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Visiting Research Fellowships at Edinburgh

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Visiting Research Fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh Applications are invited for Visiting Research Fellowships of between two and six months, tenable in the period: June 2010-September 2012. No limitation is placed on the area of research within the Humanities and Social Sciences but priority [...]

Walpole Treasure Hunt

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

As restoration work continues at Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill, the Strawberry Hill Trust is hoping to acquire missing items which were once part of Walpole’s massive collection of art and objects. The Trust has launched an appeal with the hope of restoring Walpole’s collection to its original setting. Strawberry Hill will open to the public [...]

A Christmas Cracker

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Welcome to the Birkbeck Early Modern Intelligencer’s Christmas Cracker! Instead of the usual news and events reporting, today will be just for fun. UK readers will need a break between the Queen’s Speech (also for the Commonwealth, of course!) and Doctor Who so here is some early modern stuff to send you back in time [...]

Call for Papers: Shakespeare’s Italian Context: Influences, Appropriations, Intertextualities

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Call for Papers: Shakespeare’s Italian Context: Influences, Appropriations, Intertextualities The European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) will host its tenth international conference between August 24 and August 28, 2010, in Torino, Italy. ESSE has issued a call for papers for Seminar 15: Shakespeare’s Italian Context: Influences, Appropriations, Intertextualities. This seminar aims to place [...]

Call for Papers: Early Modern Libraries / Women and Libraries

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Call for Papers: Early Modern Libraries / Women and Libraries Thursday 18 March 2010 The Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the University of York invites proposals for a half-day symposium on early modern libraries. Papers on any aspect of the topic are welcome – intellectual libraries, material libraries, knowledge and libraries – [...]

Call for Papers: The Art of Collaboration: Interdisciplinary Approaches to History

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Call for Papers: The Art of Collaboration: Interdisciplinary Approaches to History University of Nottingham: One Day Conference, Tuesday 8 June 2010 The aim of the conference is to examine interdisciplinary approaches to history and to identify how collaborative work between ancillary disciplines can improve and redefine historical writing. This might include drawing upon the theories [...]

Society for Renaissance Studies: New Scheme for Conference Funding

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Society for Renaissance Studies: New Scheme for Conference Funding The Society for Renaissance Studies has launched a new scheme for conference funding, in addition to their previous provision. We are now offering two grants of up to £1,500 each to support conferences or colloquia within the field of Renaissance Studies planned for calendar year 1 [...]

ISIH Charles Schmitt Prize in Intellectual History

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

ISIH Charles Schmitt Prize in Intellectual History As the result of generous donations from an anonymous donor, the Istanbul Bilgi University, and Routledge, the International Society for Intellectual History is offering, on an annual basis, a prize to honour the contribution of the late Charles Schmitt to intellectual history. The prize is £500, £50 worth [...]

The London Digital Humanities Group

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

The London Digital Humanities Group consists of early career scholars involved in the creation of digital resources. It aims to provide a forum in which to discuss how new digital technologies can open new avenues of research in the arts and humanities. The group will also serve a practical function by enabling its members to [...]

Call for Papers: London Lives 1690-1800

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Call for Papers: London Lives 1690-1800 5-6 July 2010, De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire A call for papers and short presentations (due 28 February 2010) for a two-day conference to mark the launch of: www.londonlives.org. This new website will provide access, using an integrated search facility, to primary sources containing 240,000 pages of manuscripts [...]

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