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Events

Upcoming Events

The listing of CEMS events for the academic year 2011-12 will appear here shortly.

 

Past Events

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.
14-16 April, 2011
Cultures 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.
1-3 March, 2011
Musical, 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.
24 July, 2010
Cultures 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.
14 June, 2010
Transnational 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.
8-10 April, 2010
The Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Venice

At this year’s meeting CEMS sponsored the following panels of postgraduates and staff members

21-23 March, 2010
Thomas 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.
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