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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages

Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.

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In search of the real Sultan Tipu

Who was Tipu? David Jesudason explores the life of an 18th-century Indian leader, while confronting racist imagery and the destructive impact of colonialism.

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Divining the world through an artist’s almanac

Amanda Couch's artists book, 'Huwawa in the Everyday: an almanac' is inspired by the entrail like folds of a medieval folding and its function as a guide for astrological divinations linking the body, health and the heavens. Like the original almanac her work is designed to be carried out into the wider world.

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Why zombies can’t help coming back

Although it might appear that zombies are a 20th-century phenomenon, created for the horror-movie industry, they’ve actually been around since medieval times. Find out what zombies like to do, and how to get rid of them.

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  • Scholars pass a church, Oxford. Tinted lithograph.
  • Scholars at a lecture. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
  • Scholars attending a lecture in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Coloured lithograph printed by C. Hullmandel after N. Whittock.
  • Scholars attending a lecture in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Coloured lithograph printed by C. Hullmandel after N. Whittock.
  • Joseph Needham (centre) with scholars of Chinese history and sciences. Colour photograph, 1988.
  • Two scholars in a cabinet: Paracelsus (?) and a traditional philosopher examining a flask. Oil painting.
  • Two scholars in a cabinet: Paracelsus (?) and a traditional philosopher examining a flask. Oil painting.
  • Two scholars in a cabinet: Paracelsus (?) and a traditional philosopher examining a flask. Oil painting.
  • The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Radcliffe Library, Oxford: interior showing scholars and classical statues. Line engraving by J. Le Keux after F. Mackenzie.
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Perspective Tour with Rianna Walcott

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