Upcoming Events
- 8-10 May 2013
- International Conference Medical Knowledge between Polymathy and Disciplinarity: Duncan Liddel (1561-1613) in Context, 8-10 May 2013, Sir Duncan Rice Library Conference Room 1, Floor 7, with Key note speaker Prof. Mordechai Feingold fom CalTech. Please consult the draft programme under http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mayfestival/
- Saturday 25th May, 2013
- The Hand in the Text: Renaissance Acts of Writing and PrinterventionsA 1 day conference examining material textuality in print and mansucript organised by Andrew Gordon in collaboration with Early Modern Studies in Scotland Seminar.
Past Events
- Wednesday 6 March 2013
- Dr Magnus Perlestam from Mittuniversitetet in Strömsund, Sweden will lead a lunchtime under the title Disobedience: obedience and insubordination in a military environment in the Reign of Charles XII of Sweden, on Wednesday 6 March 2013, at 1 pm, in Regent G17 (Video conferencing suite)
- Thursday 28th February, 2013
- Prof. Greg Walker 'Witnessing Early Drama: Spectating, from The Cycle Plays to Shakespeare'
The Society for Renaissance Studies Annual Lecture. - A free public lecture given by Greg Walker
- (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh) and hosted by the Centre for Early Modern Studies.
Venue: Meeting Room 1 (Room 706), Sir Duncan Rice Library at 5.30 pm - Wednesday 3 October 2012
- Lecture at 1 pm (discussion with pg students at 5.15 pm) Prof. Jörg Rogge (University Mainz, Germany) co-hosted with History Seminar -
Honour, Blood andManhood. Late medieval fighters writing about their Bodies
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Friday 16th March, 2012Tradition and Cultural Memory: Representations, Reflections, and the Relationship to the Past in Early Modern Europe
- A CEMS Postgraduate conference at Humanities Manse 12-5.15 pm.
- 20 May, 2011
- Liminal Communities: Living at the Margins in Early Modern Europe
- A Postgraduate Symposium featuring speakers from the disciplines of Art History, English and History. Humanities Manse 1-6 pm.
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14-16 April, 2011Cultures of correspondence in early modern Britain 1550-1640
- A Joint Conference to be held at the University of Plymouth in collaboration between by the Centre for Humanities, Music and Performing Arts (Plymouth) and the Centre for Early Modern Studies, Aberdeen. A full programme is now available via the above link.
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1-3 March, 2011Musical, Cultural and Religious Networks in Early Modern Europe
- A three day international conference organised in celebration of Peter Philips's 450th Anniversary. This conference centres on the many and varied networks of cultural practitioners in early modern Europe: musicians, writers, and other artists whose work and lives can be traced through surviving manuscripts, early prints, correspondence and other artefacts.
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24 July, 2010Cultures of Correspondence Colloquium
- A One Day Colloquium exploring the meaning and practice of letter writing in the early modern period. Organised by Andrew Gordon in coloration with the Early Modern Studies in Scotland Seminar. This event will be followed by a joint conference held at the University of Plymouth.
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14 June, 2010Transnational allegiances and Cultural Transfer: Relations between early modern Poland and France in the European Context, 1570-1770
- A workshop held by CEMS in co-operation with the Aberdeen Centre for Russian and East European History.
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8-10 April, 2010The Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Venice
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At this year’s meeting CEMS sponsored the following panels of postgraduates and staff members
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21-23 March, 2010Thomas Reid: From His Time To Ours
- The Annual Conference of the British Society for the History of Philosophy 2010 held at Aberdeen in conjunction with RIISS.