Archive for July, 2011
Intellectual Geography Conference, St Anne’s, Oxford, 5-7 September 2011
Monday, July 25th, 2011Online booking is now open for the interdisciplinary conference ‘Intellectual Geography: Comparative Studies, 1550-1700’ (St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, 5-7 September 2011). The event brings together studies and conceptual papers exploring the roots of local, regional and national intellectual traditions within concrete features of political, economic, confessional, and physical geography. There is an exciting [...]
Professor John Morrill’s Five Must Read Books on Oliver Cromwell
Monday, July 25th, 2011John Morrill, professor of history at Cambridge asks why Oliver Cromwell remains Britain’s most controversial ruler, and what the morbid story of Cromwell’s head after his death has to say about British history. Visit The Brower’s Five Books Interview to find out what five books, past and present, he recommends for studying the life and [...]
CFP: Kings and Queens: Politics, Power, Patronage and Personalities in Medieval and Early Modern Monarchy
Friday, July 22nd, 2011CFP: Kings and Queens: Politics, Power, Patronage and Personalities in Medieval and Early Modern Monarchy Bath Spa University The institution of Monarchy was absolutely central to the political developments and events of the medieval and Early Modern world. This conference aims to celebrate monarchy in all of its various aspects, from examining the institution itself [...]
CFP: Reading Conference in Early Modern Studies, 12-14 July 2012
Monday, July 18th, 2011Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading Reading Conference in Early Modern Studies, 12-14 July 2012 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 research in any [...]
Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference: Culture, Identity and Power, 2-3 Sept 2011
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011The Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference: ‘Culture, Identity and Power’ will take place in the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland and UCD School of History and Archives on 2 – 3 September 2011. The full conference programme, with paper abstracts and speaker biographies, is available online at www.tudorstuartireland.com/home/programme. Registration is now open. The conference fee [...]
Early Modern Postgraduate Conference, Sheffield, 15 July 2011
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011A One-Day Postgraduate Conference Friday 15 July 2011 University of Sheffield Registration closes Monday 11 July 2011. The organisers are pleased to announce this one-day conference to showcase the work of postgraduate and early career researchers whose studies into early modern Europe and European colonies relates to communities. The aim of this conference is to [...]
Bulletin No. 19 and an Invitation
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011The Birkbeck Early Modern Society Summer Bulletin is here! This issue travels widely in space and time. It features articles about visits by: Timothy Alves who takes us on a tour of the tombs, shrines, courtyards, and monuments of early modern India in ‘A Brief Guide to Mughal Architecture’ and John Croxon who stays closer [...]