Archive for December, 2008
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Monday, December 15th, 2008The Centre for Editing Lives and Letters (CELL) has released Dr Amanda Vickery’s 2008 HarperCollins History Lecture as a podcast. ‘Out of the Closet: Love, Power and Houses in Eighteenth-Century England’ gives a tantalizing glimpse of early modern domesticity. Listen as Amanda explores ideas of taste, furnishings (including chintz) and hierarchy against a thrilling backdrop [...]
Tonight! Don’t Miss Lady Antonia Fraser on Historical Biography
Friday, December 12th, 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, [...]
Updated European History Programme
Saturday, December 6th, 2008Institute of Historical Research EUROPEAN HISTORY 1500-1800 Convenors: Philip Broadhead, Peter Campbell, Filippo de Vivo, John Henderson, Julian Swann, Roger Mettam Mondays at 17.00 in the Low Countries Room of the Institute of Historical Research (University of London), Senate House, Malet Street, LONDON WC1E 7HU Building on last year’s success we are again placing a [...]
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Two early modern reading groups are meeting in early December. The next Early Modern Reading Group will meet on Thursday 4 December, at 6.30pm, in the Skinners Arms, Judd Street WC1. They’ll look at January, February and March (or more if you like) from Spenser’s The Shepheardes Calender (1579). There’s an edition here: http://uoregon.edu/%7Erbear/shepheard.html Contact: [...]
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