Greetings!
This list announces talks in the greater Boston area pertaining to the study of the early
modern period ca. 1350-1800, 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: earlymod@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu>.
To keep this list during our time of self-isolation, we are announcing
video conferences and other online activity relevant to the Boston area. Please forward
announcements of virtual socials, web-meetings, online exhibits, and application deadlines
for future conferences in our region.
Many of us and our students are looking for opportunities to get
together for reading groups or to participate in a group project related to early modern
studies: Please find below novel announcements. We hope to see you soon in good health!
Upcoming Online Events and Online Summer Schools
Thursday, August 6, 10am-12pm ET
Globally History, Global Seminar
"The political economies of slavery in the Dutch Empire (16th-19th century)"
Pepijn Brandon, Senior Researcher, International Institute of Social History, the
Netherlands
Comment: Sonal Singh, PhD Candidate, University of Delhi; Leonardo Marques, Professor of
History, Universidade Federale Fluminense, Brazil
The paper and Zoom meeting link are available by request to
wigh@wcfia.harvard.edu<mailto:wigh@wcfia.harvard.edu>.
Website:
https://history.fas.harvard.edu/event/zoom-event-global-history-globally-se…
Canceled: August 15, 2020 Deadline for CFP
The 2020 New England Renaissance Conference at Boston College (was: Saturday, October 24,
2020), Theme: “Early Modern Europe: From Below, at the Margins, Behind the Scenes.” Info:
Prof. Franco Mormando (mormando (at) bc.edu<http://bc.edu>) has been postponed. We
will send news and updates as soon as possible.
Canceled: SCSC Sixteenth Century Society Annual Conference
The Sixteenth Century Society was scheduled to meet in Baltimore 29 October – 1 November
2020
Organizers of papers, sessions, and roundtables are invited to resubmit their proposals
for the coming annual meeting at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, 28-31 October 2021,
once the new CFP will be sent out early next year.
The website will be updated shortly at
https://sixteenthcentury.org/
Search for Volunteers
Harvard Libraries project, transcribing colonial documents, open to all (on a strictly
volunteer basis):
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/your-opportunity-to-make-har…
Omohundro Institute (sponsored by William & Mary), transcription projects of early
Americana:
https://oieahc.wm.edu/explore/vastearlyamerica-resources/transcription/
Phillips Academy Archives and Special Collections, Andover MA: Phillips Family Papers,
1647-1879 (transcription project):
https://fromthepage.com/phillipsacademyarchives/phillips-family-papers
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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)
Streaming/website URL
* Event must take place in or (in case of zoom conferences) be relevant to the greater
Boston area.
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