MetarenaTelebasel vs TeleBielingue
Telebasel – punkt6: https://telebasel.ch/sendungen/punkt6/
TeleBielingue – Info: https://web.telebielingue.ch/de/sendungen/info
PBS News – Inauguration: https://www.youtube.com/live/9AZvGvDSG9A?si=dc9OJHC87gisvoAQ
Rundfunkansprache Hitler: https://youtu.be/jNfAzdM0vho?si=J-3wkpz1G4WRMN9e
Arte – Inauguration: https://youtu.be/yxlVLhzCIGU?si=qVGwMaR7_xvUdPJe
Richard Ovenden – Bedrohte Bücher – ISBN: 9783518473399
2025-01-211h 23
The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Oxford University CollectionsExperts discuss how the latest 3D recording technology has supported their research by revealing near-invisible markings from originals held at Oxford University Institutions The very latest in 3D recording technology has revealed near-invisible markings from originals held at Oxford University institutions. Imagery captured with this technology shows what has never before been possible to record. These recordings have assisted researchers in making exciting discoveries which will be shared at this event.
In this presentation, a panel of experts will discuss how recordings have supported their research. Incised text from second century wax tablets, newly discovered designs found on the reverse...
2025-01-102h 52
Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval WorldThe Fire at LouvainIn the late-summer of 1914, a city burns and its university library with it. Unusually for this podcast, the story takes us into WWI, but there are medieval connections to the story of Louvain (Leuven) and what happened when the German army came to town.If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here.I'm on BlueSky @a-devon.bsky.social, Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble.Sources:
Bazydlo, Angela. “Manuscript lost in WWI fire turns up in Cl...
2024-04-2839 min
Neu und entstaubt1.2 | Wie funktioniert ein Archiv?In dieser Folge gehen wir etwas mehr ins Detail und sprechen über die verschiedenen Aufgabenbereiche, die es in einem öffentlichen Archiv gibt. Außerdem erklären wir, weshalb es für die Gesellschaft so wichtig ist, dass diese Arbeit getan wird.
Literaturtipp: Richard Ovenden „Bedrohte Bücher. Eine Geschichte der Zerstörung und Bewahrung des Wissens“ (ISBN 978-3-518-43007-1)
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2024-04-0118 min
16:1 - Education, Teaching, & LearningThe Library of AlexandriaEducation Headline RoundupHappy New Year! Here are the stories we cover in our first education headline roundup of 2024:New PISA scores reveal that students worldwide have suffered major learning setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, with math scores dropping by ¾ of a year and reading by ½ year.The FTC is suing Grand Canyon University for alleged deceptive advertising and illegal telemarketing practices.New Zealand's new Prime Minister bans phones in schools to address the country's declining literacy rates.The Library of AlexandriaIn our first episode of 2024, we journey through time and sand, un...
2024-01-0453 min
怡式感EP16 哪裡燒書，最後就會在那裡燒人。講太多話最後講到沙啞..
＊勘誤：魯汶大學圖書館焚毀的書籍中的「搖籃本」：
搖籃具有「誕生地」及「一切東西的起源」的意涵。
因此，搖籃本是指歐洲15世紀開始印刷書籍之後，在印刷機普及之前，所印刷的各種印刷品。有些則專稱搖籃本為「活字印刷術的印刷品」。
-書籍
《焚書：遭到攻擊與在烈焰中倖存的知識受難史》理查•歐文登 時報出版
Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack - Richard Ovenden
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1. 簡單說一下書的發展型態（泥板、莎草紙、羊皮紙）3:16
2. 亞歷山卓圖書館：野蠻戰火摧毀知識的歷史悲劇 7:57
3. 亨利八世：書淪為政治鬥爭下的犧牲品 11:57
＊補充：當時亨利八世宗教改革的最大動機是為了離婚。
4. 比利時魯汶大學圖書館：國家知識心臟遭兩次戰火摧毀21:48
＊勘誤：搖籃本（incunable/incunabula）
5. 我對於此書和知識保存的看法 26:51
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2023-10-2732 min
Copyright WaffleCopyright Waffle Episode 24 with Richard Ovenden - Bodley's LibrarianJane and Chris talk to Richard Ovenden OBE: Bodley's 25th librarian (and Chris's ultimate boss) about leading one of the world's greatest research libraries, his best selling book 'Burning the Books' and the copyright implications of preserving knowledge in the 21st century.
Photo credit: John Cairns
Links to things mentioned in the podcast:
Meet Bodley's Librarian: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/libraries/bodleys-librarian
Burning the Books Radio 4 serialisation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m4pm
Tolkein at the Bodleian: https://tolkien.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
Amazon's Rings of Power: https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Power-Season/dp/B09...
2023-09-221h 06
Very Expensive MapsJug Cerović: “The map is the reality; the infrastructure is entirely virtual.”Madrid architect and mapmaker Jug Cerović discusses the transit cartographer’s ability to shape reality, drawing hundreds of bus lines by hand, mapping first and visiting later, installing guerrilla maps in his hometown of Belgrade, organizing a new map conference, helping Apple create a good public transit layer, and how seeing Istakhri’s 1,100-year-old maps will make one feel like a tyro. See his work at jugcerovic.com
Madrid multimodal transit map
Tokyo metro map
London metro map
Belgrade transit map
Designboom article (which stirred up a lot of business)
Transit Mapping Symposium
DezignTechnic: the Dubai wayfinding company he wo...
2023-05-181h 08![[Coluna] Daniel Barros (Humanamente)](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/db3c8f9572ea831b8c3ffa633f5bcc42.jpg)
[Coluna] Daniel Barros (Humanamente)05/05/2023 - Indicação de livro: Queimando livros - Uma história sobre o ataque ao conhecimento, de Richard Ovenden
2023-05-0502 min
AthrabethEpisode 58: Lesser-trod Paths with Clare MooreClare Moore can be found on Twitter: @claremoore914YouTube presentation: “Clare Moore - 'The Problem of Pain: Portraying Physical Disability in Tolkien's Fantasy'” Originally presented at The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar, July 3, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYSj_Z5jy9w (Accessed Feb 24, 2023)A List of Clare’s publications on “Tolkienists.org” website:https://tolkienists.org/clare-moore/ (Accessed Feb 24, 2023)Sources mentioned this episode:Ria Cheyne: Disability, Literature, Genre: Representations and Affect in Contemporary FictionOpen Source JStore link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvsn3pp7...
2023-05-031h 51
not compliant enough#014 - Sarah Baiada: Rosa Temple Founder [Insights and Musings]Today we spoke with a gorgeous friend and mentor of mine, Sarah Baiada who has 20 years of experience as a wellness industry practitioner assisting clients with big transitions in their lives. She runs events and courses such as Spring Clean and Illuminate to assist peoples focus back into natural lore and presence
Founder of Rosa Temple - a holistic frequency product line
Sarah has a new body of work called Rosa Mystica focusing on unweaving colonization from feminine stories.
We spoke about feminine stories, how people can get back into their bodies and c...
2023-02-131h 28
emociones entre líneas: un podcast de libros23.02.02. Las bibliotecas enamoranEn Las bibliotecas enamoran, transitaremos por lecturas sobre bibliotecas víctimas del fuego y la destrucción deliberada del conocimiento, nos aventuraremos en una biblioteca mística que se encuentra entre la vida y la muerte, reflexionaremos sobre la biblioteca imaginada y conoceremos a una maravillosa bibliotecaria que a inicios del siglo XX dio vida a una de las bibliotecas más impresionante del mundo. En este capítulo visitaremos las siguientes lecturas:
Ovenden, Richard. Quemar libros. Una historia de la destrucción deliberada del conocimiento. Barcelona: Editorial crítica, 2021. ISBN: 9788491993032.
Orlean, Susan. La biblioteca en llamas: historia de un m...
2022-12-1044 min
Prazeres InterrompidosEpisódio 78 - Burning The Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack, Richard OvendenSó grandes livros!
2022-10-2301 min
Falando de HistóriaMiscelânea Histórica #33Esta semana falamos do feriado do 5 de Outubro e de S. Francisco de Assis, falecido a 3 de Outubro de 1226.
Sugestões da semana:
1 - Roberta Stumpf e Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro (coords) - 1822 - Das Américas Portuguesas ao Brasil. Lisboa: Casa das Letras, 2022.
2 - Richard Ovenden - Queimar Livros. Uma História da Destruição do Saber. Lisboa: Editorial Presença, 2022.
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Está aberto, até dia 16 de Outubro, o Prémio do Público do 'PODES' - Festival...
2022-10-0309 min
taz vorgelesen CommunityBuchkritik: Richard Ovenden: „Bedrohte Bücher. …“taz; 03.05.2022; „Vernichtet Keilschrift und Twitter. Richard Ovendens glänzendes Buch über die Zerstörung des Wissens in den Bibliotheken und Archiven der Welt zeigt, dass das Bewahren unseres Wissens bis heute mannigfach bedroht ist.“ Von Klaus Hillenbrand
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2022-05-0309 min
Best-Of WissenschaftBest-Of Wissenschaft - Bedrohte Bücher (Richard Ovenden)Unser Wissen über die Vergangenheit definiert unser Bild von der Welt und bestimmt unsere Zukunft. Kriegsherren haben seit jeher versucht Wissen zu bedrohen und Fakten für sich zu verdrehen. Wie kann Wissen, wie können Fakten bewahrt werden? In diesem Podcast sprechen Sandra und Michel über Richard Ovendens "Bedrohte Bücher".
2022-04-2211 min
Love4musicalsOscar HAMMERSTEINOscar Hammerstein está reconocido como uno de los mayores libretistas y letristas del musical americano. Su mayor éxito le llegó con Jerome Kern en 1925 y el musical "Show Boat", que hemos revisado en el podcast de “Cuéntame un musical” de este mes.
Estableció las bases de lo que hoy entendemos como “musical”, donde guion, canciones y bailes deben estar integrados y ayudar a avanzar la acción.
Trabajó en Hollywood en películas como “Swing time” con Fred Astaire y Ginger Rogers y ganó dos Oscar a la mejor canción original por “The last time I saw Paris” (1941) y “It might as well be spr...
2022-02-152h 33
The Rosenbach PodcastEp. 12 | The Case for Libraries and Museums in a Troubled World: A Discussion with Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian at the University of OxfordLibraries, archives, museums, and the collections they contain are essential for the healthy functioning of democratic societies. Using the story of Dr. Rosenbach’s charity book auction described in Episode 11 as a starting point, this episode of The Rosenbach Podcast features a conversation with Richard Ovenden, O.B.E., Bodley’s Librarian at the University of Oxford. Our conversation explores cultural memory, information policy, and where our world may be headed with access to reliable information under threat. Mr. Ovenden discusses his new book, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge (Harvard University Press, 2020), and what le...
2022-01-2649 minAttacks on Knowledge: from Ashurbanipal to TrumpThis lecture explores the destruction of libraries, archives and other knowledge, from Babylonian times until now, and its implications for society today. What are the motivations for destroying knowledge, and how have libraries and archives responded to these threats? What must we do now that knowledge is digital, and controlled by a small number of very powerful companies?
A lecture by Richard Ovenden
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ashurbanipal-trump
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all...
2021-12-1559 min
Gresham College LecturesAttacks on Knowledge from Ashurbanipal to TrumpThis lecture explores the destruction of libraries, archives and other knowledge, from Babylonian times until now, and its implications for society today. What are the motivations for destroying knowledge, and how have libraries and archives responded to these threats? What must we do now that knowledge is digital, and controlled by a small number of very powerful companies?A lecture by Richard OvendenThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ashurbanipal-trumpGresham College has been giving free public lectures...
2021-12-0259 min
Suhrkamp espresso (Video-Podcast)Buchmesse-Spezial | Bücher zur Lage der GesellschaftGesellschaft heute und morgen – neue Bücher aus der edition suhrkamp und weitere Sachbuch-Highlights widmen sich gegenwärtigen Herausforderungen und Problemen – und zeigen, wie wir ihnen zukünftig entgegentreten könnten.
Für alle, die in diesem Jahr nicht zur Frankfurter Buchmesse fahren, präsentieren wir ausgewählte Bücher unseres aktuellen Herbstprogramms in einem zwölfteiligen »Suhrkamp espresso«-Spezial.
Alle Bücher der Folge:
»Wir Klimawandler. Wie der Mensch die Natur der Zukunft erschafft« von Elizabeth Kolbert: http://shrk.vg/WirKlimawandler-P
»Bedrohte Bücher. Eine Geschichte der Zerstörung und Bewahrung des Wissens...
2021-10-2122 min
Suhrkamp espressoBuchmesse-Spezial | Bücher zur Lage der GesellschaftWir stellen Euch ausgewählte Herbst-Titel aus der edition suhrkamp und dem Bereich Sachbuch vor.
Alle Bücher der Folge:
»Wir Klimawandler. Wie der Mensch die Natur der Zukunft erschafft« von Elizabeth Kolbert
»Bedrohte Bücher. Eine Geschichte der Zerstörung und Bewahrung des Wissens« von Richard Ovenden
»Gemeinschaft der Ungewählten« von Sabine Hark
»Radikalisierter Konservatismus« von Natascha Strobl
»Verkannte Leistungsträger:innen« von Nicole Mayer-Ahuja und Oliver Nachtwey (Hg.)
»Automatisierung und die Zukunft der Arbeit« von Aaron Benanav
»Wo bin ich? Lektionen aus dem Lockdown« von Bruno Latour
2021-10-1622 min
The Book ClubRichard Ovenden: Burning The BooksMy guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the chief librarian of Oxford's Bodleian Library, Richard Ovenden. In Burning The Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack, he explores the long history and vital importance of libraries and archives -- and the equally long history of their destruction in acts of war, vandalism or censorship and their loss through attrition and neglect. He tells me about the librarian heroes of Poland and Lithuania, the accidental survival of Magna Carta and what really happened to the Great Library of Alexandria. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast wi...
2021-06-2350 min
Trinity Long Room HubTLRH | ‘Burning the Books’, Series Finale of the Out of the Ashes series25th May 2021
An online lecture by Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, University of Oxford, and author of Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge (John Murray Press).
Richard Ovenden's lecture will discuss the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo, from smashed Assyrian tablets in Iraq to the destroyed immigration documents of the United Kingdom’s Windrush generation. He will examine both the motivations for these acts—political, religious, and cultural—and the broader themes that shape this history. He will also look at attempts to prevent and mitigate...
2021-05-261h 33
Arts & IdeasThe Wolfson History Prize 2021Toussaint Louverture's revolutionary leadership in Haiti; Ravenna's place as a hub of culture and a meeting point of East and West; how motherhood and work have changed from Victorian Manchester factories to the modern boardroom; a 3,000 year history of attacks on libraries and book burnings; battles in the Atlantic from the Vikings to conflicts over slavery in the Caribbean and on the North American coast; recovering the voices of children who experienced the Holocaust: Rana Mitter looks at how the six authors shortlisted for the UK's most prestigious history prize have tackled these topics.The books shortlisted...
2021-05-1845 min
Radio BiblioInforma Biblioteche di RomaRadio Biblioinforma 22 aprile 2021BiblioInforma notiziario delle Biblioteche di Roma Capitale 22 aprile 2021. Notizia trasmessa il 22 aprile 2021 (settimana 19-24 aprile 2021: n. 4). Oggi è con voi Katia di Roma CapitaleSono tantissime le fotografie arrivate a Biblioteche di Roma per il concorso “Leggere in uno scatto” proposto da Biblioteche di Roma per la Giornata mondiale del libro e del diritto d'autore e del venticinquennale dell’Istituzione Biblioteche. Domani alle 15,35, durante la diretta di “Leggere, sempre”, festival dedicato al piacere di leggere e alle biblioteche di pubblica lettura sarà premiato il vincitore del concorso fotografico.E ancora, il Villino Corsini propone un approfondi...
2021-04-2201 min
Shelf Life#11: "Burning The Books" with Richard OvendenRichard Ovenden OBE dioscusses his latest book, 'Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack', a Radio 4 Book of the Week."Libraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and wilful neglect; deprived of funding, libraries are fighting for their very existence. Burning the Books recounts the history that brought us to this point." - Harvard University PressTranscript: http://bit.ly/ShelfLife11Transcript
2021-03-1248 min
Shelf Life#11: "Burning the Books" with Richard OvendenRichard Ovenden OBE discusses his latest book, 'Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack', a Radio 4 Book of the Week.
"Libraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and willful neglect; deprived of funding, libraries are fighting for their very existence. Burning the Books recounts the history that brought us to this point." - Harvard University Press
Transcript: http://bit.ly/ShelfLife11Transcript
2021-03-1248 min
A Fairly Important PodcastModern Day Book Burning# 012 – The written word is one of the most powerful ways we can exercise our First Amendment rights. However, authors are increasingly having their books erased from some of the largest stores in America. Ryan T. Anderson is the latest author to fall prey to the modern day book burning movement. And it is a movement that is gaining acceptance at an alarming rate.Links from this episode:Note, some of these are affiliate links. This means, if you use one of these affiliate links and make a purchase, I earn a small commission at...
2021-03-0134 min
The Biblio File hosted by Nigel BealeRichard Ovenden on the fragility and importance of LibrariesRichard Ovenden has been Bodley's Librarian (the senior executive position of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford) since 2014. He is a Fellow at the Society of Antiquaries and Royal Society of Arts; a member of the American Philosophical Society; Treasurer, at the Consortium of European Research Libraries; and President of the Digital Preservation Coalition. He was awarded the OBE by The Queen in 2019. And almost as big a deal, he joined me recently on Zoom to talk about his new book, Burning the Books, a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge; about the threats to libraries past and present; about fire, war, violence, obsoles...
2021-02-2552 min
The Harvard BriefRichard Ovenden, "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" (Harvard UP, 2020)Living in an age awash with information can sometimes obscure its extraordinary fragility. Indeed, as Richard Ovenden demonstrates in Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge (Harvard University Press, 2020), the burning of books and the looting of archives has long been a tool for controlling access to information and the power that it offers. Many rulers throughout history have deliberately targeted libraries and archives for plundering and destruction, knowing that doing so limits the ability of their victims to benefit from the knowledge therein. Ordinary individuals have often engaged in similar actions on a smaller sc...
2020-12-1840 min
Jaipur BytesBurning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of KnowledgeRichard Ovenden and Vickery Bowles in conversation with Sharmila Sen.
In Burning the Books, Richard Ovenden, the chief librarian of the Bodleian in Oxford, charts 3000 years of neglect and literary vandalism in libraries across the world and the consequences for human culture and the sum of human knowledge. Beginning with the library of King Ashurbanipal of the Assyrian empire, he journeys us through continents and centuries as he tells us of the history of books and ideas, and the libraries that house them. Vickery Bowles, City Librarian at the Toronto Public Library, speaks of what needs to...
2020-12-1245 min
So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 124 'Burning the Books' with Richard OvendenOn today's episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino is joined by Richard Ovenden to discuss his new book, "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge."Ovenden is the Director of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Balliol College. In 2019, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire. Show notes: Transcript www.sotospeakpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/freespeechtalk Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotospeakpodcast Email us...
2020-12-0149 min
Fuel Your Mind With The Sensational Full Audiobook Experience!Burning the Books by Richard OvendenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/223017to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Burning the Books
Author: Richard Ovenden
Narrator: Simon Slater
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
Release date: 10-27-20
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 39 ratings
Genres: Censorship
Publisher's Summary:
In Burning the Books, Richard Ovenden describes the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo, from smashed Assyrian tablets in Iraq to the destroyed immigration documents of the UK Windrush generation.
2020-10-279h 48
Kent LibrariesOn the Books | Richard Ovenden (2020)For 2020's Libraries Week we were thrilled to host a conversation with Richard Ovenden, director of Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. He is the author of Burning the Books, which was published in the beginning of September 2020 when it was also BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week. The book takes us on a fascinating journey through 3,000 years of the destruction of information and the battle for its survival.
Richard also grew up in Kent, and is full of praise for his local library at Deal which he talks about in this interview with Libraries, Registration and Archives' head of serv...
2020-10-0938 min
BookomiRichard Ovenden - A History of Knowledge Under AttackWe celebrate our 50th episode with Richard Ovenden, the director of the world famous Bodleian Library in Oxford. He reveals how knowledge has been attacked (and preserved) through the ages, telling us a great deal about culture, society and civilisation in every century, including our own.
Get your Copy of Burning The Books from Primrose Hill Books HERE
2020-10-0129 min
Aspen UKPreserving KnowledgeA cultural conversation in partnership with Brunswick Arts. In this episode, Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian at the University of Oxford and Philippe Sands, author and renowned international lawyer talk about the preservation of knowledge with Caroline Daniel, partner at the Brunswick Group. They discuss why archives matter, explore the lengths individuals and governments go to to destroy records, and describe the idea of a ‘memory tax’ and how it could be a helpful intervention for libraries to better manage data. Support the show
2020-09-0457 min
LIBER 2019 Annual ConferenceLIBER 2019 Annual Conference - Keynote Speech - Richard Ovenden - ‘Bits and votes: The role of libraries and archives in open societies’ Richard Ovenden has been Bodley’s Librarian (the senior Executive position of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford) since 2014.
His keynote speech at LIBER 2019 is entitled ‘Bits and votes: The role of libraries and archives in open societies’, and will consider the role that libraries play in preserving knowledge and in making it available in the context of the attacks on open society.
The talk will look at historic and contemporary threats to knowledge, and the motivations of those that seek to destroy knowledge or restrict access. It will look in particular at the st...
2019-07-0542 minThe Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)Masterclass: the Frankenstein notebooks at the Bodleian LibrariesAn examination of the notebooks in which Mary Shelley drafted Frankenstein. These two notebooks, one purchased probably in Geneva, the second in England, are now kept in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. With: Miranda Seymour, biographer of Mary Shelley, Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, Stephen Hebron, curator and author of Shelley's Ghost
Recorded on Saturday, 24 March, 2018, for Frankenreads 2018
2019-01-291h 05The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)The Future of the Monograph: An Open Access ForumPanel Discussion to debate the proposed changes to the policy on Open Access for monographs in the next REF after REF 2021 which will have profound implications for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. Panellists: Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, Professor Julia Smith, Chichele Professor of Medieval History, Research Director, Faculty of History, Helen Snaith, Senior Policy Advisor, Research England, David Clark, Head of Academic Division, OUP
2018-11-1638 minThe Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)The Future of the Monograph: An Open Access ForumPanel Discussion to debate the proposed changes to the policy on Open Access for monographs in the next REF after REF 2021 which will have profound implications for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. Panellists: Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, Professor Julia Smith, Chichele Professor of Medieval History, Research Director, Faculty of History, Helen Snaith, Senior Policy Advisor, Research England, David Clark, Head of Academic Division, OUP
2018-11-1638 min
The National Library of IrelandLibrary Matters at the NLI: Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Library, University of OxfordLibrary Matters at the NLI: Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford by The National Library of Ireland
2018-07-2750 min
Little Known Facts with Ilana LevineEpisode 73 - Julian OvendenJulian Ovenden, a Screen Actors Guild Award winner, talks with Ilana about his roles on "Knightfall," "Downton Abbey," and many other amazing projects. Julian shares details about his first musical in London, "Merrily We Roll Along," by the inimitable Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim was there at rehearsal daily and re-worked material for and with Juilan. The two often sat at the piano together since Julian had to play a lot in the show. Julian's gorgeous tenor voice has made him one of the most sought after concert performers in the world; he has three solo albums to his name. The...
2017-12-1136 min
Oxford TodayS1E4- Head of Bodleian Library: Richard OvendenIn our fourth episode of the series, Theo Davies-Lewis speaks to Richard Ovenden, the Librarian of the Bodleian. Among the topics discussed are why he became interested in books, his leadership of the Bodleian and the role of libraries in the digital age.
2017-11-1347 min
Irish Times Off TopicRoger Casement: The Movie / Assassin's Creed / Bits, Bytes and BooksOne of the best known campaigners for civil rights of his day, a knighted poet, a gay man, a nationalist, a rebel: the life of Roger Casement's provides more than enough fodder for a big screen treatment. Exploring what such a movie would be like is the idea behind a new exhibition at IMMA, The Humaniser, by artist Simon Fujiwara.
Screenwriter Michael Lesslie, who worked on the project, talks with Laurence Mackin about Roger Casement and the primacy of themes over facts in dramatisations of real lives. Lesslie also talks about his work on the new Assassin's Creed movie and...
2016-05-2042 min
Alumni WeekendRichard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in ConversationRichard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-0659 minAlumni WeekendRichard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in ConversationRichard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-0659 minAlumni WeekendRichard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in ConversationRichard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-0659 minAlumni WeekendRichard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in ConversationRichard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-0659 min
OCLC Research Podcasts and WebinarsSpecial Collections and Beyond--Conservation, Project Funding and Digital SurrogatesIn this interview, Richard Ovenden, Associate Director and Keeper of Special Collections,
Bodleian Library, Oxford, discusses special collections and beyond, including conservation, project funding and digital surrogates.
2008-08-2900 min