“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)...
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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.
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...
Public Lecture with Professor Nicholas Terpstra, 2 July 2024: Moving Targets: Finding Young People in the Early Modern World
On behalf of the International Consortium of Centres for Early Modern Studies, ANU CEMS is delighted to welcome Professor Nicholas Terpstra for a hybrid public lecture on 2 July. Location: Online and in-person at the National Library of Australia, Canberra Date:...
Event Report on Unfinished Conversations: Still Kissing the Rod #3
‘Unfinished Conversations: Still Kissing the Rod #3’ — hosted at Merton College, Oxford, on 30 January 2024 — was occasioned by the recent publication of two landmark works: The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Women's Writing in English, 1540-1700, edited by by...








