The Early Modern Studies in Scotland Seminar
The Early Modern Studies in Scotland seminar, or EMSIS for short, was founded to provide a forum for research on the Renaissance period for staff and postgraduates based in Scotland. The series was launched at the University of Aberdeen in 2005 and seminars are now held twice a year at different universities in Scotland. EMSIS is a collaborative project involving different universities around Scotland and has links with the Scottish Institute for Northern Renaissance Studies, and the Centre for Early Modern Studies at Aberdeen. The Early Modern Studies in Scotland Seminar is supported by the Society for Renaissance Studies, an organisation dedicated to promoting study of the Renaissance period.
Upcoming Events
Saturday 25th May, 2013: The Hand in the Text: Renaissance Acts of Writing and Printerventions
Venue: University of Aberdeen
A one day conference examining material textuality in print and mansucript.
Speakers include Professor Steve May, Sebastiaan Verwiej.
Organiser: Andrew Gordon (a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk)
Previous Events
26th March 2011: The Legacy of the Will
Venue: University of Strathclyde
A one day colloquium bringing together scholars working on the will and its place within early modern culture.
The Journal of the Northern Renaissance is preparing a follow up special issue on the Legacy of the Will.
The original call for papers can be downloaded here.
Organiser: Alison Thorne (a.thorne@strath.ac.uk)
Sat 24th July 2010: Cultures of Correspondence
Venue: The Town House, University of Aberdeen
A one-day colloquium bringing together scholars working on letter writing in the early modern period.
Speakers:
To reserve a place please contact a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk
The colloquium will be followed up with a major conference at the University of Plymouth, 14-16th April 2011 organised by James Daybell and Andrew Gordon. To download the call for papers for the conference please click here.
Sat 22nd May 2010: Renaissance Sovereignty
Venue: The Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling
A one-day SINRS symposium in collaboration with the Early Modern Studies in Scotland Seminar
Speakers:
For further information please contact jd1@stir.ac.uk
Saturday 20th June 2009: Literary and Cultural Contexts
The second EMSIS Postgraduate Colloquium
Venue: University of Edinburgh.
The colloquium featured research students from across Scotland.
For the full programme and titles of paper please click here (Word).
Saturday 1st November 2008: Memory: Recollections of the Renaissance
Venue: University of Glasgow, SESLL
This colloquium brought together scholars working on the importance of Memory in the Renaissance.
Speakers:
- Kate Chedzoy (Newcastle)
- Vicky Price (Glasgow)
- Ruth Evans (Stirling)
- Andrew Hiscock (Bangor)
- Andrew Gordon (Aberdeen)
- Michael Dobson (Birkbeck)
The Colloquium was jointly organised with SINRS and GCMRS.
Saturday 16th February 2008: Structures and Strictures of the Renaissance
The First EMSIS Postgraduate Conference.
Venue: University of Aberdeen, Humanities Manse
Postgraduate students from throughout Scotland working on the early modern period are contributing papers for the first EMSIS postgraduate conference, ‘Structures and Strictures of the Renaissance’. The programme features panels on Religion, Drama, Rhetoric, Gender and Audiences.
For more details please contact r.halliday@abdn.ac.uk or a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk.
Friday 6th- Saturday 7th October 2007: ‘Romance: a Conference in honour of Victor Skretkowicz’
Venue: University of Dundee
This conference honoured the contribution of Victor Skretkowicz to the study of the Renaissance bringing together major international scholars of Romance. A special issue of the The Sidney Journal will feature the conference proceedings. Plenary Speakers included:
- Mary Ellen Lamb
- Arthur Kinney
- Sheila Cavanagh
- Julian Lethbridge
Saturday 17 February 2007: 'Law, Evidence and Fiction'
Venue: University of St Andrews
Speakers:
- Malcolm Gaskill (Cambridge)
- Garthine Walker (Cardiff)
- Lorna Hutson (St Andrews)
- Subha Mukerji (Cambridge)
- Marion Wynne-Davies (Dundee0
- Julian Luxford (St Andrews)
For full details of this seminar, download the PDF poster
Saturday 18 November 2006: 'Sovereignty and Nationhood'
Venue: Association for Studies in the Humanities (ASH), University of Edinburgh
Speakers:
- Dermot Cavanagh (Edinburgh), ‘Sovereignity, Custom and Memory in Shakespeare's Henry V’
- Willy Maley (Glasgow), Milton's History of Britain
- James Loxley (Edinburgh), on Political Theology
And a round table discussion on the work of Julian Goodare
Saturday 14th May 2005 'Locating change in the Early modern environment'
Venue: Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen
Speakers:
- Andrew Mackillop (Aberdeen)
- Charles McKean (Dundee)
- Philip Schwyzer (Exeter)
- Phil Withington (Aberdeen)
EMSIS Contacts
EMSIS has an advisory board with representatives from universities around Scotland and will meet regularly to discuss subjects for future seminars. If you have a paper you are interested in offering, or would like to suggest a possible topic please contact either your local representative, or email emsis@abdn.ac.uk.
