People - Throughout the early modern period, English and Scottish scholars, merchants, and poets travelled between libraries abroad, trading texts and ideas with their international hosts. In this section, you can explore the journeys of individual scholars, merchants, and diplomats between libraries abroad, from Aleppo to Massachusetts.  People Throughout the early modern period, English and Scottish scholars, merchants, and poets travelled between libraries abroad, trading texts and ideas with their international hosts. In this section, you can explore the journeys of individual scholars, merchants, and diplomats between libraries abroad, from Aleppo to Massachusetts. Henry Savile 1549-1622 Thomas Seget 1569-1627 David Colville 1581-1629 George Strachan 1592-1634 John Greaves 1602-1652 John Eliot 1604-1690 Edward Pococke 1604-1691 Sir John Finch 1626-1682 Paul Rycaut 1629-1700 Robert Huntingdon 1637-1701 John Covel 1638-1722 William Trumbull 1639-1716 Sir Dudley North 1641-1691 Sir George Wheler 1651-1724 John Locke 1632-1704 Lady Catherine Whetenall N/A - 1650 Thomas Roe 1581-1644 Richard James 1592-1638 Francis Vernon 1637-1677 Isaac Basire 1608-1676 Patrick Gordon 1635-1699 John Winthrop 1606-1676 People Libraries of Interest Visit similar pages

The Global Library Project (1500–1700) examines how Anglo-Scots travelers in the early modern period contributed to the exchange and growth of knowledge through their journeys between libraries across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. The project, funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, explores how libraries’ vibrant pasts as places of social and intellectual exchange, as well as places of sanctuary, can transform and invigorate the library today. Unlocking the Past, Shaping the Future: Tracing Anglo-Scots Journeys in the Global Library The Global Library Project The Global Library Project (1500–1700) examines how Anglo-Scots travelers in the early modern period contributed to the exchange and growth of knowledge through their journeys between libraries across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. The project, funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, explores how libraries’ vibrant pasts as places of social and intellectual exchange, as well as places of sanctuary, can transform and invigorate the library today. Find Out More Explore Scholars, Poets, and Merchants People All about Libraries, Old and New Libraries in Focus Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716) The Library Today The Resources on the Global Library website serves as a dynamic hub for engaging with its diverse community of users. It offers a wide range of resources and activities designed to promote learning, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. Global Library Seminar Workshops The Library and Refuge View All View All Blog News & Events At Global Library, we're not just about books and shelves; we're about knowledge, exploration, and community. Our News section is your gateway to staying updated on the latest happenings in the world of libraries, research, and educational events.

George Strachan 1592 - 1634 Global journeys travelling from Scotland to France, Spain, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Syria, Israel, Iraq and Iran. Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Iran Countries Visited 1592-1634 Date George Strachan Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Iran Countries Visited 1592-1634 Date George Strachan Journeys DOB Unknown. Born to nobility in the Mearns (Kincardineshire) 1592 Studies at Paris c.1591 Studies at the University of Béam, Navarre 1593 Studies at the Jesuit University of Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine 1593 Visits the Scots College in Rome c.1601 Returns to Scotland, where his family had converted to Protestantism. He is accused of treason and flees to the continent 1602 Teaches at the Collège du Mans, Paris 1604 Publishes works of poetry, including elegy and epigram 1605-1607 Leaves Paris for Constantinople, travelling on to Syria, Lebanon, and the Holy Land. His journey was documented in Pietro della Vale’s Viaggi (1650). Learns Arabic and Persian through his travels and collects multiple manuscripts, the majority of which are now preserved at the libraries of Naples and The Vatican c.1613 Serves as physician to Emir Feyyad, who ruled the lands between Syria and the Euphrates. He marries Feyyad’s widowed sister-in-law 1616-1618 Leaves for Baghdad c.1618 Works for the East India Company 1619-1621 Tutor in Arabic to the Carmelites of Estahan c.1621 Makes a will leaving his book collection to the Discalced Carmelites of Rome 1621 Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Sir Dudley North 1641 - 1691. Global journeys travelling from England, Russia, Italy and Ottoman Empire. Journeys Born in England 1641 Sent to a writing school in London in preparation for a business career; apprentice to Thomas Davis, a mercer free of the Russia Company and the Levant Company 1657 First travelled as supercargo to Archangel in Russia and then continued, via Italy, to Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire, where he took up residence as a factor in January 1662 1661 Travelled to London and back to Smyrna / Izmir 1666 Moved from Smyrna to Constantinople, to the commission house, of William Hedges 1669 Set up his own commission house in Constantinople 1675 30 December, returned to London 1679 Died 1691 England, Russia, Italy and Ottoman Empire. Countries Visited 1641-1691 Date Sir Dudley North Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Francis Vernon 1637 - 1677. Global journeys travelling from England to Italy, France, Ottoman Empire, Greece, Persia, Turkey. England, Italy, France, Ottoman Empire, Greece, Persia, Turkey Countries Visited 1637-1677 Date Francis Vernon England, Italy, France, Greece, Persia. Countries Visited 1637-1677 Date Francis Vernon Journeys January, born in London near Charing Cross and was baptized at St Martin-in-the-Fields 1637 - 18 Attended Westminster School 1649 - 1654 10 November, matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, possibly taught by Edward Pococke, whom he later corresponded with 1654 28 January, graduated with BA 1658 17 July, graduated with MA 1660 By March was in Rome, travelled around Europe before that and was captured by pirates 1667 Returned to Oxford 1667 March, sent to Paris with the embassy of Ralph Montagu 1669 in Paris, two brief visits to England in 1670 and 1671; his chief responsibility was to keep track of the movement of British visitors, report to London any noteworthy incidents in which they were involved (crime and court cases being the most common), and render to well-connected travellers such assistance as they might require; in active contact with the Royal Society, became a member in 1672; in correspondence with Henry Oldenburg, Pococke and John Collins 1669-1672 Left England for the Ottoman Empire for private travels; planned journey through France to Italy, down the Dalmatian coast via Greece to Smyrna, and thence to Persia; a journal of travels through Greece survives 1673 January, in Smyrna/Izmir, consulted the East India Company library and was an active part of the local social circles, discussing books at dinners 1676 Reached Persia, killed in a quarrell near Isfahan, buried there 1677 Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

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The Global Library Seminar - hosted online, is open to all those who are interested in travel, libraries, and intellectual history. Our speakers come from a broad range of professional backgrounds, from local librarians and NGO workers to historians of sex and gender.  The Global Library Seminar The Global Library Seminar, hosted online, is open to all those who are interested in travel, libraries, and intellectual history. Our speakers come from a broad range of professional backgrounds, from local librarians and NGO workers to historians of sex and gender. If you would like to register for the series, please get in touch with Dr Nailya Shamgunova at n.shamgunova@uea.ac.uk Workshops The Library and Refuge Visit similar pages

The Global Library Project (1500–1700) reconstructs the journeys made by Anglo-Scots visitors to libraries across North America, Europe, and the Middle East during the early-modern period. By reconstructing the activities of these scholars, poets, and merchants, the project examines how knowledge- and cultural-exchange were enabled by inter-library travel. Journeys to and between libraries, the hypothesis suggests, served as a kind of epistemological catalyst across the period. About the Project The Global Library Project (1500–1700) reconstructs the journeys made by Anglo-Scots visitors to libraries across North America, Europe, and the Middle East during the early-modern period. By reconstructing the activities of these scholars, poets, and merchants, the project examines how knowledge- and cultural-exchange were enabled by inter-library travel. Journeys to and between libraries, the hypothesis suggests, served as a kind of epistemological catalyst across the period. The project, funded through a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, is divided into four work packages: (i) ‘Scholarship Across Borders’, (ii) ‘Library Access’, (iii) ‘The Library in Motion’ and (iv), ‘The Library and Refuge’. While the first three work packages are concerned largely with archival research, ‘The Library and Refuge’ examines how the library has historically been, and continues today, to be a place of sanctuary. Working closely with our Project Partners, Norfolk Libraries, we aim to establish a model of best practice for libraries in the support and integration of refugee communities at a local level, gathering examples and case studies from a range of sources globally. We deliver workshops, training, and seminars to international communities accessing public libraries in the UK. The content of these workshops is prompted by interviews with the communities we are hoping to help, responding to the interests and needs that the participants themselves have identified. At the heart of the project is the idea of a library as a lively place of exchange, both in terms of knowledge but also human experience. The library was, and still is today, a vitally social space. The Global Library Project (1500–1700) reconstructs the journeys made by Anglo-Scots visitors to libraries across North America, Europe, and the Middle East during the early-modern period. By reconstructing the activities of these scholars, poets, and merchants, the project examines how knowledge- and cultural-exchange were enabled by inter-library travel. Journeys to and between libraries, the hypothesis suggests, served as a kind of epistemological catalyst across the period. The project, funded through a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, is divided into four work packages: (i) ‘Scholarship Across Borders’, (ii) ‘Library Access’, (iii) ‘The Library in Motion’ and (iv), ‘The Library and Refuge’. While the first three work packages are concerned largely with archival research, ‘The Library and Refuge’ examines how the library has historically been, and continues today, to be a place of sanctuary. About the Project Dr John-Mark Philo Dr John-Mark Philo, Principle Investigator John-Mark, originally from Glasgow, completed his studies at Oxford. Since then, he has carried on exploring translation, classical reception, and cross-cultural exchange in the early-modern period. This means that he is typically to be found in libraries and archives, examining manuscripts and correspondence and trying his best to decipher early-modern marginalia. With the Global Library project, John-Mark hopes to shows how libraries have historically been lively social spaces that have facilitated a range of important encounters between different kinds of people. This history of lively interconnectivity, he argues, tells us a lot about how the library functions today. He has volunteered with several NGOs and grass-roots charities, including the Chios Eastern Shore Response Team, Action for Education, and, most recently, the Dereham Aid Centre. Dr John-Mark Philo, Principle Investigator Dr Fariba Alamgir Dr Fariba Alamgir is an anthropologist with research interests in the politics of identity, resource access and governance. Her research primarily focuses on marginalized population groups, including indigenous communities and forced migrants. Prior to her role as a Senior Research Associate at the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (UEA), she worked as a Teaching Fellow at the School of Global Development at UEA from 2022 to 2023, and as research fellow at the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Bath from 2018 to 2020. Before starting her PhD studies, she was a lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Dhaka. Fariba completed her PhD in International Development from the UEA and the University of Copenhagen in 2017. Her PhD research, focusing on land claims of indigenous population groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region in Bangladesh, contributed to the highly polarized debate about indigeneity and citizenship within the context of ethnicized land conflict and unsettled land governance. More recently, her work has focused on refugee and forced migration studies. She worked on Rohingyas’ claims and access to varied identities, documentary practices and their negotiation over varied categories used by the Bangladesh state and humanitarian organizations. Additionally, Fariba led a multidisciplinary and multi-sited collaborative research project exploring the factors shaping refugees’ access to mental health service in humanitarian settings in Bangladesh and Uganda. In our current project, Dr Alamgir is working on ‘The Library and Refuge’. By employing an ethnographic research approach, she is exploring how modern libraries serve/function as spaces of sanctuary, cross-cultural interactivity and knowledge exchange for the refugees and asylum seekers around the world. Dr Fariba Alamgir, Senior Researcher Dr Nailya Shamgunova Dr Nailya Shamgunova is a historian of early modern travel and encounter, with a particular interest in history of gender and sexuality. She studied at Queens' and Churchill colleges, University of Cambridge. Her graduate studies focused on vernacular English conceptualisations of sexuality and human difference around the world in the early modern period, with a particular focus on English contacts with the Ottoman Empire. Before joining UEA, she worked as a Stipendiary Lecturer at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, and as a Fellow in History of Empire at the London School of Economics and Political Science. At the LSE, Dr Shamgunova led a Master's programme in history of empires and globalisation, taught comparative imperial history and designed and delivered an award-winning module in global early modern queer history. Dr Shamgunova is passionate about outreach and has worked with various NGOs and initiatives over the years, including European Human Rights Advocacy Centre at the University of Middlesex. Dr Nailya Shamgunova, Senior Researcher Miram Azhari Miram, originally from Sudan, holds an MSc in Climate Change and International Development from the University of East Anglia. With a strong dedication to addressing climate-related challenges, Miram has focused her professional efforts on supporting refugees, particularly those affected by climate change, through her work with international non-governmental organizations such as the International Red Cross. In addition to her work with refugees, Miram has actively contributed to humanitarian development efforts in Sudan by collaborating with various NGOs. Through her experiences, she has witnessed the resilience and potential of refugee communities, inspiring her to pursue initiatives that promote social positive change and enrich society. Participating in the Global Library project, Miram aims to leverage her expertise to explore how refugees can contribute to social cohesion and community development, particularly through the utilization of libraries as spaces for learning, empowerment, and integration. Drawing from her own experiences as a refugee, Miram is deeply committed to working closely with refugee communities to build their capacity for integration into society while also providing essential mental health support. Miram joins the Global Library through a paid internship generously funded by our project partners, The British Centre for Literary Translation. 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David Colville 1581-1629. Global journeys travelling from Scotland to Italy and Spain Scotland, Italy and Spain Countries Visited 1581-1629 Date David Colville Journeys Born in the village of Cleish, north of Dunfermline 1581 Matriculates at the University of St Andrews 1597 Studies at the Scots College, Rome 1608 Travels to Venice 1610 Applies for a licence to print a Latin dictionary at Venice 1611 Studies law at Padua for 2 years, followed by 4 years of medicine c.1611 Becomes royal interpreter to Philip III of Spain and begins teaching Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic to the monks of the Escorial 1617 Serves as unofficial librarian to the collections at the Escorial. Catalogues the library's extensive Greek holdings. Revises and annotates Arabic collections 1617-1627 Copies an Arabic-Latin translation of the Quran now preserved at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan 1621 Leaves the Escorial for Italy, where he serves as interpreter at Turin for Carlo Emanuele I, duke of Savoy 1627 Moves to Milan, where he pursues scholarship at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, which had been founded in 1607 by Cardinal Borromeo. Several manuscripts survive at the Ambrosiana which once belonged to Coville, including his translations of the Church Fathers, notes on Hebrew lexis, and the Latin translation of the Quran that he copied at the Escorial c.1629 Died of a fever at the house of Cardinal Borromeo, founder of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. On his deathbed, Colville informed the cardinal that he had visited almost every library in Europe. 1629 Scotland, Italy and Spain Countries Visited 1581-1629 Date David Colville Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

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he Library Today goes beyond lending books. From offering a warm space to people in the winter months, to free sanitary products, public libraries in the UK deliver fundamental social support to some of the most vulnerable people in society The Library Today The Library Today goes beyond lending books. From offering a warm space to people in the winter months, to free sanitary products, public libraries in the UK deliver fundamental social support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. As one social worker puts it, “it is often the last resort of people who have nothing”. The Millennium Library, Norwich, for example, offers Job Support Sessions, Digital Skills Training, Arts and Book Clubs, Youth Groups, a “Warm and Well” initiative (which includes toiletries and domestic supplies), mother and baby groups, “International Welcome Sessions”, and language-exchange workshops. The Global Library project aims to support libraries in the services they provide for local communities, especially – given the themes of the project – for asylum seekers, refugees, and new arrivals to the UK. We are developing a programme of workshops and seminars which encourage cross-cultural exchange between different communities, from employability to language classes. In the pages here, you will find details of our workshops and seminars, as well as templates for establishing your own programmes in your own local library. If you would find it useful to have a chat about setting up your own workshops, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Resources Our workshops, seminars, and events respond directly to the needs and interests of the groups we are trying to help, with an emphasis on communities that have experienced forced migration. In a series of interviews and focus groups, participants identified 3 areas of greatest importance: (i) employment, (ii) language acquisition, and (iii) creative outlets. We have designed a portfolio of workshops tailored to these three areas. You can find templates here to set up workshops of your own in your public library. Find out more about Workshops and Seminars, visit the links below: Workshops The Global Library Seminar The Library and Refuge The Library and Refuge explores how contemporary libraries are facilitating social integration, cross-cultural connectivity and knowledge-exchange for refugees and asylum-seekers. In recent years, the UK has seen the emergence of diverse library services for people who have experienced forced migration, including language learning sessions, access to relevant information and to technology, foreign language collections, as well as connections with local authorities and service providers. Find out more