When: Thursday 19 and Friday 20 February, 2026 Where: National Library of Australia , Conference Room (Level 4) Registration: A limited number of registrations are available for non-presenting participants. Please email admin.cems@anu.edu.au to register your interest...
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CEMS Hybrid Seminar: England’s ‘Island Nationhood?’ with Prof Lorna Hutson
England’s ‘Island Nationhood?’ When: 19 February 2026 Where: National Library of Australia Theatre and Online Registrations: Click here Join Lorna Hutson, Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, as she considers how early modern legal and...
Call for Papers: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches in Early Modern and Medieval Studies
Cross-Disciplinary Approaches in Early Modern and Medieval Studies: An ANZAMEMS/CEMS ANU Seminar for Postgraduates and Early-Career Researchers Thursday 19th to Friday 20th February, 2026 National Library of Australia, Canberra Professor Lorna Hutson, Merton Professor...
CEMS Seminar:“Confounded Fantasies”: Byron and Romantic Platonism, with Prof James Chandler
“Confounded Fantasies”: Byron and Romantic Platonism CEMS and ANU English are pleased to host Professor James Chandler (University of Chicago) for this in-person seminar. When: Thursday 13th November, 1-2pm Where: ANU Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS)...
Collections as Data for Humanists
CEMS and ANU English will co-host this in-person seminar with Dr Heather Froehlich (University of Arizona). When: Thursday 6 November, 1pm - 2pm AEDT Where: ANU Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Building, RSSS Lectorial 1 (Room 1.21), The Australian National...
Early Modern Puppet ‘Literature’: Shakespeare, Marlowe and Milton Puppet Plays
Early Modern Puppet ‘Literature’: Shakespeare, Marlowe and Milton Puppet Plays Professor Tiffany Stern, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham CEMS is delighted to host Professor Tiffany Stern for this online seminar. When: Thursday 2 Oct, 6pm - 7:30pm AEST...
Looking Slowly at Early Modern Maps
Join CEMS for this in-person workshop with historian of cartography Chet Van Duzer. When: Tuesday 14 Oct, 12pm - 2pm AEDT Where: Conference Room 128, A.D. Hope Building (14), The Australian National University Registration: Click to register Maps are incredibly rich...
Marginalia and the Early Modern Woman Writer, 1500-1700, 8 August 2025
Registrations are now open for "Marginalia and the Early Modern Woman Writer, 1500-1700," which will be held on 8 August 2025 at the National Library of Australia. Early modern women marked their books in myriad ways, and their marginalia provide evidence of their...
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 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.








