Symposium | The Eyes Have It: An Appreciation of Casey Wood's Contribution to Ophthalmology, Ornithology & McGill Library

Dr. Casey Wood helped to build two of McGill's major library collections, the Osler and the Blacker Wood, among the finest collections of their kind in the world. Join scholars from McGill, UQAM and Queens to explore Wood's own important research in bird vision and ornithology, and his stunning legacy of rare books, Islamic manuscripts, materia medica of Sri Lanka, and original works of art by the greatest natural history artists, from Edward Lear and John Gould to Lady Elizabeth Gwillim.

Explore the Library's digital exhibit on Dr. Casey Wood here.

Light reception to follow.

Presented by ROAAr (Rare & Special Collections, Osler, Art, and Archives)

RSVP required. RSVP here.

Schedule

1. Casey Wood: Enriching the McGill Library, Christopher Lyons, Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill
2. Building the Osler, Mary Hague Yearl, Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill
3. Casey Wood and the Fundus Oculi, Robert Montgomerie, Evolutionary Biology, Queens University
4. Lime, areca, palm: Casey Wood’s South Asian collections Anna Winterbottom, Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill & Soma Hewa, School of Policy Studies, Queens
5. Islamic manuscripts: The Ivanov Collection, Anaïs Salamon, Islamic Studies Library, McGill
6. Building the Blacker Wood, Eleanor MacLean, Blacker Wood Librarian (retired), McGill
7. Casey Wood’s Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology and De Arte Venandi cum avibus: The Wood and Fyfe translation, Mauricio Ruiz, UQAM (en français)
8. The Feather Book of Dionisio Minaggio, Carla Benzan, Italian Studies, McGill
9. Taylor White’s Paper Museum, Victoria Dickenson, Library and Collections, McGill