Conferences
« Previous EntriesCFP: The Arts and Sciences of Progress, Aberdeen, July 2011
Friday, July 23rd, 2010CFP: The Arts and Sciences of Progress 24th Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society 7–10 July 2011 University of Aberdeen Hosted by the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies In 2011 ECSSS will hold its first conference in Aberdeen since 1995. The conference theme, The Arts and Sciences of Progress, is meant [...]
Universal Reformation: Intellectual Networks in Central and Western Europe
Monday, July 19th, 2010Booking is now open for the conference ‘Universal Reformation: Intellectual Networks in Central and Western Europe, 1560-1670’ (St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, 21-23 September 2010). Organised by Howard Hotson and Vladimír Urbánek, the event will showcase the work of a diverse group of emerging and established scholars, many from east central Europe, who will [...]
From Coronation to Chari-Vari: The Many Uses of Ritual and Ceremony in the Early Modern World. A Colloquium to be Held at Birkbeck, University of London, 23-24 Sep 2010
Monday, July 19th, 2010As part of Birkbeck’s thriving research culture, this event will bring together scholars to discuss the purpose and reception of ritual and ceremony in the early modern period. Early modern life was shaped by ritual and ceremony. These rites had many functions, such as marking time, denoting power, place and order, and defining the sacred. [...]
The Useable Past in 17th-Century England
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010The Useable Past in Seventeenth-Century England 23 October 2010 An interdisciplinary colloquium that will showcase cutting-edge work in the field of early-modern perceptions of the past, including the archaic, antiquity, the county and civic past, family history and the landscape. Speakers include Ronald Hutton, Philip Baker, Jan Broadway, Fiona Youngman, Lucy Munro and Nicola Whyte. [...]
Birkbeck Early Modern Society ‘Restorations’ Conference Programme
Monday, June 21st, 2010The Birkbeck Early Modern Society AGM and ‘Restorations’ Conference Saturday 3 July 2010, Room B20, Birkbeck, Malet St 10.00 Registration, tea and coffee in room B02 10.30 AGM 11.00 Robin Rowles: welcome to conference, introductions, opening comments 11. 10 Session 1: Frank Ferrie, ‘Piero della Francesca’s Madonna del Parto (The Expectant Virgin Mary): A History [...]
Angles 2: Another interdisciplinary postgraduate conference on cultural history
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Although this is not strictly speaking an early modern event, I’ve posted it in the interest of promoting Birkbeck evets, especially those run by and for students. The aim of the conference is to bring together a range of postgraduate perspectives on cultural history from across the disciplinary spectrum. The focus is on unusual topics [...]
Power & the State: Early Modern Perspectives at Birkbeck
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Dr Laura Stewart has kindly forwarded details of her forthcoming conference, ‘Power and the State: Early Modern Perspectives’ to be held at Birkbeck on 13-14 July 2010. Details about registration will soon be available on the conference website: www.bbk.ac.uk/hca/about/conferences/powerandstate. Keynote lecture: Prof. Jim Collins, Georgetown, USA Speakers: Dr Catherine Casson (Newnham, Cambridge), Dr D’Maris Coffman [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
Charles II: King, Court and Culture Conference
Saturday, May 1st, 201028 May 2010, in the King William Block, Royal Hospital, Greenwich; organised by the Society for Court Studies to mark the 350th anniversary of the Restoration. £55 to attend, including lunch, £15 for students. Ronald Hutton, ‘Charles II in the Twenty-First Century’; Diana Dethloff, ‘Peter Lely and the royal image’; Karen Hearn, ‘John Michael Wright [...]
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