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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Early Science: An Historical Perspective
Speakers: Professor Allan Chapman, Professor Robin Wilson, Professor Michael Hunter, Lisa Jardine, Jim Bennett, Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA
Date/Time: 25 November 2010, 11am – 5pm
Venue: Wadham College, Oxford
A Symposium to mark the 350th anniversary of The Royal Society, examining the early days [...]
Call for Papers: Reformation Studies Colloquium 2010
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Call for Papers: Reformation Studies Colloquium 2010, 7–9 September, University of St Andrews
The Reformation Studies Colloquium is one of the leading conferences in Britain on Reformation Studies, for both younger scholars and established academics in the field. Plenary speakers for the 2010 Colloquium will be Brad Gregory (Notre Dame), Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge) and Ethan Shagan [...]
Revealing Medieval and Renaissance Europe at the V&A
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Revealing Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Makers and Markets 1100-1600
Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 February
V & A Lecture Theatre
10.30-17.00
This three-day conference related to the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries examines artistic production in the period 1100-1600, how objects were traded and used, and what they reveal about the culture in which they were produced. Continuities and change [...]
Shakespeare: From Rowe to Shapiro Symposium
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Shakespeare: From Rowe to Shapiro Symposium
Saturday, 28 November, 2009
Globe Education
‘Some little account of the man himself may not be thought improper’
Nicholas Rowe, 1709
A one day symposium on the function and critical value of Shakespeare biographies to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the first biography of William Shakespeare by Nicholas Rowe.
Stanley Wells & Paul Edmondson [...]
Conference: Music, Literature, Illustration, 1500-1700
Friday, November 20th, 2009Music, Literature, Illustration:
Collaboration and networks in English manuscript culture, 1500 – 1700
An AHRC funded conference
A conference for postgraduate students and early career researchers, hosted by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton
Chawton House Library, Hampshire, 16-17 February 2010
Keynote speaker: Dr Peter Beal FBA (Institute of English Studies, University of London)
This two-day conference [...]
Call for Papers: Sir Hans Sloane’s 350th Birthday Conference
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Sir Hans Sloane, The Greatest Physician-Naturalist of his Era
7 – 8 June 2010
British Library, London
An International Conference Commemorating the 350th Anniversary of his Birth
Call for Papers
The year 2010 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 [...]
The Conways of Ragley: London Renaissance Seminar
Sunday, November 15th, 2009London Renaissance Seminar
5 December 2009
Room 152 Malet Street,
Birkbeck College
The Conways of Ragley: Courtiers and Collectors, 1564-1655
In 1623 the Earl of Kellie noted that a closed cabal had emerged at court over certain confidential matters, consisting of King Charles, the all-powerful George Villiers, and ‘Secreterrye Connowaye, whoe is my Lord of Bukkinghames confident, and I think [...]
Scribal Culture in Italy, 1450-1650
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Scribal Culture in Italy, 1450-1650 (workshop 6):
The Cataloguing of (Political) Manuscripts
20 November 2009 – 2pm-5pm
British Library, London
Details of the sixth and final workshop in the AHRC-funded series, planned to shed light on the still under-researched topic of scribal culture in Italy, are given below. These workshops are open to all and participation is welcomed [...]
Pre-Modern Towns Conference 2010
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Pre-Modern Towns Conference 2010
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London WC1
PROTEST AND UNREST
The Pre-Modern Towns group would like to invite you to the 32nd annual meeting of historians, geographers, archaeologists and others working on the medieval and early modern town. This year’s meeting will be held on Saturday 30 January 2010 at [...]
Dr Johnson Study Day at the Museum of London
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Dr Johnson Study Day at the Museum of London
Sat 7 Nov, 10am – 4pm
Book in advance £35, concs £30*
Celebrate the tercentenary of Samuel Johnson’s birth by exploring key aspects of his life and groundbreaking work in London, with experts such as Henry Hitchings, Nicholas Cambridge and David Nokes. Lexicographer, poet, critic and wit, Johnson was [...]