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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: Conference Room 128, A.D. Hope Building (14), The Australian National University Registration: Click to...
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...
☛ Gorgeous Books and Royal Annotations: What Katherine Parr and Henry VIII Wrote in their Books ☚
☛ Gorgeous Books and Royal Annotations: What Katherine Parr and Henry VIII Wrote in their Books ☚ CEMS is proud to host Professor Micheline White (Carleton University) for this public lecture at the National Library of Australia. When: 7 August 2025 Where: National...
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...
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.