Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesThe Life of Francis Barber at Dr Johnson’s House
Monday, January 28th, 2008Dr Johnson’s house will present ‘From Plantation to Salvation: The Life of Francis Barber’ on 13 February. From Dr Johnson’s House: Francis Barber, a former slave from Jamaica, will forever be known as ‘Johnson’s manservant’. He was employed running minor errands in Johnson’s household, often navigating a path around the dominant Anna Williams. But just [...]
Useful Websites from Vanessa Harding
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Dr Vanessa Harding has passed along some useful websites for Early Modernists. In addition to her own ‘People in Place’, you can also find links to a new transcription of Henry Machyn’s chronicle or daybook (London, c. 1550-63), a second edition of Foxe’s Book of martyrs, and John Strype’s 1720 edition of John Stow’s 1598/1603 [...]
Website Updates
Sunday, January 27th, 2008If you want to know when this site is updated, you can subscribe to RSS Feeds for entries and comments. Scroll down to the bottom of the homepage and click the links. If you’d like to receive an e-mail to let you know of any updates, click the ‘Subscribe to Posts’ link at the top [...]
The History of Witchcraft
Friday, January 25th, 2008Birkbeck Early Modern Society is delighted to announce that Dr Malcolm Gaskill will be speaking on ‘The History of Witchcraft: Where do we go from here?’,on Monday February 11, Room B18, Birkbeck, Malet Street,London WC1 (entrance in Torrington Square, see http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps) This event is free to members (membership £5), £3 non members, includes refreshments. Dr [...]
Centre for Editing Lives and Letters Website Relaunch
Sunday, January 20th, 2008The Centre for Editing Lives and Letters (CELL) has relaunched its website – see the results at http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk and follow links to online resources including the Francis Bacon Correspondence Project http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/bacon/baconindex.html, the long lost Hooke Folio http://webapps.qmul.ac.uk/cell/Hooke/Hooke.html, and the Work Diaries of Robert Boyle http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/projects/workdiaries-robert-boyle.
Early Modern Cinema Launch
Sunday, January 20th, 2008The Early Modern Society is pleased to announce that we will be holding our first Birkbeck Early Modern Cinema evening at 6.30 on Friday February 1, room B18, Birkbeck, Malet Street. We will be showing The Return of Martin Guerre starring Gerald Depardieu and Nathalie Baye, (Daniel Vigne, 1982). Natalie Zemon Davis, was a consultant [...]
New Bulletin!
Saturday, January 19th, 2008Our Winter 2008 Bulletin is available now! You can read it here…Birkbeck Early Modern Society Bulletin.
Birkbeck Early Modern Reading Group
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Birkbeck Early Modern Reading Group This month’s Early Modern Reading Group will take place on Monday 14th January 2008. At 7.30 to 9 pm. Room 502, The Tillotson Room, Dept of English and Humanities, 30 Russell Square. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME. This was unavoidable due to room availability. …… Our chosen theme this [...]
The State We’re In
Saturday, January 12th, 2008Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities: ‘The State We’re In’ – Manifestos for History: A Workshop A group of influential historians and theorists will reflect on the nature of history and historiography. In recent years, there have been significant shifts in the very idea of history and its power and function in the modern world. What [...]
Lecture on the Diggers of 1649-1650 at the IHR
Friday, January 11th, 2008Place: Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1 Date: Thursday, 24 January 2008 Time: 5.15 Speaker: Dr Ariel Hessayon Title: Restoring the Garden of Eden in England’s Green and Pleasant Land: the Diggers and the Fruits of the Earth. A paper about the Diggers of 1649-50, their legacy, the presence /absence of [...]
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