Archive for May, 2010
« Previous EntriesNatalie Zemon Davis Wins Holberg International Memorial Prize 2010
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Excerpt from the citation of the Holberg Prize Academic Committee: Natalie Zemon Davis is one of the most creative historians writing today, an intellectual who is not hostage to any particular school of thought or politics. Her writing is richly textured, multi-faceted and meticulously documented. She shows how particular events can be narrated and analyzed [...]
4th Biennial Conference of the Society for Renaissance Studies, York 16-18 July 2010
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010The 4th Biennial Conference of the Society for Renaissance Studies will be held in York on 16-18 July 2010, hosted by the Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies – University of York. Over three days, conference delegates from more than 15 countries will present more than 200 papers in some 50 panels, representing a [...]
Prof. Vanessa Harding’s Inaugural Lecture: ‘When Was the Great Fire of London?’, 5 pm, Monday 21 June 2010
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010Room B01, Birkbeck Clore Management Centre, London WC1. Admission is free and drinks will be served after the lecture. To reserve a place contact External Relations: 020 7380 3109/3118 or events@bbk.ac.uk This lecture will explore, not the exact date of the fire of 1666, or its status as the Great Fire, but its time, and [...]
Candlelight Concert at Newington Green: 26 May
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010Next Wednesday, 26 May, the London Gallery Quire will give a candlelit concert at Newington Green, starting at 8.00 pm. The Quire will sing a selection of songs and hymns from the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, typical of the music sung in churches at that time, the period of the first hundred and fifty [...]
CFP: Restorations: Birkbeck Early Modern Society’s 4th Student Conference
Friday, May 21st, 2010This is a reminder that the deadline for proposals for the Birkbeck Early Modern Society’s fourth student conference is 31 May 2010. You are invited to submit a proposal of 250 words maximum for a paper lasting 20 minutes (approximately 2,000 words) to the Conference Organiser, Robin Rowles. The Birkbeck Early Modern Society Fourth Student [...]
‘From Books to Bezoars: Sir Hans Sloane, The Collector of the Age’ Conference at the BL
Friday, May 21st, 2010Mon 7 Jun 2010 – Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10.00 -17.00, Conference Centre, British Library. This year marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of the physician Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). Well known as one of the greatest collectors of his age, he was also President of the Royal Society and the Royal College of [...]
Birkbeck EMS Event: Death in Early Modern English Prints and Book Illustrations
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Dr Malcolm Jones, ‘Death in Early Modern English Prints and Book Illustrations’, Thursday 20 May, 6.30 pm, Malet St, Room 320 A reminder about tomorrow’s lecture. Dr Malcolm Jones is an expert on early modern English printed images, having been responsible for the ‘print of the month’ on the British Printed Images to 1700 website: [...]
A King’s Ransom: The Life of Charles Theveneau De Morande, Blackmailer, Scandalmonger and Master-spy, by Simon Burrows
Sunday, May 16th, 2010If Charles Theveneau de Morande was a character in a novel, he would be considered the ultimate anti-hero. He has variously been described as ‘the incarnation of an eighteenth-century rogue’, ‘a minor prince among blackmailers’, and ‘a man so cunning that he outwitted Figaro himself.’ Morande (1741-1805) was notorious among his contemporaries for successfully blackmailing [...]
‘The King’s Blood: Relics of Charles I’ exhibition
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, W1 (020-7493 1141; www.wartski.com), May 11 to 21 (11am-5pm) Exhibits include the silver chalice with which Charles took communion on the morning of his execution, and a number of pieces of jewelry that contain locks of his hair. Wartski also have a beautiful necklace made from silver pearls that belonged to Marie [...]
Dr Malcolm Jones, ‘Death in Early Modern English Prints and Book Illustrations’
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Dr Malcolm Jones, ‘Death in Early Modern English Prints and Book Illustrations’, Thursday 20 May, 6.30 pm, Malet St, Room 320 We are delighted to invite you to our next event. Dr Malcolm Jones is an expert on early modern English printed images, having been responsible for the ‘print of the month’ on the British [...]
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