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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Out of the Ashes | The Library of Alexandria: Rebirth and Revolution
Description: Recorded November 26, 2018.
The inaugural lecture of the new three year lecture series 'Out of the Ashes' will be presented by Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director Emeritus, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
In the first lecture of the series, Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), the new Library of Alexandria inaugurated in 2002, will consider the rebirth of the ancient Library and threats to its survival in the face of ongoing turmoil in the region.
The Out of the Ashes lecture series is generously supported by Sean and Sarah Reynolds.
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