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The Wellcome Institute has announced a new iteration of its research events that will provide a guide to using the collections at Wellcome which will be streamed live to Wellcome Collection’s YouTube channel and available to watch afterwards. After booking a ticket, you will receive a confirmation email with joining instructions. This event takes place on Monday 28 February starting at 15.00 GMT and will run for approximately 90 minutes. It will feature BSL and live captions. Tickets can be booked via: Getting Started with Research at Wellcome Collection | Wellcome Collection

In this event, you will learn how you can use the Wellcome Library to access Wellcome Collection materials in the open stacks and Rare Materials Room. Four researchers will tell you about how they work with items from the collections to produce artwork, podcasts and academic research papers. You will hear from:

• Dr Carly Boxer on working with medieval European manuscripts
• Shireen Hamza on 15th-century cultures of medicine across the Indian Ocean
• Delphine Sims on 19th-century colonial photography
• and performance artist Sophie Woolley on collections relating to disability.

You will be able to ask questions in advance of the session using the Slido link in your confirmation email. You can also ask questions and comment during the session using YouTube Live Chat. Your microphone will be switched off for the whole session. Wellcome Collection research development specialists Julia Nurse, Ross MacFarlane and William Schupbach will answer questions and speak about unresearched materials in the collections that could inspire your next project.

This event will be live-streamed on Wellcome Collection’s YouTube channel and available to watch afterwards. After booking a ticket, you will receive a confirmation email with joining instructions.