Archive for February, 2009
« Previous EntriesRead not Dead at Shakespeare’s Globe
Saturday, February 28th, 2009From Shakespeare’s Globe: Globe Education began its series of stage readings of plays in 1994. Since then audiences have been able to see and hear over 150 plays written between 1567 and 1642 by Shakespeare’s contemporaries. These ‘performances with scripts’ are staged by professional actors and directors. Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe (1598) Sunday [...]
Opera in 17th Century Venice: Ebook
Friday, February 27th, 2009From the excellent Intute Website: Opera in seventeenth century Venice: the creation of a genre by Ellen Rosand is an e-book that is freely available on the eScholarship platform of the University of California Press. The book deals with opera in Venice in the 17th century, specifically how opera developed in a particular location. The [...]
Vive Le Difference! Online Exhibition
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Vive la différence! The English and French stereotype in satirical prints, 1720-1815 The relationship between England and France during the eighteenth century was complex to say the least. But how did artists on each side of the Channel depict the inhabitants of their rival nation? The Fitzwilliam Museum has created an online exhibition showing just [...]
Call for Papers: Art & Experience in Early Modern Europe
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009The Courtauld Institute of Art will hold a one day conference on the theme of ‘Everyday Objects: Art and Experience in Early Modern Europe’ on 21 November 2009. The everyday object offers an intimate understanding of lived experience in early modern Europe. Historically and culturally specific, the ‘everyday’ is contingent on the activities, rituals and [...]
Call for Papers: Monsters and the Monstrous
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Inter-Disciplinary.Net: 7th Global Conference Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths & Metaphors of Enduring Evil Monday 14th September – Thursday 17th September 2009 Mansfield College, Oxford This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project seeks to investigate and explore the enduring influence and imagery of monsters and the monstrous on human culture throughout history. In particular, the project will [...]
Venal Bodies Conference at University of London
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Venal Bodies: Prostitutes and Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Culture 4 April 2009 Stewart House Room STB3/6, IGRS, University of London Co-organised by Prof. Markman Ellis (School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London) and Dr. Ann Lewis (French Department, School of Languages, Linguistics & Culture, Birkbeck, University of London) with the support of the [...]
Queen Elizabeth’s Super Armada
Saturday, February 21st, 2009From BBC News: The English navy at around the time of the Armada was evolving revolutionary new tactics, according to new research. Tests on cannon recovered from an Elizabethan warship suggest it carried powerful cast iron guns, of uniform size, firing standard ammunition. “This marked the beginning of a kind of mechanisation of war,” says [...]
Tonight! Susan James on Spinoza
Friday, February 20th, 2009Prof. Susan James, ‘When Does Truth Matter? Spinoza on Philosophy and Religion’, 6.30 pm, 20 Feb 09, Malet St, Room B36 You are warmly invited to our first early modern philosophy paper. Prof. Susan James teaches at Birkbeck, and has published widely on Spinoza. Her forthcoming book is entitled Spinoza on Politics and Religion. The [...]
Seventeenth Century Costume
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Historical costume has always been an interest of mine – I even did a course on fashion history as an undergraduate many years ago. So I was thrilled to find a website which combines historical resources with actual costume making. Visit Nicole Cargill-Kipar’s late 17th century costume site for a visual feast. There are loads [...]
Call for Papers: Carriages as Status Symbols, Museum of London
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009Pomp and Power – Carriages as Status Symbols 10 November 2008 To celebrate the display of the Lord Mayor’s Coach (commissioned and built in 1757) in a new gallery at the Museum of London in November 2009, the Museum will host a two-day conference on carriages as status symbols and the influence of British carriage [...]
« Previous Entries