Birkbeck Early Modern Society Events
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011Our next event… Prof. Stuart Carroll (University of York), ‘The Duel’, Thursday 23 June, 6.30 pm, room B36, followed by our end of year party in room B02 Prof. Carroll is a distinguished historian of early modern France who has published widely on the French nobility and violence. His books include Blood and Violence [...]
Birkbeck EMS Event: Dr Carmen Fracchia, ‘Slavery and Visuality in Imperial Spain’
Monday, May 16th, 2011Dr Carmen Fracchia, ‘Slavery and Visuality in Imperial Spain: The Miracle of the Black Leg’, 20 May, 6.30 pm, Clore 101 Dr Fracchia lectures in the Department of Iberian and Latin American Studies at Birkbeck, and is an expert on early modern Spanish art. She is the Director of the Centre for Iberian and Latin [...]
CFP: ‘Aspiration’: Birkbeck Early Modern Society 5th Student Conference
Saturday, May 7th, 2011The Birkbeck Early Modern Society 5th Student Conference ‘Aspiration’ Saturday, 10 September 10 2011, 10-4:30 Birkbeck College Call for Papers The Birkbeck Early Modern Society is pleased to announce its 5th annual student conference on the theme of ‘Aspiration’. We aim to provide a stimulating event at which students can network, present their research and [...]
Brimmers & Boozers: Drinking in Early Modern England
Thursday, April 21st, 2011Our next event features a topic which is dear to our hearts… Dr Angela McShane (V&A), ‘Brimmers and Boozers: Materialities, Identities and Practices of Drinking in Early Modern England’, Thursday 28 April, 6.30 pm, Room B03, 43 Gordon Sq Dr Angela McShane teaches the history of design at the V&A and the RCA, and also [...]
Prof. William Doyle on ‘Revolutionary Napoleon?’
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011The Birkbeck Early Modern Society’s next event is Prof. William Doyle on ‘Revolutionary Napoleon?’, Thurs 31 March, 6.30 pm, Clore Building, room 101. Prof. Doyle is a leading expert on 18th C France and the French Revolution, so this paper promises to be spectacular! Folllowed by the usual alcoholic refreshments, discussion and general debauchery.
Event Cancelled, 17 Feb
Monday, February 7th, 2011It is with regret that we announce that our event scheduled for 17 Feb (Dr Helen Pierce, ‘Political Playing Cards and the Iconography of Gambling During the English Restoration) has had to be cancelled. At this stage it has not been possible to find an alternative speaker. We hope that Dr Pierce will be able [...]
Birkbeck EMS Event: ‘The Knot and the Pentacle’: Frances Harris, 20 Jan
Thursday, January 20th, 2011The Society is pleased to announce the next lecture in its 2010-2011 series: 20 Jan 2011: Dr Frances Harris, ‘The Knot and the Pentacle: Sir Robert Moray and His Anglo-Scottish Networks at the Stuart Courts’, Malet St room 538, 6.30 pm. Sir Robert Moray (1608 or 1609 – 4 July 1673) was a soldier, statesman, [...]
Our Next Event: Dr Frances Harris, ‘The Knot & the Pentacle’
Friday, January 14th, 2011The Society is pleased to announce the next lecture in its 2010-2011 series: 20 Jan 2011: Dr Frances Harris, ‘The Knot and the Pentacle: Sir Robert Moray and His Anglo-Scottish Networks at the Stuart Courts’, Malet St room 538, 6.30 pm. Sir Robert Moray (1608 or 1609 – 4 July 1673) was a soldier, statesman, [...]
Our Christmas Event: Dr David Starkey, ‘English Royal Ritual & the Reformation’
Monday, November 29th, 2010Thursday, 9 December, Dr David Starkey, ‘English Royal Ritual and the Reformation in the 16th and 17th Centuries’, 6.30 pm, Birkbeck, Clore B01 We are delighted to invite you to our Christmas event. Dr David Starkey CBE, FSA, is an Honorary Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and probably Britain’s best known public historian. He has [...]
Our Next Event: Dr Andy Hopper on the Role of Treachery, 26 November
Monday, November 22nd, 2010Dr Andy Hopper, ‘The Role of Treachery and Turncoats in Shaping Military and Political Strategies During the Civil Wars’, 6.30 pm, Friday 26 Nov, Clore G01 You are warmly invited to our next paper, our first on the Civil Wars. Dr Andy Hopper is currently working on a book entitled Turncoats and Renegadoes: Changing sides [...]
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