Gifts and Books

On Thursday 23 March, Blackwell Hall will be closed to the public until 1.30pm, including the café and exhibition galleries.

About the exhibition

The giving and receiving of gifts is fundamental to human societies.

Drawing on material from ancient Sumerian writing tablets to contemporary fiction for children, Gifts and Books will explore the importance of gift-giving through books and across time, and how this apparently simple act reveals wider interactions, relationships and belief systems.

Generosity. Power. Reverence. Love. Struggle. Obligation.

Come and explore the meaning of gifts, exchange and the stories we tell about them.

 

 Curator

This exhibition is curated by Dr Nicholas Perkins, Associate Professor and Tutor in English, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford

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