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EMRC event today

The first Early Modern Research Centre Seminar of this term will be held today, 15th January. Dr. Janet Dickinson (Reading) will be talking on: ‘Rethinking the 1590s: Elizabeth 1’s most successful decade?’ The seminar will be held in Humss 124 … Continue reading

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Early Modern Research Seminar – open to all

Wednesday 20 November:  ‘The Levellers and civil war radicalism: current research and new directions’ Dr. Elliot Vernon and Dr. Rachel Foxley (Reading) The seminar will be held at 5 pm in HUMSS 124.  

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Early Modern Research Centre seminar

The first of the EMRC seminars this term will be held on Wednesday 9 October, 5 pm,  in HUMSS 124 on Whiteknights Campus. Dr. Mary Morrissey (Reading) will be talking about ‘Religion and civic culture in early modern London: The Corporation of … Continue reading

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EMRC conference performance

 Lady Jane Lumley’s Iphigenia at Aulis (c. 1555) was performed by The Rose Company at the Minghella Theatre, and directed by Emma Rucastle, during the Reading Early Modern Studies Conference on Tuesday 9 July, 2013. The performance can be seen … Continue reading

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Conference report

Laura McCarthy, a postgraduate researcher, writes: The Early Modern Research Centre Conference was a fantastic opportunity to meet and hear from Early Modernists in an interdisciplinary and friendly environment. The attendees were a mix of experienced and new academics, which was … Continue reading

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Reading Early Modern Studies Conference

Each July, scholars from around the world meet at the Reading Early Modern Studies conference to debate current issues in the field. This year, our plenary speakers are Professor Benjamin Kaplan, from University College, London, who will speak on ‘ … Continue reading

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Bringing Old Books to Life

Research in the University of Reading’s Early Modern Research Centre looks at giving new life to old books. This photo story shows you how:   http://www.reading.ac.uk/research/ResearchReviewonline/res-picturesbookstolife.aspx    

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Books are absolutely not dead things…

Dr Rebecca Bullard asks whether the digital revolution means we no longer have a need for old books?  In an attack on the censorship of books, the poet John Milton declared that ‘Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of … Continue reading

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Early Modern Women in Italy

Early Modern Research Seminar Dr Helena Sanson (Clare College, Cambridge) will be talking about ‘Women, Language(s) and Orality in Early Modern Italy’ Wednesday 6th March, Humss 126, Whitknights Campus,  5.15 pm All most welcome!  

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Early Modern Research Centre event

The next seminar will be: ‘The Economics of Playhouse Geography’    Wednesday 20 February Dr Mark Hutchings (Reading)  5.15 pm Humss 126, Whiteknights Campus

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