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Tim Knox on ‘The Strange Genius of Sir John Soane’ an EMS Event

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Tim Knox (Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum), ‘The Strange Genius of Sir John Soane’, 6.30 pm, Friday 5 March 2010, Malet St, Room 415
You are warmly invited to our next paper on the architect Sir John Soane, which will be out first foray into the end of the early modern period and possibly beyond. [...]

Birkbeck Early Modern Society Events Update

Friday, February 19th, 2010

The Birkbeck Early Modern Society now has dates and full titles for all of our remaining events this term. Our events start at 6:30 pm sharp unless otherwise indicated. All of the events take place at Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London. A map is available here: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps.
5 March: Tim Knox (Director, Sir John Soane’s House), [...]

Reminder: Birkbeck EMS’s first event of 2010! Tonight!

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Prof. Alex Walsham, (Exeter), ‘Skeletons in the Cupboard: Relics after the English Reformation’, Friday 29 Jan, 6.30 pm, Malet St, room 321.
Happy New Year! You are warmly invited to our first paper of 2010. Prof. Alex Walsham works on the religious and cultural history of early modern Britain, especially the immediate impact and long-term repercussions [...]

Skeletons in the Cupboard & Functional Breakdown

Monday, January 18th, 2010

A Message from Our President:
Prof. Alex Walsham, (Exeter), ‘Skeletons in the Cupboard: Relics after the English Reformation’, Friday 29 Jan, 6.30 pm, Malet St, room 321.
Happy New Year! You are warmly invited to our first paper of 2010. Prof. Alex Walsham works on the religious and cultural history of early modern Britain, especially the [...]

Tonight! Prof. Quentin Skinner, ‘Word and Image in the Philosophy of Hobbes’

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Prof. Quentin Skinner, ‘Word and Image in the Philosophy of Hobbes’, Thursday 10 December, 6.30 pm, Malet St, Room B35
We are delighted to invite you to our end of term lecture. Prof. Quentin Skinner returns to the Birkbeck Early Modern Society, having given us a very stimulating evening three years ago on Machiavelli. [...]

Quentin Skinner: ‘Word and Image in the Philosophy of Hobbes’

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Prof. Quentin Skinner, ‘Word and Image in the Philosophy of Hobbes’, Thursday 10 December, 6.30 pm, Malet St, Room B35
We are delighted to invite you to our end of term lecture. Prof. Quentin Skinner returns to the Birkbeck Early Modern Society, having given us a very stimulating evening three years ago on Machiavelli. [...]

Tonight! Karen Hearn on Pregnancy Portraits: An EMS Event

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Karen Hearn (Curator of 16th- and 17th- Century English Art, Tate Britain),
‘Tudor and Jacobean Pregnancy Portraits’, 6.30 pm, 12 Nov 09, Malet St, room 509
You are warmly invited to our second event of the new academic year. Karen Hearn is an expert on early modern English art, and has organised exhibitions at Tate Britain [...]

Karen Hearn on Pregnancy Portraits: An EMS Event

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Karen Hearn (Curator of 16th- and 17th- Century English Art, Tate Britain),
‘Tudor and Jacobean Pregnancy Portraits’, 6.30 pm, 12 Nov 09, Malet St, room 509
You are warmly invited to our second event of the new academic year. Karen Hearn is an expert on early modern English art, and has organised exhibitions at Tate Britain [...]

Roger Mettam: Tonight!

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Dr Roger Mettam, ‘Absolute Monarchy and Provincial Identity in Louis XIV’s France’, 7 pm, 22 Oct 09, Malet St, room 633.
You are warmly invited to our first event of the new academic year. Dr Roger Mettam is a distinguished historian of early modern France, the author of Government and Society in Louis XIV’s France (1977) [...]

Dr Roger Mettam, ‘Absolute Monarchy and Provincial Identity in Louis XIV’s France’

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Dr Roger Mettam, ‘Absolute Monarchy and Provincial Identity in Louis XIV’s France’, 7 pm, 22 Oct 09, Malet St, room 633.
You are warmly invited to our first event of the new academic year. Dr Roger Mettam is a distinguished historian of early modern France, the author of Government and Society in Louis XIV’s France [...]

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