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The Centre is dedicated to the study of the diverse cultural, economic and social exchanges between early modern states in the Old World and beyond in the period 1450-1800. www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern/
New IAS Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
26 Nov 2:30-4pm
Join IAS Postdoctoral Fellows, Rana Banna & Mary Newman, for the second session of their reading group, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters.
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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 12
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
25 Nov 2pm-3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social
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Historical Health & The Body Primary Sources Show-and-Tell
20 November 2025, 1pm-2pm
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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New Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
12 Nov 2:30pm
Join IAS Fellows Rana Banna & Mary Newman for the first session, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting & smelling
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
📆 Coming up on 18 Nov: UCL Lunch Hour Lecture, The Witch in the Bible and Beyond
Hear from Dr Alinda Damsma on her research about the impact of the Bible on the early modern witch-hunts. These lectures are free, open to all and online.
Book now: buff.ly/LupLYZS
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Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies: Language, Sense & Proof
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
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Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies: Language, Sense & Proof
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 11
11 Nov 2-3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Displaying Sara Baartman, the 'Hottentot Venus'
6 November 2025, 1pm-2pm
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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⚠️Last chance to register!
Space, Mobility & Subjecthood in Early Modern History
29 Oct 5:30pm UCL & online
With authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic, feat. Bethan Fisk, Chloe L. Ireton, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure & Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez
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Schedule for Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group with image of the bearded St. Wilgefortis surrounded by the pride flag. Dates and times for meetings: 11th November 2:00-3:30pm, 25th November 2:00-3:30pm, 9th December 2:00-3:30pm. Email caitlin.kane.18@ucl.ac.uk to sign up.
Join us for this term's Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group @ucl-ias.bsky.social ! Newcomers very welcome, just email me to sign up!
For more info: tinyurl.com/y7kue3ek.
HYBRID: Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History
29 Oct 5:30–7:30 pm
A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic: Bethan Fisk, @chloeireton.bsky.social, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez.
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Emotions, Sound & Personhood in Early Modern England
9 October 2025, 1pm-2pm
Join @wellcomecollection.bsky.social for the Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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Gendered Time & Medicine in Early Modern Germany
23 October 2025, 1pm-2pm
Join @wellcomecollection.bsky.social for the Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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@uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social @ucl-ias.bsky.social
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Chardin and the Oeconomie of Painting
9 Oct 5:30-7:30pm
In early modern France, “oeconomie” referred to the art of managing material resources, particularly within a household. @uclhistoryofart.bsky.social welcome Dr Sarah Grandin (Courtauld Institute) for this seminar
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Masculinity & Madness in Western India 1871-1940
25 September 2025, 1pm-2pm
Join us at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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Two drawings of skeletons from the early modern period, with bones and muscles numbered
Charms & Experiments in English Medieval Medical Manuscripts
11 September 1-2pm at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
Join this Historical Health & The Body Reading Group session for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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Space, Mobility & Subjecthood in Early Modern History
29 Oct 5:30pm at UCL
This roundtable will be of interest to scholars working on the histories of imperial formations, subaltern lives, and intellectual histories from the margins of empires in the early modern period
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In our latest blog, @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social MFA student Noemi Stysiak reflects on our inspiring recent Celebration of Humanities Education, featuring research from @abbis.bsky.social, @samsonaws.bsky.social & many more from across @artshumsucl.bsky.social!
🔗: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/che/2025/07/...
🎭 From lost comedias to lucid dreams, each year students from around the world reimagine Spanish Golden Age Theatre for the Our New Gold Festival.
Watch '24-'25's prize winners and read @samsonaws.bsky.social's (@uclselcs.bsky.social) reflections on the Festival in our latest blog:
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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 10
29 July 2–3:30pm with @ctlnkane.bsky.social
The Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Historical Health & The Body Reading Group
17 July 1-2pm @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
The article for this week's session is Heather Taylor's (2025) 'An experiment pervyd for a thynge y lost': 'Non-medical' Charms and experimenta in Medieval Medical Manuscripts.
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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 9
15 July 2025, 2pm-3:30pm
This is an informal discussion group exploring queer and trans themes in medieval and early modern texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
For anyone interested who couldn’t make it to my inaugural ‘Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern’ here’s a recording: mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/124439
08.07.2025 08:17 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
Historical Health & The Body Reading Group
Join at the Wellcome Collection for the Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
3 July 2025, 1pm-2pm
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📢 REGISTRATION OPEN!
Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
9–10 Sep UCL @livesandletters.bsky.social
This symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives & methodologies.
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”Launch forth, my soul”: Medieval and Early Modern Religion and Seafaring
18 June 2025, 5:00 pm–7:30 pm
Showcases the work of Ukrainian academic, Dr Andrii Pastushenko. With co-speakers, Dr David Harrap (QMUL) and Dr Richard Blakemore (University of Reading).
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Professor Alexander Samson delivering his fascinating inaugural lecture on 28 May: 'Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern'. @samsonaws.bsky.social @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social #MarianEngland #UniversalClockTime #EarlyModern
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