Centre for Editing Lives and Letters

Centre for Editing Lives and Letters The Centre for Editing Lives and Letters (CELL) develops projects focused on making archives matter, concentrating on the years 1500-1800.

We are doctoral students, researchers, teachers and writers. Established as a Research Centre in July 2002 with funding from the AHRC, CELL is now independently established internationally as part of the academic landscape, pioneering projects foregrounding Renaissance Studies in the digital age. Originally housed at Queen Mary, University of London, CELL transferred to UCL in 2012. CELL's researc

h agenda supports projects that pilot innovative methodologies and practices aimed at making archives matter, and that engage energetically with the wider community. We also offer seminars, events, a skills-based postgraduate training programme and have a thriving community of doctoral research students.

Early Bodleian Donations OnlineWe are pleased to announce the launch of Early Bodleian Donations Online, a digital resou...
15/07/2026

Early Bodleian Donations Online
We are pleased to announce the launch of Early Bodleian Donations Online, a digital resource which tracks the donors and donations to the Bodleian Library in the years 1600-1620. The searchable database contains bibliographical information about the items donated and biographical detail about the donors.

The Project Figure 1. Bodleian Library, Oxford: bird’s eye view (detail), line engraving. Image credit: Wellcome Library, London. This AHRC-funded 3-year project seeks to uncover the stories behind the books on the shelves at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Our focus is on the first two decades foll...

08/06/2026

The IAS is pleased to welcome author Holly Fletcher, whose book overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon or that in earlier societies fatness simply signified wealth while thinness indicated poverty.

24/04/2026

UCLDH is delighted to welcome Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh, to give the 2026 Susan Hockey Lecture.

Taster session: Early Modern Studies MA1st May, 2-3:30pm BST, online Our MA provides expert training for future research...
15/04/2026

Taster session: Early Modern Studies MA
1st May, 2-3:30pm BST, online
Our MA provides expert training for future researchers, teaching palaeography, book history & archival research skills, alongside options from art history, information studies, literary studies, history, languages & history of science/medicine. At this Graduate Open Event, we will run a short taster lecture, outline the nature of the course and hold a Q&A.
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