CEMS: Events

Previous Events

28th February, 2013: The Society for Renaissance Studies Annual Lecture
Prof. Greg Walker
'Witnessing Early Drama: Spectating, from The Cycle Plays to Shakespeare'.
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

20th February, 2013: Bridget Heal (St Andrews)
Protestant Baroque: Art and Religion in later Lutheran Germany

26-29 August, 2009
Opening spaces: Constructions, visions and depictions of spaces and boundaries in the Baroque: An International Conference at the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuettel, organised by Karin Friedrich, with the participation of members of the Centre for Early Modern Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

15-16 June, 2009
Slavery, Ransom and Liberation in Russia and the Steppe Area, 1500-1850: Two-day Conference in cooperation with the Aberdeen Centre for Russian and East European History, Linklater rooms.

5 December, 2008 Competing for Souls: Education and Religion in East Central Europe, 1550-1750: A One-Day Symposium organised by the Centre for Early Modern Studies and the Aberdeen Centre for Russian and East European History.
3 July, 2007 Scottish Catholicism and The Visual Arts, 1560-1807: Linklater Rooms, King's College, 1.15 – 4.00 pm
A Colloquium in the Downside-Aberdeen Series
Speakers: Prof. Michael Bath (Strathclyde), Dr John Morrison (Aberdeen), Dr Mary Pryor (Aberdeen), Professor Peter Davidson (Aberdeen), Respondents: Rt Rev Aidan Bellenger, OSB (Downside Abbey), Dr Anne Dillon (Cambridge) At 4.00 pm there will be an excursion to the Blairs Museum. Both events are free, but place should be reserved through Dr N.J. Thompson (n.j.thompson@abdn.ac.uk)

1-2 May, 2007 Tercentenary Conference on the Anglo-Scottish Union 1707: European Perspectives: Organisers: Dr Micheál Ó Siochrú and Dr Andrew Mackillop – Venue: Aberdeen Townhouse (Union Street)
12-13 April, 2007 Conference: Emigrants and exiles from the Three Kingdoms in Europe, 1603-1688: The aim of this conference (and ensuing publication) will be to provide an opportunity for participants to analyse expatriate groups from the three Stuart kingdoms together as an identifiable unit (or even a community) within the continental and/or Scandinavian settings ...
20 July - 22 July, 2006 Conference: Icons and Iconoclasts: The Long Seventeenth Century, 1603 to 1714: A Conference at the Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen Plenary Speakers are Catherine Belsey, Peter ...

14 May, 2005 at 2:00 pm Seminar: 'Locating Change in the early modern environment': This event was the first meeting of the Early Modern Studies in Scotland seminar. Click here for more details on EMSIS and its activities. Click here to see the programme of 'Locating Change in the early modern environment'
11 May, 2005 at 4:30 pm Lecture: Shakespeare’s Little Boys: Theatrical Apprenticeship and the Construction of Childhood: Professor Catherine Belsey (Cardiff), ’Shakespeare’s Little Boys: Theatrical Apprenticeship and the Construction ...
26 April, 2005 at 4:30 pm Lecture: The Abnormal Body on the Eighteenth-Century English Stage’ and ’The Economics of Literary Culture in London, 1660-1740: Professor Judith Milhous (Graduate Center, CUNY), ’The Abnormal Body on the Eighteenth-Century English Stage’ and ...
22 April, 2005 at 4:30 pm Lecture: Drinks reception hosted by Centre for Early Modern Studies: James Mackay Hall. Drinks reception hosted by Centre for Early Modern Studies, 4.30 pm.
19 April, 2005 at 11:30 am Lecture: Trust and the Ends of Violence: The Modern Legacy of a Renaissance Feud: Professor Edward Muir (Northwestern University, USA), ’Trust and the Ends of Violence: The Modern Legacy of a ...
15 April - 16 April, 2005 Conference: Urban versus National Citizenship?: Urban v National Citizenship brought together an international cast of distinguished speakers from the ...
12 December - 13 December, 2003 Conference: Inside Out and Outside In: A New Look at the 17th Century Republic of Letters: A two day conference organised by The Williamite Universe, supported by a conference ...