Archive for January, 2009
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009The Library of Congress Manuscripts Division has a selection of digitised documents relating to American history. Among these is the first ever inagural address delivered by an American president. You can see it here: Washington’s First Inaugural Address. The Library describes this document thus: George Washington (1732-1799) delivered his first inaugural address to a joint [...]
Bulletin Issue 9 Out Now!
Monday, January 19th, 2009The Winter 2009 issue of the Birkbeck Early Modern Society Bulletin is here: The Bulletin is the official journal of the Birkbeck Early Modern Society. In this issue you will find art, exhibition and book reviews, the Winter Quiz, good advice on the surviving the credit crunch from Aunty Agonistes, support for the Titian Campaign [...]
London seminar for early modern visual culture, spring programme 2009
Sunday, January 18th, 2009Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum History of Art Department, Seminar Room 3 University College London, Gordon Square Seminars are free and open to all, and will be held at 6.00pm. Monday 19 January: Hannah Williams (Courtauld Institute of Art) Portraits, Spaces and Everyday Encounters in the Académie Royale. Monday 2 February: Christoph Vogtherr (Wallace [...]
Call for Papers: Authority and Authorities at Reading
Sunday, January 18th, 2009Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading Reading Conference in Early Modern Studies 2009 Authority and Authorities The next annual meeting of the Reading conference on early modern studies will be held on 6-8 July 2009. The Reading conferences are as broadly based as possible, reflecting the most interesting developments in current research. Accordingly they [...]
Over the Moon with Thomas Harriot
Saturday, January 17th, 2009From the BBC: A 400-year-old set of “moon maps” created by a little-known Englishman are to go on display to mark the launch of the International Year of Astronomy. Experts say they prove their creator – Thomas Harriot – beat Galileo to become the first man to view the moon through a telescope. The Italian [...]
Tonight! Byrd Event with the Birkbeck Early Modern Society
Friday, January 16th, 2009We are delighted to announce our first first foray into early modern music, a talk by Dr Mike Smith entitled ‘William Byrd’s “Why do I use my paper, inke and pen”: a song and its context’. The event will take place on January 16th at 6.30 in Birkbeck Malet Street Building,room B33. Members free, non [...]
Seminars at the Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Spring Term Seminars at the Early Modern Research Centre University of Reading Seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 5 pm in the Seminar Room, Graduate School in Arts and Humanities, Old Whiteknights House. All Welcome. Wednesday 14 January: Prof. Susan Wiseman (Birkbeck), ‘Survival of the Pagan Dogs? Metamorphosis at the Borders of Reception’ Wednesday [...]
Literature, Medicine and the Law in Early Modern England
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009Literature, Medicine and the Law in Early Modern England One-day workshop at University of Sheffield Humanities Research Institute Friday 6th February 2009 10.30-11: coffee, welcome 11-12.30: Lorna Hutson (St Andrews), Tis probable and palpable to thinking: law and likelihood in Renaissance drama 12.30-1.15: lunch 1.15-2.30: Panel 1 Moral Discourses Jennifer Richards (Newcastle), Moralising health in [...]
Upcoming Events at Dr Johnson’s House
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009As part of a year of celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s birth, Dr Johnson’s House will be offering special events and lectures. On Wednesday 28 January 2009 at 7 pm Ian McIntyre, author of a new biography of Hester Thrale, draws her fascinating character out from behind her the shadow of [...]
Edinburgh Legal History Blog
Monday, January 12th, 2009The Centre for Legal History at Edinburgh has started a new blog called the ‘Edinburgh Legal History Blog’. The authors are John Cairns and Paul du Plessis and the site looks to be a very useful resource for legal historians with links to other legal history societies and notices of upcoming events. There is sure [...]
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