Fellow in Focus with Alex Alsemgeest

Recorded April 15, 2019. In conversation with Trinity Long Room Hub
Visiting Research Fellow Alex Alsemgeest (Koninklijke Bibliotheek,
National Library of the Netherlands) chaired by Laura Shanahan
(TCD) organised in collaboration with the Library of Trinity
College Dublin. Alex Alsemgeest is a book historian and researcher
with the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the
Netherlands. Alex has more than a decade of experience in some of
the leading research libraries in the Netherlands and Sweden. His
research interests include book trade, natural history, the history
of libraries and collections and Swedish-Dutch cultural history. He
has published in both popular magazines and academic journals. His
book, In krabbengang door kreeftenboeken, was nominated for best
book on nature in the Netherlands in 2016. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/