We are delighted to announce that Dr William Pettigrew, University of Kent, will present our next lecture. Dr Pettigrew will talk to us about The Royal African Company and the Development of the English Slave Trade, c 1670-1750 to be followed by drinks. The talk will take place on 6 March, at 6.30 pm in […]
6 February 2015, Dr Simon Smith, University of Oxford, Hearing, Seeing and Feeling Music in the Early Modern Playhouse, Room B18, Malet Street, 6.30 pm We are delighted to be able to welcome our former committee member, Dr Simon Smith, back to Birkbeck to give our next lecture. Dr Simon Smith did his PhD at […]
Saturday 21 February 2015 43 Gordon Square, Room B04 1.00-1.30 Registration, welcome from Becky Tomlin, President, Birkbeck Early Modern Society 1.30-3.00 Panel 1: Daily Bread a. Dr Steve Cornish, Birkbeck Alumnus, Nutritional Status and the Built Environment. b. Zoe Hudson, PhD Candidate (2nd year) Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, The University of Kent, […]
Dr Susan Anderson, Representing Early Modern Disability, January 16, Birkbeck, room 101, 30 Russell Square, 6.30 pm Members free (membership £7), non-members £4 Susan Anderson is Senior Lecturer in English at Leeds Trinity University. Her research concentrates on interdisciplinary approaches to performance in early modern drama and spectacle. She has published widely on a range […]
Some dates for your diaries: Birkbeck Early Modern Society Events for Spring and Summer 2015! All meetings begin at 6.30 at Birkbeck, venues to be confirmed, please email bbkems@gmail.com or check back here at the Intelligencer for more information. 16 January 2015: Dr Susan Anderson, Leeds Trinity, Representing Early Modern Disability, Room 101, 30 Russell […]