Happy Thanksgiving from EMS at CGU! Here’s an exciting little treat to get your holiday started right: there are now 233 known first folios! http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/arts/shakespeare-folio-discovered-in-france-.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
Please see below for a unique opportunity to join in a webcast of the IMEMS Seminar Series, live from Bangor University in Wales, on the CGU Campus. As a virtual part of the seminar audience, we would join a number of colleges who have the seminar streamed to their campus. It’s a great way to… Read More Nov 25: On-Campus Live Webcast of IMEMS Seminar
Friday, November 21, 2014 Past Tense Matthew Fisher, UCLA “Medieval English Manuscripts in the Hands of Early Modern Collectors” Huntington Library Munger Building, Seaver 3 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 11:45am-1pm Lunch will be provided to those who complete the RSVP form by Friday, November 14. For more information about this seminar, please… Read More 18 Nov EMSI Newsletter
Please see below for an excellent conference! This is a wonderful professional opportunity, and my own experience last year at PCCBS was great – great scholarship to learn about, great practice presenting, and great expert suggestions for my work! Highly recommended. Please contact Dr. Ferrell or Dr. Easton if you plan to apply. DEADLINE APPROACHING!… Read More Dec 1 Call for Papers: PCCBS ANNUAL MEETING, March 6-8, 2015
“Marlowe’s Ghost in Shakespeare’s As You Like It” STEVE SOHMER Fleming Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and CMRS Associate We all know Christopher Marlowe was killed on May 30, 1593. Would you believe that in early 1600, William Shakespeare wrote As You Like It to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the death of his friend… Read More Reminder: 19 Nov: “Marlowe’s Ghost in Shakespeare’s As You Like It”
Friday-Saturday, November 14-15, 2014 Huntington Research Conference “Markets, Law, and Ethics, 1300-1832” Conveners: Simon Middleton, University of Sheffield James Shaw, University of Sheffield Huntington Library Brody Botanical Center, Ahmanson Room 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 $25; free for students To register for this event, email: researchconference@huntington.org. For more information, see the Markets Law… Read More 10 Nov EMSI Newsletter
Please see below for some excellent trial databases! Dr. Ferrell would like to encourage everyone to use these resources, spend some time trying them out, and then email the relevant librarians with recommendations to keep access to these wonderful resources full-time! Also, MAKE USE OF STATE PAPERS ONLINE! http://go.galegroup.com/mss/start.do?p=SPOL&u=claremont_main&authCount=1 This is a database available to… Read More IMPORTANT: New Library Databases
“Marlowe’s Ghost in Shakespeare’s As You Like It” STEVE SOHMER Fleming Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and CMRS Associate We all know Christopher Marlowe was killed on May 30, 1593. Would you believe that in early 1600, William Shakespeare wrote As You Like It to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the death of his friend… Read More 19 Nov: “Marlowe’s Ghost in Shakespeare’s As You Like It”
Please see below for an opportunity to learn about the California Rare Book School’s Mellon Fellowship program – taking place today and tomorrow! Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia will be holding an information session today and tomorrow in the L.A. area for the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical… Read More TIME SENSITIVE: Nov 6-7: Information on California Rare Book School Mellon Fellowship
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 USC/UCLA Seminar “The Origins of Dutch Radicalism and the Enlightenment” Speakers: Margaret Jacob, UCLA Matthew Kadane, Hobart & William Smith Colleges Wijnand Mijnhardt, University of Utrecht Jacob Soll, USC The Clark Library 2520 Cimarron Street Los Angeles, California 90018 2pm Co-sponsored by the UCLA and USC Departments of History. For more… Read More 4 Nov EMSI Newsletter
The Claremont Early Mod Squad 