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CEMS at RSA Boston
There has a strong CEMS contigent at RSA this week: Una McIlvenna, Kate Flaherty, Claire Hansen and Rosalind Smith, and HDR students Hannah Upton, Lucy Boon and Barbara Taylor are all presenting new research. CEMS is also sponsoring seven sessions (see below). CEMS...
CFP: Marginalia and the Early Modern Woman Writer, 1500-1700
Marginalia and the Early Modern Woman Writer, 1500-1700 National Library of Australia, August 7-8 2025 Early modern women marked their books in myriad ways, and their marginalia provide evidence of their book ownership, their reading, writing and drawing practices,...
CEMS at RSA Boston in 2025
As an Associate Organisation of the Renaissance Society of America, CEMS has sponsored 3 sessions at the RSA annual meeting in Boston, March 2025: 'Entertainment in the Fairs and Marketplaces of Early Modern Europe' with papers by Una McIlvenna (CEMS), Tiffany Stern...
CEMS seminar Recording available: Making Poetry by Hand and Productive Leisure with Michelle O’Callaghan
Michelle O'Callaghan's CEMS seminar, "Making Poetry by Hand and Productive Leisure," is now available to watch on the CEMS YouTube channel.
CEMS Work In Progress Seminar, 30 October 2024
After the resounding success of the first CEMS WIP seminar last month, CEMS is hosting a second session at the end of October. Come along to this informal seminar to learn about the work of some of our members and join in the discussion about research in...
Event Report: Nicholas Terpstra “Moving Targets: Finding Young People in the Early Modern World”
CEMS recently hosted Professor Nicholas Terpstra (University of Toronto) on behalf of ICCEMS for a public lecture at the National Library of Australia, “Moving Targets: Finding Young People in the Early Modern World.” Professor Terpstra explored where we find young...
CEMS Work-In-Progress Seminar, 28 August 2024
Come along to this informal seminar to learn about the work of some of our members and join in the discussion about research in cross-disciplinary early modern studies. In this session, we will hear from Dr Amelia Dale (Lecturer in English, ANU), Barbara Taylor (PhD...
Upcoming CEMS Seminar: Michelle O’Callaghan, “Making Poetry Collections by Hand and Productive Leisure”
CEMS is delighted to welcome Professor Michelle O’Callaghan from the University of Reading for the next in the 2024 CEMS seminar series with her paper "Making Poetry Collections by Hand and Productive Leisure." This seminar can be attended in-person and online. Time:...
Event Report: Learning from Early Modern Books, London Renaissance Seminar, Friday June 7
The London Renaissance Seminar held a 1 day symposium, "Learning from Early Modern Books," on June 7 at Birkbeck, jointly organised by Associate Professor Trisha Pender and Professor Susan Wiseman. The symposium brought together three large team projects in early...