Events

The Early Modern Research Centres organises regular seminars on Wednesdays in Autumn and Spring terms, two colloquia in Summer term, and in July hosts the annual Reading Early Modern Conference.

Current events

 Early Modern Workshop to be held on 8 March 2012:  Early_Modern_Workshop_March_2012

 

EMRC 2012 Spring Seminar Series.  

Please note that the seminar scheduled for Wednesday 29 February 2012 has been changed. Professor Richard Hoyle (Reading) will give a paper on 'The politics of rural weaving communities before the Civil War'. 5.15 pm in Humss 175.

 

Colloquium: Concepts of Democracy, 1500-1800 - Friday 4 May 2012

Hosted by the Early Modern Research Centre and the Legacy of Greek Political Thought network, University of Reading.

This colloquium will consider early modern perspectives on 'democracy' and 'popularity' from across the political spectrum, as well as opening up questions about the relationship of early modern political practices to these often pejorative concepts. Some papers will focus in on the usage of the terminology and its classical associations, while others will be more concerned with questions of actual or proposed political practice, and its relationship to assumptions about democracy or popularity. We hope to interrogate overly neat alignments of republicans and radicals with 'democracy' as a concept or a practice, and take seriously the content and connotations of 'democracy' even when it is used as a negative term.

Speakers include Mark Knights, Phil Withington, Cesare Cuttica, Joanna Innes and Mark Philp.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Fee: £15 (£10 students and unwaged)

See the conference programme:  Programme Concepts of Democracy Colloquium

Download the booking form:    Booking Form Concepts of Democracy

 

Colloquium on Libraries: New Research Directions -  Friday 8 June 2012

This colloquium aims to bring together people researching the history of libraries over a wide chronological period and from diverse disciplinary perspectives. Papers and discussion will focus not only on particular cases but also on broader methodological questions about the current practice and possible future directions of library history. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.  The venue will be the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Whiteknights Campus - room Humss 175.

Fee: £15 (£10 students and unwaged)

See the programme:  Libraries Colloquium 8 June 2012

The colloquium poster can be found here:  Reading Libraries Colloquium Poster

Download the booking form:  Reading Libraries Colloquium Booking Form.  (If you would prefer to receive a Word version of the form please contact j.f.cox@reading.ac.uk)

 

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