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Upcoming CEMS Seminar: “Marlow’s plays & poems are totally vanished”: Charles Lamb’s recuperation of Christopher Marlowe
CEMS Seminar with Professor Emerita Gillian Russell “Marlow’s plays & poems are totally vanished”: Charles Lamb’s recuperation of Christopher Marlowe in Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakspeare (1808) CEMS and ANU English are...
New CEMS HDR James Whiting
CEMS welcomes PhD candidate James Whiting as our newest HDR member. James is commencing his PhD in English in the School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics at the Australian National University. His research interests include Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, Katherine...
CEMS Welcomes Deputy Directors Una McIlvenna and Amelia Dale
CEMS is delighted to welcome our new co-deputy directors Associate Professor Una McIlvenna and Dr Amelia Dale.Una is Australian Research Council Future Fellow 2023-2027 and Associate Professor in English at ANU. Her research interests lie in the fields of early modern...
Call For Papers: Romantic Studies Association of Australia Conference, 18-20 November 2027
Romanticism and Property Canberra, 18-20 November, 2027 Property changed in both idea and practice in the decades around 1800. The French Revolution saw an upheaval of property relations through the confiscation of Church and aristocratic estates. In the same years,...
CEMS Newsletter 1/2026
CEMS publishes a quarterly newsletter showcasing CEMS events, our members' achievements and items of interest to scholars of early modern studies including events and calls for papers. Access the latest CEMS newsletter here. Access the newsletter archive here. If you...
CEMS HDR Graduates for 2026
Three CEMS HDR members graduated with their PhDs in February graduation ceremonies. Congratulations Dr Lucy Boon, Dr Barbara Taylor and Dr Julia Rodwell! Read their dissertation abstracts below. Lucy Boon: Practising "Love & Faith" When Queering the Early Modern...
Accounting for Time in Early Modern Women’s Life Writings with Prof Danielle Clarke
CEMS and the ANU Cultures of Screen, Performance and Print Network (CuSPP) are pleased to co-host this seminar with Professor Danielle Clarke (UCD). When: 19 March 2026 (details forthcoming) Abstract This talk traces the connections between the increasingly prevalent...
Cross-Disciplinary Approaches in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
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...
DECRA Success for Dr Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan
CEMS is delighted to announce that Dr Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan has been awarded an Australian Research Council DECRA (Discovery Early Career Research Award) for the project "Understanding the Religious Transformations of Early Modern Indonesia." This project aims to...