Archive for June, 2008
Tonight! Natalie Zemon Davis and End of Term Party!
Monday, June 30th, 2008Our final lecture of the year is tonight and we’re delighted to have Natalie Zemon Davis as our speaker. Find all the details here: 30 June. And – don’t forget – our End of Term party will follow the lecture!
Summer Bulletin Out Now!
Thursday, June 26th, 2008The summer edition of our Bulletin is available here: Birkbeck Early Modern Society Bulletin. Inside you’ll find reviews, upcoming events, visits, and all our usual features. Happy reading!
New Online Journal Launch : Contributors Needed!
Monday, June 23rd, 2008The Centre for Editing Lives and Letters (CELL) is launching a new online, peer reviewed journal Lives and Letters, to feature archivally-based research into the early modern period. They are currently seeking submissions for the first issue. For further information and to download the submission guidelines, go to http://journal.xmera.org.
Journeys and Encounters : Conference Programme
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The Birkbeck Early Modern Society is pleased to announce our Second Student Conference Programme. The Birkbeck Early Modern Society Journeys and Encounters Conference Saturday 12 July 2008 Room 532, Malet St 11.00 Stephen Brogan: welcome, introductions, opening comments Session 1: Land and Sea. Chair: Karen Chester 11.10 Karen Baston, ‘Theagenes at Sea: International Relations and [...]
Religion and Violence in Early Modern France: The Work of Natalie Zemon Davis
Saturday, June 14th, 2008Natalie Zemon Davis will be speaking for us on 30 June at Birkbeck, but for those of you who who want more, this 1 day seminar at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford Upon Avon looks like a must. Religion and Violence in Early Modern France: The Work of Natalie Zemon Davis The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, [...]
Conference Update : Journeys and Encounters
Monday, June 9th, 2008The Second Birkbeck Student Conference will take place on 12 July 2008. The President has contacted all of the selected speakers and we will publish a full programme here soon. The conference will be held in Room 538 at Birkbeck. If you would like to attend, please let us know by filling in the Journeys [...]
Film Night : Tous Les Matins du Monde
Friday, June 6th, 2008Our next film evening will feature,’Tous les matins du monde’ (1991), starring Gérard Depardieu. This classy biopic is about Marin Marais (1656-1728), composer and viol player, who was hired as a musician to the royal court of Versailles, at the tender age of 20. The haunting sound of the viola da gamba sets the mood [...]