Archive for November, 2008
The Holinshed Project
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland was at once the crowning achievement of Tudor historiography and the most important single source for contemporary playwrights and poets, above all Shakespeare, Spenser, Daniel, and Drayton. Popularly known as Holinshed’s Chronicles, the work was first printed in 1577. The second, revised and expanded, edition followed in 1587. [...]
Enlightenment Lives
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008King’s College, London’s Centre for Life-Writing Research is offering a series of lectures on enlightenment lives. Featured subjects include Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, Samuel Johnson, and Mozart as well as general themes relating to lives and biography. For a full programme of events click here: Enlightenment Lives or visit the Centre’s website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/hrc/life/.
Bankside Winter Festival
Monday, November 17th, 2008From Friday 12 December until Sunday 21 December, London’s South Bank will come to life again this year for a Winter Festival, including the traditional Frost Fair. There is plenty on offer of early modern interest including events at Shakespeare’s Globe, a chance to see the site of the Rose Theatre, a Christmas tour of [...]
Observation, Evidence and Reason in the Long Renaissance: The Arts Course Between the Reformation and the Early Enlightenment
Friday, November 14th, 2008An International Workshop: MPIWG, Berlin, April 27-28, 2009 Postgraduate students are warmly invited to attend: bursaries have been set aside to assist with the costs This workshop attempts to answer some fundamental questions in the study of the intellectual history of early modern England. What is the best and most academically responsible way of gaining [...]
Lady Antonia Fraser on Historical Biography
Thursday, November 13th, 2008The Birkbeck Early Modern Society is pleased to announce that Lady Antonia Fraser will our Christmas speaker this year! The topic will be ‘Is Historical Biography Worth It?’ and the talk will take place on 12 December 2008 at 6:30 pm. The event is free to members of the Birkbeck Early Modern Society, non-members £3, Membership £5. [...]
Tudor Power, Pageantry and Propaganda Conference, Sat 21 March 2009
Thursday, November 13th, 2008From The National Archives, Kew: We are holding a one day conference ‘Tudor Power, Pageantry and Propaganda at The National Archives on Saturday 21st March 2009. The conference celebrates the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s coronation in 1509 and the 450th anniversary of Elizabeth I’s coronation in 1559. Further details about the conference including the [...]
2008 Thomas Harriot Seminar
Sunday, November 9th, 20082008 THOMAS HARRIOT SEMINAR, ST. JOHNS COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, 18-20 DECEMBER 2008 Jennifer M. Rampling (HPS, University of Cambridge) ‘George Ripley and the Alchemy of Elizabethan England’. Stephen Johnston (Museum of the History of Science, Oxford) ‘Thomas Digges and magnetism’ Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck, University of London) ‘Atomism, mechanism and chymistry in the natural philosophy [...]
Exploring with the Renaissance Society
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Click here for a list of nationwide free lectures on the theme ‘Exploring the Renaissance’ sponsored by the Renaissance Society. For more details, see the Society’s webpage at www.rensoc.org.uk.