EMSI Newsletter Feb 24

Friday, February 27, 2015 Long 18th Century Paula Backscheider, Auburn University “Crisis Texts: Wartime Women on Stage” Huntington Library Munger Research Center, Seaver 3 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 10am-12noon Coffee will be available at 9:30am For more information about this seminar, please contact Emily Anderson (ehanders@usc.edu) and Felicity Nussbaum (nussbaum@humnet.ucla.edu). Saturday, February… Read More EMSI Newsletter Feb 24

2015 Auditions, Internships, and Classes at Theatricum Botanicum

Please see below for some fascinating opportunities regarding Shakespeare, for actors and also for acting courses and internships.  (Various attachments below.) Please find attached information to forward or post on your Student Call Board regarding our upcoming equity and non-equity Auditions, Professional Internships and Summer Intensive Shakespeare Seminar for acting, directing, design, and art management… Read More 2015 Auditions, Internships, and Classes at Theatricum Botanicum

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Course in English Paleography

Dr. Ferrell asks that you pay special attention to this one – please read through the announcement below.  Paleography is an important required skill for all EMS students to master, and a Folger course would be excellent!  Please contact Dr. Ferrell if you would like to apply. Introduction to English Paleography A Late-Spring Intensive Skills… Read More IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Course in English Paleography

Mellon Fellowships in Post-Classical Latin

Mellon Fellowships in Post-Classical Latin The UCLA Department of Classics is delighted to announce the award of a $700,000 grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Division of the Humanities to support the preparation and training of young scholars in post-classical Latin for graduate programs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The program has… Read More Mellon Fellowships in Post-Classical Latin

June 2015: Advanced Digital Humanities Institute at the Folger Institute

*CGU EMS students will receive some special consideration in the application process as we are part of the Newberry Consortium!  Travel funding may also be available from the Newberry Consortium.  Please contact Dr. Ferrell if you wish to apply.  Advanced Digital Humanities Institute at the Folger Institute this June Please forward this to your colleagues… Read More June 2015: Advanced Digital Humanities Institute at the Folger Institute

Classical Greek and Roman Drama Readings at Scripps

CLASSICAL GREEK AND ROMAN DRAMA Thursday Readings Participatory reading/ open book Thursday afternoons at 4:15 (continuing until done, probably ca. 6:00) Scripps College Humanities 204 Refreshments will be served. SCHEDULE: Thursday February 5: Aristophanes, Lysistrata February 19: Sophocles, Ajax February 26: Plautus, The Braggart Soldier (Miles Gloriosus) March 5 ?: Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound March 26:… Read More Classical Greek and Roman Drama Readings at Scripps

4 Feb: Workshop on digital tools for exploring medieval charters

Workshop on digital tools for exploring medieval charters Wednesday, February 4 3:00 – 4:50 p.m. Rolfe 2118, UCLA ChartEx: Tools for the Analysis of Medieval Charters. ChartEx, or “Charter Excavator,” is a collaborative digital humanities project developed as part of the second round of the Digging into Data Challenge.  The core tools, still in development,… Read More 4 Feb: Workshop on digital tools for exploring medieval charters

7 Feb: “The Merry Wives of D’Ewes: Sex and Two Single Puritan Girls”

Early Modern British History with Sears McGee Sears McGee, University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “The Merry Wives of D’Ewes: Sex and Two Single Puritan Girls.” Saturday, February 7, 2015 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Huntington Library, Seaver 3 Sears McGee teaches history at UC-Santa Barbara. His recent publications include two articles on Francis… Read More 7 Feb: “The Merry Wives of D’Ewes: Sex and Two Single Puritan Girls”