Archive for August, 2009
« Previous EntriesAfterlives at Durham: Call for Papers
Friday, August 28th, 2009This one isn’t strictly early modern – but some of the themes could be taken that way…
Call for Papers: ‘Afterlives’
Somewhere in the heaven
Of lost futures
The lives we might have lived
Have found their own fulfilment.
—–Derek Mahon
A one-day postgraduate conference on science and the arts organised by the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University
Friday, 25 September 2009, [...]
Bachfest ‘09 with the London Bach Society
Friday, August 28th, 2009LONDON BACH SOCIETY’S BACHFEST’09: 25 OCTOBER-20 NOVEMBER
“Ways to Bach”
Historical Commemorations
Bach Scholar, Conductor & LBS Founder – Paul Steinitz’ centenary – born 25 August 1909
475th anniversary of Luther’s Bible – translated into German in 1534
200th anniversary of the first performance in Britain of a Bach choral work- The motet “Jesu, meine Freude” BWV 227 first performed [...]
Early Modern News Stories
Thursday, August 27th, 2009From the BBC:
Researchers at Stirling Castle have discovered markings on a 16th century carving which musicians used to create music. The inscriptions provided a structure for performers rather than being a complete score. You can follow a link to hear a recreation of an early 16th century jam session here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8222727.stm And you can read Historic [...]
A New World Premiere at The Globe
Thursday, August 27th, 2009A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine
by Trevor Griffiths
World Premiere
29 August – 9 October
From The Globe Website:
In the late eighteenth century the English radical Thomas Paine revolutionised the world with words that continue to shape our lives today.
‘We have it in our power to begin the world over again’
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, 1776, referenced [...]
Upcoming Exhibition: Sacred Made Real at the National Gallery
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600 – 1700
21 October 2009 – 24 January 2010
Sainsbury Wing Exhibition at the National Gallery, London
Admission charge
From the National Gallery website:
This exhibition will bring together paintings and painted wooden sculptures by the great Spanish realists of the 17th century. ‘The Sacred Made Real’ will provide a reappraisal [...]
Medieval and Renaissance Gallery at the V&A
Monday, August 24th, 2009The Victoria and Albert Museum will open its new Medieval and Renaissance Gallery in November 2009. You can follow the process of creating the gallery here:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1265_frost/”>.
The new gallery promises to be rather spectacular with more than 1800 objects on display and a huge glass roof over them to let in daylight. To highlight some of [...]
Gender and the Family at the University of Birmingham
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009The Gender and Medieval Studies Conference will be hosted in January 2010, by the Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages (CeSMA) at the University of Birmingham. The programme organisers welcome proposals for 20 minute papers on the following topic by 1st September 2009:
Gender and the Family
Family is arguably the fundamental and universal unit [...]
John Dee Quatercentenary Conference
Monday, August 10th, 2009The John Dee Quatercentenary Conference
St John’s College, Cambridge
21–22 September 2009
2009 marks the quatercentary of the death of the great Elizabethan polymath, John Dee (1527–1609). This international and interdisciplinary conference commemorates the occasion by investigating the extraordinary range of Dee’s interests and enterprises: his studies in geometry, navigation, and calendar reform; his fascination with alchemy, magic, [...]
Help Save John Narbrough’s Journal with the British Library
Monday, August 10th, 2009PRESS RELEASE
19 August 2009
British Library seeks support to keep English naval explorer’s journal from sailing abroad
The Culture Minister has placed a temporary export bar on the previously unknown journal of British naval pioneer, Sir John Narbrough, giving the British Library its only chance to save it for our nation’s seafaring heritage. This rare manuscript provides [...]
Recent Early Modern News Stories
Monday, August 10th, 2009A couple of links for lazy summer days…
Shakespeare and the Mystery of the Sealed Tomb:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/5995083/Tomb-search-could-end-riddle-of-Shakespeares-true-identity.html.
Rembrandt and the Revelation of the Missing Signature:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8189780.stm.
Cheers, Robin!