Imagine a society where every single adult was trained in – and practised – composing short original texts, every single day. At the turn of the seventeenth century, changes in writing private prayers underlay major developments in drama. Required to pray independently, convinced their private prayers had an impact on the course of events, the […]
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The 2016 SRS book prize was awarded to Kate van Orden for her Materialities: Books, Readers and the Chanson in Sixteenth Century Europe (OUP, 2015). One further book was highly commended, Helmer Helmers, The Royalist Republic: Literature, Politics and Religion in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere (CUP, 2015). As ever, the judges were impressed by the high standard of the books entered for
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New Book Series from ARC Humanities Press and MIP SERIES EDITORS: CHRISTINA LEE Princeton University JULIA SCHLECK University of Nebraska, Lincoln ADVISORY BOARD: SERGE GRUZINSKI National Scientific Research Center, Paris MICHAEL LAFFAN Princeton University RICARDO PADRÓN University of Virginia ELIZABETH RODINI Johns Hopkins University KAYA ŞAHIN Indiana University, Bloomington
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Call for proposals for a new book series published by Medieval Institute Publications The series welcomes the submission of both monographs and essay collections that view cultures in Europe and the Americas between 1100 and 1700 through the lens of play. SERIES EDITORS BRET ROTHSTEIN (Chair) Indiana University ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI University of Verona CHRISTINA NORMORE
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Blogpost by the British School in Rome: BSR in Glasgow – 2016 SRS Bienniel Conference SRS in Glasgow: taken from the Bulletin, April 2017 It was a great privilege to be invited to organize the Society for Renaissance Studies’ seventh Biennial Conference at the University of Glasgow. Planning for the event, which was held over
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Call for proposals, for a new series from Medieval Institute Publications:
Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Gender, Performance, and Material Culture Read More »
Call for proposals, for a new series from Medieval Institute Publications:
History and Cultures of Food, 14th–18th Centuries Read More »
Call for proposals, for a new series from Amsterdam University Press Series Editors: James Daybell (Chair), Plymouth University; Victoria Burke, University of Ottawa; Svante Norrhem, Lund University; Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee This series provides a forum for studies that investigate the themes of women and gender in the late medieval and early
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The Before Shakespeare website is now live and we would be pleased to hear of any proposals for 500-1000 word blog posts on the early years of the playhouses (up to around 1595). Inquiries or proposals can be sent to andy.kesson@roehampton.ac.uk.
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