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Thursday, November 19th, 2009From Coronation to Chari-Vari: The Many Uses of Ritual and Ceremony in the Early Modern World One Day Colloquium at Birkbeck, University of London Friday 24 September 2010 As 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 [...]
Birkbeck at Edinburgh
Monday, September 28th, 2009Two of the Scottish History Research Seminars for 2009-10 have Birkbeck connections. First, Dr Laura Stewart, currently of Birkbeck, will speak on Authority, Agency and the Scottish Church in the Mid-Seventeenth Century on 19 Nov 2009. And on 11 Feb 2010, yours truly (who did an MA at Birkbeck) will do a talk on An [...]
Stephen Brogan Events
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Stephen Brogan, President of the Early Modern Society, will be lecturing in early 2009. Don’t miss! 17 Jan, A “monster of metamorphosis”: reassessing the Chevalier / Chevalière d’Eon Affair’. Central London Historical Association, 2pm, IHR, £3 non-members. 20 Jan, ‘The royal touch in early modern England: a reassessment’. Birkbeck Research Seminar Series, 5pm, room 261. [...]
Lady Antonia Fraser on Historical Biography
Thursday, November 13th, 2008The Birkbeck Early Modern Society is pleased to announce that Lady Antonia Fraser will our Christmas speaker this year! The topic will be ‘Is Historical Biography Worth It?’ and the talk will take place on 12 December 2008 at 6:30 pm. The event is free to members of the Birkbeck Early Modern Society, non-members £3, Membership £5. [...]
Rediscovering the Cheapside Hoard: 11 November
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008You are warmly invited to attend our second paper of this academic year. The Cheapside Hoard is the greatest hoard of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery ever found. Now displayed in the Museum of London, it was uncovered in the cellar of a building demolished in 1912. The hoard includes a wide range of high quality necklaces, [...]
Autumn 2008 Bulletin – Out Now!
Sunday, October 26th, 2008The latest edition of the Birkbeck Early Modern Society Bulletin is now available. Inside you’ll find all our usual reviews (and at least one lucky EMSer was able to get a coveted RSC Hamlet ticket!), articles, and events listings – and even information on London’s oldest pubs!
Life Writing in Early Modern England
Monday, October 6th, 2008You are warmly invited to the Birkbeck Early Modern Society’s first event of this academic year. We are delighted to welcome Dr Adam Smyth who will be speaking about ‘Life-Writing in Early Modern England: the Case of the Almanac’, 6.30pm, Malet St, room B18, on 21 October. If you haven’t yet joined the Society or [...]
Society, Culture and Belief, 1400-1800: Senses Series Continues
Monday, October 6th, 2008Society, Culture and Belief, 1400-1800 The programme for the academic year 2008-9 continues our series on The Senses, with the theme: Touch Convenors: Laura Gowing (KCL), Kate Hodgkin (University of East London), Michael Hunter (Birkbeck), Miri Rubin (Queen Mary), Adam Sutcliffe (KCL). Seminars will take place in the Ecclesiastical History Room at the Institute of [...]
Academic Events List Update
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Here is an updated listing of our upcoming Academic Events for 2008-9. Updated 12 Feb 2009 21 Oct 08: Dr Adam Smyth (University of Reading), ‘Life-Writing in Early Modern England: the Case of the Almanac’, Malet St, room B18. 11 Nov 08: Hazel Forsyth (Museum of London), ‘Rediscovering The Cheapside Hoard’, Clore Building, G01. 12 [...]
Early Modern Society AGM
Saturday, July 19th, 2008AGM, Friday 25 July, 6.30pm, room 541, Malet St We will be electing officers and discussing events for the next academic year. Click here for the meeting’s agenda: EMS AGM Agenda.
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