Although by 1681 Edmund Hickeringill could complain ‘that every Book-sellers Stall groans under the burthen of Sermons, Sermons’ (The Horrid Sin of Man-Catching, 1681 ‘Epistle to the Reader’), many more early modern sermons were preached than printed. Consequently, the print record tells an incomplete story of preaching in early modern Britain, one that generally favours […]
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Seminar Leaders: Alejandro Nodarse and Sara Petrilli-Jones Hybrid seminar at the Society for Renaissance Studies 10th Biennial Conference, Liverpool Thursday 20th July, 2023, 14.00-16.00 Please note that signing up for a seminar does not guarantee participation in it. For further details about seminars, please see the Guidelines for Seminars. Sign up Translation must continuously adapt
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Seminar Leaders: Kate Chedgzoy and Kit Heyam In-person seminar at the Society for Renaissance Studies 10th Biennial Conference, Liverpool Thursday 20th July, 2023, 14.00-16.00 Please note that signing up for a seminar does not guarantee participation in it. For further details about seminars, please see the Guidelines for Seminars. Sign up What questions are
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Shakespeare and Adaptation provides in-depth discussions of a dynamic field and showcases the ways in which, with each act of adaptation, a new Shakespeare is generated. The series addresses the phenomenon of Shakespeare and adaptation in all of its guises and explores how Shakespeare continues as a reference-point in a generically diverse body of representations
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Call for expressions of interest The Society for Renaissance Studies seeks expressions of interest in relation to hosting the Society’s biennial conference in 2025 or 2027. The conference has a strong reputation for collegiality, innovation and support of ECRs, and draws a large number of delegates from the UK, Ireland, the rest of Europe
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The Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons (GEMMS) project is seeking two PhD students, one in the northeastern US and the other in the UK, in a related field of study (including but not limited to early modern English literature, social, political, and religious history, theology, and book history) to assist with data collection. The
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The Renaissance Studies article prize 2022 goes to Erin Griffey for ‘”The Rose and Lily Queen”: Henrietta Maria’s fair face and the power of beauty at the Stuart court’, Vol. 35 No. 5, pages 811-836, November 2021. (DOI: 10.1111/rest.12724). The judges noted this was a beautifully-written and original piece in which a truly interdisciplinary range of sources
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The SRS is delighted to announce the Biennial Book Prize 2022 goes to Suzanna Ivanič for Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern Prague (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021). In an exceptionally strong field, Sarah Bendall and John Christopoulos were highly commended for their Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body, and Women in Early Modern England
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Sarah A. Bendall, Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England (London: Bloomsbury, 2021) John Christopoulos, Abortion in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2021) Suzanna Ivanič, Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern Prague (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021) Save 30% when purchased
The Society for Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 2022 Book Prize: Sarah A. Bendall, Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England (London: Bloomsbury, 2021) John Christopoulos, Abortion in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2021) Suzanna Ivanič, Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern
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