Media Coverage
Radio Interview (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: ABC Radio Australia
Date: 11/14/2011
Abstract: Radio Interview
Restored: Fading Account From the Heart of Africa.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Henry Fountain
Publication: New York Times
Date: 11/8/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/restored-livingstones-fading-notes-from-africa.html?_r=1&ref=science
“South Lanarkshire volunteers and councillors get an insight into David Livingstone.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gillian Provan
Publication: STV
Date: 11/7/2011
Abstract: Television Coverage
URL: http://local.stv.tv/hamilton/news/27028-south-lanarkshire-volunteers-and-councillors-get-an-insight-into-david-livingstone/
“Descifran diario de David Livingstone que contradice su histórica imagen.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Patricio Lazcano
Publication: La Tercera (Chile)
Date: 11/6/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://papeldigital.info/lt/index.html?2011110601#
Radio Interview (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: “Moncrieff with Sean Moncrieff,” Newstalk Radio Ireland
Date: 11/8/2011
Abstract: Radio Interview
“Livingstone's hand in slave massacre.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Marea Donnely
Publication: The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Date: 11/4/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
“Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? Decoding an Explorer’s Personal Papers.” (Media Coverage)
Publication: The Explorers Journal
Date: 9/1/2011
Abstract: Short article.
"Secrets of Livingstone’s Last Letter Finally Revealed.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Date: 7/2/2011
Abstract: Television News Coverage
URL: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/185283-secrets-of-livingstones-last-letter-finally-revealed/
“David Livingstone's 'Lost Letter' Deciphered.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: BBC News
Date: 7/2/2010
Abstract: Television News Coverage
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10459263
“David Livingstone's Last Letters Deciphered.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jenny Percival
Publication: The Guardian
Date: 7/2/2010
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/02/david-livingstone-last-letters-deciphered
“Researchers Reveal Dr Livingstone's Darkest Hour Through Lost Letters (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: Birkbeck, University of London
Date: 7/2/2010
Abstract: University Newspaper article. Includes link to full press pack.
URL: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/news-releases/researchers-reveal-dr-livingstones-darkest-hour-through-lost-letters
Short Radio Feature (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: BBC Radio Scotland
Date: 7/1/2010
Abstract: Short Radio Feature
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sw6cr
“Archive Watch: Dr. Livingstone's Diary, I Presume.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jennifer Howard
Publication: The Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus.
Date: 5/3/2010
Abstract: Blog Posting
URL: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Archive-Watch-Dr/23677/
Short TV Documentary (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: “London Tonight,” ITV
Date: 7/19/2010
Abstract: Short Television Documentary on the oldest commercial television network in the UK.
The Private Thoughts of Dr Livingstone, I Presume.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: The Independent
Date: 7/3/2010
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-private-thoughts-of-dr-livingstone-i-presume-2017249.html
“Shedding Light on History: Scientists Decipher Dr. Livingstone’s Last letters.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Aussian Cramb
Publication: Daily Telegraph
Date: 7/3/2010
Abstract: Newspaper Article
“David Livingstone Letter Deciphered At Last.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Raphael Satter
Publication: Associated Press
Date: 7/2/2010
Abstract: Newspaper Article (AP) carried by over 140 print and online news outlets around the world
URL: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=11071708
“Dear diary, I am sick to death . . . David Livingstone.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Andy Coghlan
Publication: New Scientist
Date: 7/2/2010
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19119
“From the Congo in Berry Juice, David Livingstone’s Last Letters Come to Light.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Mike Wade
Publication: The Times
Date: 7/2/2010
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article2583818.ece
Shedding New Light on Dr Livingstone's Diary.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Vic Rodrick
Publication: Daily Mail (London)
Date: 5/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
Radio News Feature (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: “Click On,” BBC Radio 4
Date: 4/18/2011
Abstract: Short Radio Documentary
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010dk1z
“Livingstone in a New Light.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Anna Maria Gillis
Publication: Humanities Magazine 31:5
Date: 9/10/2010
Abstract: Journal Article
URL: http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2010-09/Livingstone.html
"The Secret Files: Out of Africa.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: Holland Herrald
Date: 9/1/2010
Abstract: Magazine Article in the monthly in-flight magazine of KLM Airlines, with an estimated global readership of 1.25 million people.
URL: http://holland-herald.com/2010/09/the-secret-files/
“The Dark Side of Dr Livingstone: A Fascinating New Letter Casts the Great Explorer in a Very Different Light.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Annabel Venning
Publication: Daily Mail (London)
Date: 7/29/2010
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298546/Dark-Dr-David-Livingstone-New-letter-casts-explorer-different-light.html
“Held mit Depression: Forscher entschlüsseln privaten Brief des Afrikareisenden David Livingstone.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Irene Meichsner
Publication: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Magazin 24/25
Date: 7/1/2010
Abstract: Journal Article
URL: http://www.ksta.de/html/
“Experts shed light on David Livingstone massacre diary.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Anon.
Publication: BBC News
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Television News Coverage
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-15536564
“Explorer David Livingstone's diary unveiled for the first time.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Anon.
Publication: STV
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Article and Video Broadcast
URL: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/277152-explorers-diary-unveiled-for-the-first-time/
“Out of paper I presume Doctor Livingstone?" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Laura Cummings
Publication: Evening News (Edinburgh)
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/around-the-capital/scientists_work_looks_set_to_rewrite_history_of_famous_scots_explorer_1_1941086
“Dear diary, 400 slaves slaughtered.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jen Lavery
Publication: Metro (UK)
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
“Newly deciphered diary muddles Livingstone legend.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Raphael Satter
Publication: Associated Press
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article (AP)carried by over 150 media sites worldwide
URL: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iEVeAhLGODJiVWWntkV1r35NJdBw?docId=24ad19e8b623415bb87e25b612506707
“Dr. Livingstone’s diary on 19th-century Africa, now uncensored.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Mark Schrope
Publication: Washington Post
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Articl
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dr-livingstones-diary-on-19th-century-africa-now-uncensored/2011/10/31/gIQAUsB2aM_story.html
“Dr. Livingstone, not quite the saint we presumed.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Mike Wade
Publication: The Times
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3213300.ece
TV News feature (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: BBC TV
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Televised News Coverage
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016qxg4/Reporting_Scotland_01_11_2011/
"Livingstone Diary" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: Deadline News
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Video Broadcast
URL: http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2011/11/01/livingstone-diary/
Radio Interview (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: BBC RAdio Scotland
Date: 11/1/2011
Abstract: Radio Interview
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016lw5l
Radio Interview (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: CBC Radio
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Radio Interview
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/
“Dagboek David Livingstone ontcijferd.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): N/A
Publication: Radio 1 (Begium)
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Radio Interview
URL: http://www.radio1.be/programmas/nieuwe-feiten/dagboek-david-livingstone-ontcijferd
“Livingstone Slave Horror Revealed.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): George Mair
Publication: Daily Record
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2011/11/02/horror-of-scots-explorer-david-livingstone-at-slave-massacre-uncovered-in-lost-diary-86908-23532303/
“Dr. Livingstone's lost diary text, I presume.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Chris Marshall
Publication: The Scotsman
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/livingstone_s_lost_diary_text_i_presume_1_1942190
“Livingstone’s account of slave massacre revealed.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Phil Miller
Publication: The Herald (Glasgow)
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/livingstone-s-account-of-slave-massacre-revealed-1.1132529?localLinksEnabled=false
“Slave secret of Dr. Livingstone.” (Media Coverage)
Publication: The Express
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/281199
“Dr Livingstone, not quite the saint we presumed.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Rhys Blakely
Publication: The Times
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3213300.ece
“Dr Livingstone lied, scientists presume: Spectral imaging uncovers discrepancies in explorer's account of slave massacre.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Simon Tomlinson
Publication: Daily Mail (Online)
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Online Newspaper Artcle
URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2056528/David-Livingstone-Discrepancies-explorers-account-Zanzibar-slave-massacre.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
“New light shed on adventurer Henry Morton Stanley suggests he may have helped end brutal slave trade.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Darren Devine
Publication: Wales Online
Date: 11/3/2011
Abstract: Online News Aticle
URL: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/11/03/new-light-shed-on-adventurer-henry-morton-stanley-suggests-he-may-have-helped-end-brutal-slave-trade-91466-29710773/
“Now we can see Livingstone's African diary in a new light.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Sarah Bruce
Publication: Scottish Daily Mail
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspper Article
“Explorer's 140-year-old diary made legible by scientists.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Lucinda Cameron
Publication: The Irish News
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
“Paper scans unmask Livingstone's fury at slave killing.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Andy Coghlan
Publication: New Scientist
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21115-paper-scans-unmask-livingstones-fury-at-slave-killing.html
“Why we may be wrong to presume Dr Livingstone was a hero.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Auslan Cramb
Publication: The Daily Telegraph
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Nwspaper Article
“Description of massacre provoked outrage in Parliament.” (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Ben Macintyre
Publication: The Times
Date: 11/2/2011
Abstract: Newspaper Article
URL: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3213317.ece
Associated Products
Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary: A Multispectral Critical Edition (Web Resource)Title: Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary: A Multispectral Critical Edition
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki (Project Director)
Abstract: Critical Edition with spectral images of Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary.
Year: 2011
Primary URL:
http://livingstone.library.ucla.edu/1871diary/Livingstone Spectral Image Archive (Web Resource)Title: Livingstone Spectral Image Archive
Author: Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project
Abstract: Archive of high-resolutions TIFF, metadata, and XML transcriptions of David Livingstone's 1870 and 1871 Field Diaries.
Year: 2011
Primary URL:
http://livingstone.library.ucla.edu/livingstone_archive/The State of the Art of Imaging Technology for Manuscripts. (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: The State of the Art of Imaging Technology for Manuscripts.
Author: Roger L. Easton, Jr.
Abstract: Conference Paper, presented at the Plenary Session of the “Annual Meeting of Medieval Academy of America,” MAA Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA), Tempe, AZ, 15 April 2011.
Date: 04/15/2011
Conference Name: Annual Meeting of Medieval Academy of America
Reading Between the Lines, Application of Imaging Technology to Historical Documents. (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Reading Between the Lines, Application of Imaging Technology to Historical Documents.
Author: Roger L. Easton, Jr.
Abstract: Presentation at the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, 18 April 2011
Date: 04/18/2011
Darkest Africa, recycled paper and home-made ink: retrieving the text of David Livingstone's unpublished final diary 1870-73. (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Darkest Africa, recycled paper and home-made ink: retrieving the text of David Livingstone's unpublished final diary 1870-73.
Author: Debbie Harrison
Abstract: Presentation at a seminar of the “Material Texts Network,”
Birkbeck College, London, 27 January 2011.
Date: 01/27/2011
Conference Name: Material Texts Network
Destruction and recreation in Darkest Africa: The strange case of David Livingstone’s unpublished final diaries 1870-73. (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Destruction and recreation in Darkest Africa: The strange case of David Livingstone’s unpublished final diaries 1870-73.
Author: Debbie Harrison
Abstract: Conference paper, presented at the “Book Destruction: Burning, Pulping,
Eating, Cutting ...” conference, Senate House, London, 16 April 2011
Date: 04/16/2011
Conference Name: Book Destruction: Burning, Pulping, Eating, Cutting ...
Recovery of handwritten text from the diaries and papers of David Livingstone. (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Recovery of handwritten text from the diaries and papers of David Livingstone.
Author: Keith Knox
Abstract: Conference paper, presented at the “Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art II” conference, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium, San Francisco, 23-27 January 2011.
Date: 01/23/2011
Conference Name: Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art II
“Dr. Livingstone’s Diary, I Presume?” (Public Lecture or Presentation)Title: “Dr. Livingstone’s Diary, I Presume?”
Abstract: Public presentations at National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1 Nov. 2011; David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, Scotland, 3 Nov. 2011; Birkbeck, University of London, 5 Nov. 2011. Presentation to staff at Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 4 Nov. 2011.
Author: Livingstone Spectral Imaging Team
Date: 11/1/2011
Location: Edinburgh; Blantyre; Oxford; London
Conrad, Livingstone, and the Production of Victorian Colonial Discourse (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Conrad, Livingstone, and the Production of Victorian Colonial Discourse
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki
Abstract: Job talk, presented to the Department of Liberal Arts, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA, 10 May, 2011
Date: 05/10/2011
The Nyangwe Diary of David Livingstone (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: The Nyangwe Diary of David Livingstone
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki
Abstract: Paper included in Open Annotation Collaboration Workshop, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illini Center, Chicago, 24-25 March,2011
Date: 03/24/2011
Conference Name: Open Annotation Collaboration Workshop
When Exploraton Failed: or, How the Victorians Came to Invent a Continent of Darkness (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: When Exploraton Failed: or, How the Victorians Came to Invent a Continent of Darkness
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki
Abstract: Job talk presented to the Department of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 1 March 2011
Date: 03/01/2011
When Exploration Failed: or, How the Victorians Came to Invent a Continent of Darkness (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: When Exploration Failed: or, How the Victorians Came to Invent a Continent of Darkness
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki
Abstract: Job talk presented to the Department of English, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 28 January 2011
Date: 01/28/2011
Field Notes of Empire from the Lualaba River (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Field Notes of Empire from the Lualaba River
Author: Ardian S. Wisnicki
Abstract: Presented at the "Victorian Seminar," City University of New York, 6 December, 2010
Date: 12/06/2010
Conference Name: Victorian Seminar
The Neyangwe Diary of David Livingstone: Restoring the Text (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: The Neyangwe Diary of David Livingstone: Restoring the Text
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki
Abstract: "Lighting Round" presentation at the "2010 Project Directors Meeting" at the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington D.C., 28 September 2010
Date: 09/28/2010
Conference Name: "2010 Project Directors Meeting"
Nyangwe and the Problem of Victorian Geography (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Nyangwe and the Problem of Victorian Geography
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki
Abstract: Presented at "'Traveling South': The Sixth Conference of the International Society for Travel Writing," University of South Carolina, Columbia, 23-26 September 2010
Date: 09/23/2010
Conference Name: "'Traveling South': The Sixth Conference of the International Society for Travel Writing"
Spectral Imaging David Livingstone's 1870-71 Field Diary (Public Lecture or Presentation)Title: Spectral Imaging David Livingstone's 1870-71 Field Diary
Abstract: Public lecture at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2 July 2010
Author: Adrian S. Wisnicki
Date: 07/2/2010
Location: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh