The USC-Huntington EMSI Early Modern British History Seminar will be meeting this Saturday, March 26, at 10:00 am (donuts and coffee at 9:30). The seminar will take place at The Huntington Library’s Munger Research Center in Seaver Classrooms 1&2. Saturday’s speaker is Norman Jones, who is the Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow at the Huntington… Read More Mar 26: Norman Jones at The Huntington
Please see the flyer below for information on the CGU Writing Center’s summer course in Latin for reading knowledge! This course can help you prepare for your language exam.
Remember to save the date for the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies on April 1-3, at the Huntington Library! This conference is an excellent opportunity to hear about new scholarship in the field, and meet fascinating scholars, and it’s all happening right here in Pasadena this year! As an added bonus, graduate students will… Read More Save the Date: April 1-3, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies
Meet Professor Seth Lobis (Department of Literature, Claremont McKenna College) on Tuesday, 1 March 2016! 1PM-1.45 PM: Professor Lobis will discuss Book 6 of Paradise Lost with ENG 366, “The Milton Seminar,” in the IAC Library. Interested members of the Humanities, ENG, or EMS community are welcome to cram into the IAC Library to hear… Read More Mar 1: Professor Seth Lobis at CGU – Milton discussion and reception
All Claremont Colleges students and faculty are warmly invited to this exciting Shakespearean movement, dance and rhetoric hands-on workshop on Thursday! CGU early modern studies students are particularly encouraged to attend. What: Los Angeles’s Professional Repertory Shakespeare Company Theatricum Botanicum will conduct a workshop on Shakespearean movement, dance, and rhetoric. Where: Founders Room, Honnold/Mudd Library… Read More 18 Feb: Theatricum Botanicum at the Claremont Colleges!
See the exciting news from the Newberry Library below! We are thrilled to announce that our new site is now live: French Renaissance Paleography A Newberry Library Project https://paleography.library.utoronto.ca/ A self-help tool that provides integrated access to an archive of historically significant, visually captivating manuscripts held in the collection of the Newberry Library and other… Read More French Renaissance Paleography at the Newberry Library
Please see the below opportunity to learn paleography at the Huntington this summer. This is an excellent opportunity to experience high-level paleography instruction and also get to know the Huntington! Successful applicants are also granted a summer stipend. If you are interested in applying please contact Dr. Ferrell. Highly recommended! MELLON SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ENGLISH… Read More Special Opportunity: Mellon Summer Institute in English Paleography
Please see below for more information on the upcoming Huntington Library Conference on “Truth and Error in Early Modern Science: Thomas Browne and his World,” Jan 22-23: http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/calendardetail.aspx?id=20991 Thomas Browne and His World
Remember that if your project can be considered “Renaissance,” even loosely, you have a great chance of winning one of these, since CGU is a member of the consortium! If you are interested in applying please contact Dr. Ferrell. Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium Fellowships The Newberry Library is now accepting fellowship applications… Read More Newberry Renaissance Studies Fellowships
Please note especially Molly Murray’s Huntington talk this Saturday, Nov 14, titled “Committed Linnets: Prisons and Pleasure in Early Modern England.” Saturday, November 14, 2015 Renaissance Literature Molly Murray, Columbia University “Committed Linnets: Prisons and Pleasure in Early Modern England” Huntington Library Seaver 1-2 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 10am-12noon For more information about… Read More 11 Nov: EMSI Newsletter
22nd Annual ACMRS Conference – Call for Papers Interdisciplinary Conference in Medieval and Renaissance Studies February 4-6, 2016 Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ ACMRS invites session and paper proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference to be held February 4-6, 2016 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Scottsdale. We welcome papers that explore any topic related… Read More Feb 4-6: 22nd Annual CMRS Conference
Please check out UCLA’s upcoming CMRS events! http://cmrs.ucla.edu/events/
If you are interested in applying to any of these programs, please contact Dr. Ferrell. Some funding may be available to cover travel costs! Winter/Spring 2016 Programs for Graduate Students at the Newberry Application deadline for all winter/spring programs: December 1 Research Methods Workshop for Early-Career Graduate Students Poetry as Theology: New Theoretical Approaches to… Read More Newberry Library Winter/Spring Programs
Saturday, October 31, 2015 Early Modern British History Felicity Heal, University of Oxford “The only Anglican in Essex? Richard Stonley-embezzlement and belief in Elizabethan England” Huntington Library Seaver 1-2 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 10am-12noon For more information about this event, please contact Lindsay O’Neill (ljoneill@usc.edu) and Vanessa Wilkie (vwilkie@huntington.org).
Saturday, October 31, 2015 Early Modern British History Felicity Heal, University of Oxford “The only Anglican in Essex? Richard Stonley-embezzlement and belief in Elizabethan England” Huntington Library Seaver 1-2 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 10am-12noon For more information about this event, please contact Lindsay O’Neill (ljoneill@usc.edu) and Vanessa Wilkie (vwilkie@huntington.org).
The Claremont Early Mod Squad 