Archive for October, 2007
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Monday, October 29th, 2007New bibliographical releases are available online from the Royal Historical Society. The latest update adds almost 5400 new records with about half from materials published in 2006-7. The RHS Bibliography is available here: http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl. Nearly 30% of the new records relate to Irish History and these can be found here: http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie. The complete database which [...]
The Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of History
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Dr Simon Thurley will speak on The Fabrication of Medieval History: Archaeology and Artifice at the Office of Works at 5.45pm, Wednesday 31 October 2007 Venue: Logan Hall, Institute of Education IOE Map and Travel Guide
Macbeth and the Weird Sisters
Friday, October 26th, 2007The Early Modern Society is pleased to present our first event of the academic year! Tonight at 6:30, Professor Sandra Clarke will lecture on ‘Macbeth and the Weird Sisters’ followed by refreshments and Q&A. Join us in Room 152, Birkbeck College, Malet Street.
Putney Debates Events
Thursday, October 25th, 2007A new exhibition marking the 360th anniversary of the Putney Debates at the Church of St Mary the Virgin opens this weekend in Putney. The exhibition is free to all and is being celebrated with a week of events including drama, re-enactments, pewter making demonstrations, and a hog roast at the Levellers’ Beer Tent. Some [...]
The History of Parliament Annual Lecture
Monday, October 22nd, 2007The fourth History of Parliament Lecture will take place on Tuesday 6th November 2007. The lecture will be delivered by Professor David Hayton, of Queen’s University Belfast, and is entitled ‘The British Union of 1707: Parliamentary contexts and consequences’. Admission to this event is by free ticket only. To apply for a ticket please contact [...]
Blake Conference
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Goldsmiths, University of London and the Swedenborg Society present Blake in Contexts: William Blake (1757-1827) His Life and Times A conference to be held at The Swedenborg Society, London, Friday,2 November 2007 This conference, held during the month of the 250th anniversary of Blake’s birth, celebrates his extraordinary achievements. Its aim is to place Blake [...]
Julian Swann – 23rd October – Birkbeck History Research Seminars
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Dr. Julian Swann, Birkbeck College From ‘selfish reactionaries’ to ‘fathers of the nation’: rethinking the role of magistrates in eighteenth-century France 6pm, Tuesday 23rd October, 2007. To be held at Birkbeck College, Room 253 (Malet Street). Seminar to be followed by drinks and optional dinner with the speaker. All Welcome! For more information contact: Daniel [...]
Prints as process and product in the early Royal Society – 19th October
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Friday 19 October 2007 at 1:00pm Event Type: Public Lecture Location: Library Reading Rooms Related Documents: Dr Jim Bennett, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford The early Royal Society was much concerned with engraving and printing – both as a technical discipline and a practical tool for illustration and publication – yet [...]
Training Programme – Resources and Techniques for the Study of Renaissance and Early Modern Culture
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Here are the details for a series of three research training workshops that the Warburg are organising: This programme provides specialist research training to doctoral students working on Renaissance and Early Modern subjects in a range of disciplines at universities across the UK and the rest of the world. The programme draws on the combined [...]
New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Update
Thursday, October 18th, 2007The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has launched its latest update. Click here to see what’s new!
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