Archive for February, 2008
Professor Quentin Skinner on Hobbes
Monday, February 25th, 2008Those of you who were lucky enough to be at our Christmas lecture for 2006 will be delighted to have another chance to hear Quentin Skinner speak. And for those you you who weren’t there, don’t miss this! Professor Skinner will deliver the annual BBC History Magazine Lecture at Queen Mary, University of London, on [...]
Dr Richard Williams on Lucas Cranach
Thursday, February 21st, 2008The Birkbeck Early Modern Society is delighted to announce an extra event to our programme! Dr Richard Williams, who delivered our Christmas lecture on Holbein, will return to talk to us about Lucas Cranach at the Court of Saxony. The event will take place on 3 April at 6:30pm in Room B36, Malet Street. As [...]
Mary Queen of Scots Death Warrant Copy Saved
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008From BBC News: ‘A copy of the warrant for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots has been saved for the UK. The document has been acquired by the library of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace for £72,485, with the help of heritage bodies’ donations.’ You can catch up with the story here: [...]
Chiswick House Gardens Receives Lottery Funding
Monday, February 18th, 2008The Chiswick House and Gardens Trust has announced that their bid for lottery funding to restore the historically important gardens at Chiswick House was successful. They still need to raise funds but according to their website work will begin this spring to restore the gardens, renew miles of paths, plant over 1600 new trees, bring [...]
Paleography Practice with the National Archives Website
Friday, February 15th, 2008With the National Archives and Family Records Centre in states of flux (see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk for the latest news on access), it’s a good time to brush up your palaeographic skills online. The National Archives site offers an online tutorial on reading early modern handwriting dating from 1500-1800. The interactive site provides examples for users to [...]
Religious Culture in Early Modern Spain
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008The Golden Age and Renaissance Seminar: Religious Culture in Early Modern Spain Saturday, 16 February, 11am – 6.30pm University College London Session 1: 11.30am – 1pm > Amy Fuller (Manchester), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s El mártir del sacramento, San Hermenegildo > Tyler Fisher (Oxford), The Text as Honeycomb: Golden-Age Interactions between Poetics and [...]
Plague and Famine with Professor Ronald Hutton
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Our next event will take place on Thursday, 6 March when Professor Ronald Hutton will give a talk on ‘Plague and Famine in Early Modern Europe’ followed by Q&A and refreshments. Please note that this lecture will start at 6 pm. Birkbeck, Room 407, Malet Street. Free to members, £3 non-members, £5 membership.
Lady Mary Wroth at the Loughton Festival
Monday, February 11th, 2008As part of the Loughton Festival, Sue Taylor, the Erato Consort and Recorders will present Mary Wroth’s Loughton: its Magic, its Poetry. Readings, madrigals and recorders celebrate the life and times of the Lady Mary Wroth, who was the first woman in England to publish a prose romance in 1621, amidst much controversy. The Countess [...]
The History of Witchcraft – Tonight!
Monday, February 11th, 2008Dr Malcolm Gaskill will be speaking on ‘The History of Witchcraft: Where do we go from here?’, tonight, 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 Malcolm Gaskill, University of East Anglia, is the [...]
Naseby Conference at Leicester
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008New Approaches to the Battle of Naseby A day conference organised by the Centre for English Local History University of Leicester Kelmarsh Hall Sunday 29 June 2008 _______________ Programme 09.30 – 09.50 Registration and Coffee 9.50 – 10.00 Dr Andrew Hopper (Leicester) Welcome 10.00 – 11.00 Prof. Martyn Bennett (Nottingham Trent), ‘ “…None are to [...]