Archive for August 10th, 2009
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 [...]
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 [...]
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!