Archive for July, 2009
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009A digital library of prints and book illustrations from early modern Britain The British Printed Images to 1700 website, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, makes available a database of thousands of prints and book illustrations from early modern Britain in fully-searchable form. It also offers ancillary facilities aimed to enhance users’ understanding [...]
Call for Papers: Material Cultures at Edinburgh
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Material Cultures: A three-day conference at the University of Edinburgh 16-18 July 2010 With: ROGER CHARTIER JEROME McGANN PETER STALLYBRASS Following the Material Cultures conferences which took place at The University of Edinburgh in 2000 and 2005, the third in the series is scheduled to take place in July 2010. The key theme of the [...]
Call for Papers: Society of Renaissance Studies
Monday, July 27th, 2009Society for Renaissance Studies National Conference, 16-18th July 2010 The 4th National Conference of the Society for Renaissance Studies will be held in the historic city of York on 16-18 July 2010. The conference will follow immediately after the 2010 International Medieval Congress in Leeds and will coincide with the final weekend of the York [...]
Call for Papers: Early Modern Studies at Reading
Monday, July 27th, 2009The University of Reading Early Modern Studies Conference 9-11 July 2010 Call for Papers This three-day conference at the University of Reading aims to draw together scholars from a variety of disciplines working on areas related to the themes of controversy, protest, ridicule, and laughter in the early modern period. Controversy, protest, ridicule and laughter [...]
Conference Registration Reminder
Friday, July 17th, 2009There is no charge to attend our upcoming conference, but because we aim to provide lunch for speakers and delegates it would be helpful if you could register so that we have an idea of how many people to expect. Please return the Conference Registration Form to our secretary, Laura Jacobs. Here is a reminder [...]
Call for Papers: Women Readers at University of Liverpool
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Women Readers/Educational Texts 1500-1800 A three-day international conference at the University of Liverpool 14-16 April 2010 The recent upsurge in interest in the history of reading has opened numerous new interpretative avenues for scholars. Women’s reading has attracted particular attention, in specific regions and time periods. Much of this critical interest has focussed on the [...]
‘Revolution and Evolution’ Conference Programme: 25 July 2009
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009The Birkbeck Early Modern Society AGM and ‘Revolution and Evolution’ Conference Saturday 25 July 2009, Room 532, Birkbeck, Malet St 09.30 Registration, tea and coffee in room 538 10.00 AGM 10.30 Stephen Brogan: welcome to conference, introductions, opening comments 10.40 Session 1: Chair: Sue Dale Harman Bhogal, ‘John Deacon and John Walker: The Evolution of [...]
Latin Teacher Needed at CELL
Monday, July 6th, 2009From the CELL mailing list: The Centre for Editing Lives and Letters – CELL – is looking for a teacher to deliver ‘Beginners’ Latin for ad hoc translation’ for the academic year 2009-10. CELL requires the teacher to take a two-hour class every week for the autumn and spring semesters. They can offer good pay, [...]
Trial of Trial of Marie Antoinette: Special Offer for Early Modern Society Members!
Monday, July 6th, 2009Once, a new theatre company, is producing a play called ‘The Trial of Marie Antoinette’ at the Courtyard Theatre, London this August. They think it may be of interest to Early Modern Society members. The play tells the story of the last days of Marie Antoinette, and aims to go beyond our image of the [...]
New Bulletin Out Now!
Sunday, July 5th, 2009The Summer 2009 edition of the Birkbeck Early Modern Society is out now! You can read it here: Bulletin Vol. 11 In this issue you’ll find reports on our recent events – lectures by Susan James on Spinoza and by Eliane Glaser on Cromwell’s readmission of the Jews. John Croxon visits Petworth House and Audley [...]
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