Archive for October, 2010
« Previous EntriesNew Book: Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690
Sunday, October 31st, 2010Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690 edited by Philip Major A new publication of early modern interest – and a Birkbeck connection – from Ashgate Publishing: ‘”Exile’” is a condition which places a special kind of strain on every aspect of a person’s life. Nevertheless, what these exiles learned from [...]
CFP: Documenting the early modern book world: inventories and catalogues in manuscript and print
Saturday, October 30th, 2010Documenting the early modern book world: inventories and catalogues in manuscript and print 7- 8 July 2011 School of History, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews Call For Papers It has become customary in documenting the world of early printed books to rely primarily on surveys of survivors: that is, books that have weathered the [...]
Conference: The Book Trade and the Classical World from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century
Friday, October 29th, 2010The Book Trade and the Classical World from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century 26 – 27 November 2010 Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB 32nd Annual Conference on Book Trade History The Conference is organized by Michael Harris, Giles Mandelbrote and Robin Myers, in association with the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. The full fee [...]
Dr Laura Stewart at the IHR
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Seminar Group: Religious History of Britain 1500-1800 Date: Tuesday 2 Nov Place: Germany Room, IHR Title of paper: ‘Authority, Agency and the Reception of the National Covenant of 1638′
History Carnival Reminder
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010The Early Modern Intelligencer will be hosting the next History Carnival on 1 November 2010. If you’ve read (or indeed written) some great blogging about history, we want to know about it. And just this once, The ‘Intelligencer will be travelling beyond the bounds of the early modern era – contributions from all eras of [...]
Tonight: Our First Event of 2010-11!
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Our AGM is on Wednesday October 20th at 6.15. This will be followed at 7pm by our first speaker event of the academic year. Dr Marcus Dahl from the School of Advanced Studies will tell us about his exciting new research on Shakespeare authorship in a talk entitled ‘Shakespeare, Middleton and Macbeth, A Re-Analysis’. Both [...]
Going for Gold: Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes
Saturday, October 16th, 2010Going for Gold: Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes Friday 26 November Goodison Lecture Theatre, Wallace Collection Saturday 27 November Hochauser Auditorium, V&A Sackler Centre 9.30–17.30, opening reception 17.30–19.30 A year after the opening of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Galleries at the V&A, the Museum in collaboration with the Wallace Collection is celebrating the [...]
Tudor and Stuart Seminars, IHR, Autumn 2010
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Tudor & Stuart Seminars Convenors: Prof Pauline Croft (RHUL), Simon Healy (History of Parliament) Prof Richard Hoyle (Reading), Dr Michael Questier (QMUL), Dr. Rivkah Zim (KCL) Wolfson Room, IHR, Mondays, 5.15pm Autumn Term 2010 18 October Dr Anna Whitelock (Royal Holloway), Woman Warrior, Queen: Re-thinking May and Elizabeth 1 November Professor Pauline Croft, 1611-2011: The [...]
European History, 1150-1550: IHR Seminars Autumn 2010
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010European History, 1150-1550 Convenors: Professor John Arnold (Birkbeck), Professor David Carpenter (KCL), Dr Joe Canning, Professor David d’Avray (UCL), Dr Serena Ferente (KCL), Dr Bronach Kane (QM), Dr Sophie Page (UCL), Professor Miri Rubin (QM), John Sabapathy (UCL). Germany Room, IHR, Thursdays at 5.30pm Autumn Term 2010 7 October David Carpenter (KCL), Archbishop Langton and [...]
CFP: Reading Conference in Early Modern Studies, July 2011
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading Reading Conference in Early Modern Studies, 18-20 July 2011 The Reading Early Modern Conference continues to establish itself as the place where early modernists meet each July for stimulation, conversation and debate. As in previous years, proposals of individual papers and panels are invited on the most interesting [...]
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