The Special Collections Blog brings you news of developments, exhibitions and events in Special Collections. Treasures from our collections are also highlighted.

Picture of old and new display cases

Best case scenario!

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As you may have noticed from our Twitter feed (or, indeed if you’ve been working on Floor One of the

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“Hillier called…”: A Glimpse at Sir Robert Hart’s Papers in Special Collections, Queen’s University, Belfast

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About the author: Andrew Hillier is a mature student at the University of Bristol, having spent most of his career

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9. Kenneth Branagh in Much Ado About Nothing (1993). ©MGM and Park Circus

‘Shakespeare Lives through Kenneth Branagh on Stage and Screen’ Exhibition

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‘Shakespeare Lives through Kenneth Branagh on Stage and Screen’ is on display in the Queen’s Film Theatre (QFT) Foyer until

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The Art of French Crime Fiction Display

The Art of French Crime Fiction

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  Our new display, curated by Dr Dominique Jeannerod (School of Modern Languages), features an exhibition devoted to classic French

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Internship at Special Collections

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For our latest blog post, we’re handing over the reins to QUB Medieval History MA Student Mark Brink, who spent

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Presenting work from the final year module Digital Textualities and the History of the Book

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A rather different blog post from usual this time, as we team up with Dr. Stephen Kelly from the School

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Heaney Manuscripts MS 20

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First published in 1999, Seamus Heaney’s translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf achieved both critical acclaim and commercial

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Comintern Collection MS 57

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Between 1993 and 1995, two Irish academics – Dr Barry McLoughlin (University of Vienna, Austria) and Dr Emmet O’Connor (University

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