Senate House Library

Senate House Library will close for the Christmas holidays at 5pm on Friday 20 December 2024 and will reopen at 9am on Thursday 2 January 2025 🎄

We wish you a happy festive season and all the best for the New Year! ⭐️

Christmas presents have often been books! 📚🎁

In the 19th Century when books were a staple gift, annuals were published specifically for the Christmas market 🎄

Check out our ‘Christmas Gifts’ display at

The display is in two parts -
1️⃣ 19th Century Christmas Publications
2️⃣ Books purchased in 2024 for special collections (our gifts to you!)

We have you enjoy the books!📖

Join the curators of ‘In the Grip of Change: the Caribbean and its British Diaspora’ for a FREE one hour tour of Senate House Library’s new exhibition

🗣️This curator-led experience offers unique insights into Senate House Library’s rich Caribbean and Black history collections, bringing to life the voices and stories that transformed British-Caribbean relations.

🗓️Tours will take place between November & March 2025 - LINK IN BIO for dates and booking info

The Warburg was founded in Hamburg by Aby Warburg (1866-1929) to trace the roots of the Renaissance in ancient cultures.

Aby is pictured below, alongside the original library reading room.

The Institute was originally based in Hamburg, Germany. Pictured below is the building’s façade in 1926.

When the N***s came to power, the Institute was forced to transfer to London, where it became part of the University in 1944.

The Warburg's extensive library and collections feature many invaluable and incredible artefacts.

These include a handwritten sketch from Einstein to Warburg, explaining the orbit of Mars, and Elizabeth David’s personal collection of cookery books.

The Warburg Institute reopens on 2 October, 2024, marking the completion of the ambitious £14.5 million Warburg Renaissance building project.

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Following a major upgrade, The Warburg Institute, University of London reopens on 1 October.

The Warburg Institute is one of the world’s leading centres for studying the interaction of ideas, images and society. It is dedicated to the survival and transmission of culture across time and space, with a special emphasis on the afterlife of antiquity. 

To celebrate the reopening of this famous institution, we will be posting on the Warburg’s history, purpose, and future, over the coming month. Keep an eye on social media for more.

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Did you know you can get one-to-one support from our Academic Librarians?

Get online and in-person support for your studies and research, find out more about our services, link in bio:

Despite the Rail 🚝 and Tube 🚇 strike tomorrow - Senate House Library 📚 will be open on Tuesday 21 June 2022 but will close slightly early at 5pm. The Special Collections Reading Room will not open: https://bit.ly/3uU6beZ

Opening hours Check when the Library is open and find more information for your visit.

Senate House Library is seeking a motivated and experienced person to act as a Supervisor within the Customer Services team and to manage SHL’s Document Supply services and support for disabled and dyslexic readers: https://bit.ly/3m0KAvK

The newly donated of Paul & Adelaide Joseph, activists & friends of , is the focus of our 2022 being held online Tuesday 7 June 18:30-19:30.

We are delighted to have Nadia Joseph present her parents’ archive at the event in conversation with Dr Richard Espley, Head of Modern Collections at Senate House Library & Dr Sue Onslow, Acting Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.

FREE - register to join here:
https://www.alumni.london.ac.uk/uol/senate-house-library-holden-lecture-2022

The Library will reopen 09:00 Mon 6 June, changing to Summer opening hours Mon-Fri 09:00–17:45 & Sat 09:45-17:15.
https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/visiting-the-library/operating-hours

The Periodicals Room is closed for study Mon 6-Mon 13 June (inc) while essential works take place. Members will still be able to access books during this time.

The Library will close from 20:45 (BST) Weds 1 June for the & reopen 09:00 Mon 6 June.

From Mon 6-Mon 13 June (inc) the Periodicals Room will be closed for study while essential works take place. Members will still be able to access books needed during this time.

https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/visiting-the-library/operating-hours

Ahead of the  we are delighted to participate in the campaign .

Here is Her Majesty The Queen visiting Senate House Library after being awarded an honorary degree (Bachelor of Music) on 10 July 1946.

https://london.ac.uk/about-us/history-university-london/royal-connections

We're recruiting for a Customer Services Supervisor to manage Senate House Library Document Supply services & support for disabled and dyslexic readers. Closing date: 19/06/2022.

Find out more & apply online via University of London job pages: https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=2112

Customer Services Supervisor (Accessibility and Document Supply) : London Senate House The University of London is one of the largest and most diverse higher education institutions in the world. With a mission to transform lives through knowledge, it delivers high quality academic programmes, brings benefits to society through its research in the humanities and social sciences, and le...

Researching your next book or want to get ahead with studies? Get our Summer Membership offer:

For just £30, access 2 million+ & study in our heritage reading rooms June, July & Aug - the equivalent of just 38p per day!

https://bit.ly/Summer_SHL

The Library will close from 20:45 (BST) Wednesday 1 June for the & reopen at 09:00 Monday 6 June.

From Monday 6 - Monday 13 June (inclusive) the Periodicals Room will be closed for study while essential works take place. Members will still be able to access books in the room during this time.

https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/visiting-the-library/operating-hours

NEWS: Photos, letters & birthday cards sent by from prison to close friends Paul & Adelaide Joseph, activists, added to Senate House Library's collections.

Read the full news story, blog on highlights in the collection, & sign up for the SHL on 7 June 2022 18:30 - 19:30 (BST) with Nadia Joseph presenting her parents' archive here:

https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/news/new-collection-joseph-archive-mandela-letters-photos

Join our Research and Content Lead, Nadia Joseph, presenting Senate House Library ‘s new collection, the Paul & Adelaide Joseph Archive for this year’s Holden Lecture.

This 📷 from the collection shows Paul Joseph (furthest right) and other anti-apartheid campaigners leaving Pretoria Central Prison in August 1962.

Nadia will be in conversation with Senate House Library’s Head of Modern Collections, Richard Espley. Closing remarks with additional context will be made by Dr. Sue Onslow, Acting Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

7th June 2022
18.30 - 19.30 GMT
Online

Free to register and open to general audiences, the registration link can be found on Senate House Library’s exhibition and event page at Https://www.alumni.london.ac.uk/uol/senate-house-library-Holden-lecture-2022

The next Spineless Wonders event will explore ***rpublishing & the digital form. Join us online this Friday 13 May, 10:00-17:00. FREE.

Book your place & find out more about the event & network in our blog by Leila Kassir & Tansy Barton, Academic Librarians at Senate House Library:

https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/blog/spineless-wonders-digital-q***r-publishing

Spineless Wonders series: digital and q***r publishing Digital and q***r publishing explored in the Spineless Wonders event series...