This list announces talks pertaining to the study of the early modern period
ca. 1450-1750, in any discipline and with any regional specialization.
Please forward announcements, in the format requested at the end of this
message, and e-mail addresses to: <mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu>
earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu.
If you do not wish to be on this list, please reply to that effect. Many
thanks to those who contributed to this effort.
*New listing
** Updated listing
***CANCELLED Cancelled listing
EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 10:30am-5:30pm
Co-sponsored by the Department of English and Related Literature
<http://www.york.ac.uk/english/> and the Centre for Renaissance and Early
Modern Studies <http://www.york.ac.uk/crems/>
Thomas Browne Seminar, "Classical Philosophers in Seventeenth Century
English Thought"
Keynote speakers: Jessica Wolfe, University of North Carolina and Sarah
Hutton, Aberystwyth University
Treehouse, Humanities Research Centre, CREMS, University of York
Open to all - entrance free and no registration required
For full programme of times and speakers visit:
http://www.york.ac.uk/english/news-events/browne/
Event Contact: kevin.killeen(a)york.ac.uk
UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item)
Saturday June 21, 2014 - Noon-2:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Third Annual Gardeners' Guild Lunch and Talk
Talk given by, Wes Autio, UMass Amherst
Enjoy a lunch on our back patio followed by a presentation
For addition information contact: (413) 577-3600
/renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
www.facebook.com/massrenaissancecenter
Members only - Invitation only! Not a member? Pick up a form at 650 East
Pleasant St, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01002
Thursday, June 26-28, 2014 - Various times
Sponsored by Goldsmiths, University of London
Conference, "Revisiting Early Modern Prophecies (C.1500-c.1815)
Keynote speakers:
Irena Backus, University of Geneva
Nigel Smith, Princeton University
Christopher Rowland, University of Oxford
Various locations on the Goldsmiths, University of London campus
For complete program, list of speakers, and registration visit:
http://www.gold.ac.uk/history/research/panaceasociety/propheciesconference/
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 11:00am-1:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Enchanted Circle Theater ~ Acting Shakespeare
Reading Room, 650 East Pleasant Street, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01002
Student actors from Holyoke school system's summer acting program will
present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare
Company's main stage. Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards!
For addition information contact: (413) 577-3600
/renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
www.facebook.com/massrenaissancecenter
No reservations required. Free and open to the public.
*If you would like to request that your announcement be posted in an
upcoming Early Mod Events e-mail:
Please send your listing to: earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu at least two weeks in
advance of the event.
It would be a great help if you could follow the format below.
Announcements are posted at the discretion of the Early Mod Listserv
administrator.
Day, date, time
Sponsor (if available)
Type of event (ex. Lecture/Symposium/Workshop), Event Title
Person giving talk (in bold), their home institution (if applicable)
Location (Building, Room, Street Address, Institution, City, State)
Additional info (no more than a couple sentences)
Website URL
RSVP or Registration information/link
This list announces talks pertaining to the study of the early modern period
ca. 1450-1750, in any discipline and with any regional specialization.
Please forward announcements, in the format requested at the end of this
message, and e-mail addresses to: <mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu>
earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu.
If you do not wish to be on this list, please reply to that effect. Many
thanks to those who contributed to this effort.
*New listing
** Updated listing
***CANCELLED Cancelled listing
EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
*Friday, May 16, 2014 - 2:00-4:00pm
Symposium, "Cities and their Regions in the Early Modern Atlantic"
Event will feature two speakers:
"Invisible cities: space and the politics of comparison in the Portuguese
oceanic worlds"
Ananya Chakravarti, American University in Cairo, and
"Comparative Perspectives on the Urban Atlantic World"
Wim Klooster, Clark University
Wheatley Hall, Floor 6, Room 47, UMass Boston, Boston, MA 02125
Directions: Public transportation to UMass Boston: Take the Red Line to the
JFK/UMass stop, then board the free five-minute shuttle to campus. Driving
directions may be found here (parking is $6):
http://www.umb.edu/the_university/getting_here/directions / For a campus
map:
http://www.umb.edu/map
For questions about the event, please contact Leonard von Morze at
Leonard.vonMorze(a)umb.edu.
UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item)
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 10:30am-5:30pm
Co-sponsored by the Department of English and Related Literature
<http://www.york.ac.uk/english/> and the Centre for Renaissance and Early
Modern Studies <http://www.york.ac.uk/crems/>
Thomas Browne Seminar, "Classical Philosophers in Seventeenth Century
English Thought"
Keynote speakers: Jessica Wolfe, University of North Carolina and Sarah
Hutton, Aberystwyth University
Treehouse, Humanities Research Centre, CREMS, University of York
Open to all - entrance free and no registration required
For full programme of times and speakers visit:
http://www.york.ac.uk/english/news-events/browne/
Event Contact: kevin.killeen(a)york.ac.uk
Saturday June 21, 2014 - Noon-2:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Third Annual Gardeners' Guild Lunch and Talk
Talk given by, Wes Autio, UMass Amherst
Enjoy a lunch on our back patio followed by a presentation
For addition information contact: (413) 577-3600
/renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
www.facebook.com/massrenaissancecenter
Members only - Invitation only! Not a member? Pick up a form at 650 East
Pleasant St, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01002
Thursday, June 26-28, 2014 - Various times
Sponsored by Goldsmiths, University of London
Conference, "Revisiting Early Modern Prophecies (C.1500-c.1815)
Keynote speakers:
Irena Backus, University of Geneva
Nigel Smith, Princeton University
Christopher Rowland, University of Oxford
Various locations on the Goldsmiths, University of London campus
For complete program, list of speakers, and registration visit:
http://www.gold.ac.uk/history/research/panaceasociety/propheciesconference/
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 11:00am-1:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Enchanted Circle Theater ~ Acting Shakespeare
Reading Room, 650 East Pleasant Street, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01002
Student actors from Holyoke school system's summer acting program will
present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare
Company's main stage. Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards!
For addition information contact: (413) 577-3600
/renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
www.facebook.com/massrenaissancecenter
No reservations required. Free and open to the public.
*If you would like to request that your announcement be posted in an
upcoming Early Mod Events e-mail:
Please send your listing to: earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu
It would be a great help if you could follow the format below.
Announcements are posted at the discretion of the Early Mod Listserv
administrator.
Day, date, time
Sponsor (if available)
Type of event (ex. Lecture/Symposium/Workshop), Event Title
Person giving talk (in bold), their home institution (if applicable)
Location (Building, Room, Street Address, Institution, City, State)
Additional info (no more than a couple sentences)
Website URL
RSVP or Registration information/link
