Friday 22 March, Dr Richard Williams, ‘Realism in the Art of Jan van Eyck’,Malet St, room 414 Friday 26 April, Prof. Vanessa Harding, ‘Domestic Economies: London Households in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries’, room tbc. Friday 24 May, Dr Laura Gowing, ‘Gender, Custom and the City: Female Apprentices in Late Seventeenth-CenturyLondon’, room tbc. Thursday 6 [...]
Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration opens a window onto exile in the years 1640–1680, as it is experienced across a broad spectrum of political and religious allegiances, and communicated through a rich variety of genres. Examining previously undiscovered and understudied as well as canonical writings, it challenges conventional paradigms which assume [...]
Birkbeck EMS 6th Student Conference Many thanks to Birkbeck Early Modern Society Member Joanne O’Brien for giving us some images from our sixth student conference on 2 February 2013. (All retain her copyright.) Keynote Speaker Professor Michael Hunter: Our Science, Magic and Religion themed conference marked his retirement and celebrated his work. After a day [...]
’55 Days’ is the sold-out play by Howard Brenton that addresses the tumultuous two months that climaxed with the regicide of 1649. The play is based around the historical narrative which is well known. Charles I has lost two civil wars and is held captive by parliament; but the king is still the king and [...]
Eric Hobsbawn has died. He was the President of Birkbeck College and Emeritus Professor of History at Birkbeck, where he taught from 1947 until his retirement. This is the end of an era. The Guardian obituary is available here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/01/eric-hobsbawm He will be sorely missed, especially by Birkbeck students at the graduation ceremonies where his [...]