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Early Modern German Shakespeare in Action: Creation Theatre’s Romio und Julieta

An online roundtable hosted by the Society for Renaissance Studies on 4th May 2021 Participants: Maria Shmygol (University of Leeds), Harry McCarthy (University of Cambridge), Kareen Seidler (ex. Université de Genève), Lucy Askew (Creation Theatre), and Ryan Duncan (Creation Theatre) This event brought together scholars, translators, and theatre practitioners for a discussion of …

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Renaissance Studies Latest Issue (November 2021)

SRS News / By Rachel Willie

The latest issue of Renaissance Studies (Vol 35, no. 5, November 2021) is now available online via the Wiley Online Library. Articles Tania Demetriou, ‘How Gabriel Harvey read tragedy’, pages 757-787. Emily Wingfield, ‘Re-reading a quatrain by Mary Queen of Scots’, pages 788-810. Erin Griffey, ‘”The Rose and Lily Queen”: Henrietta Maria’s fair face …

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Renaissance Studies Article Prize 2021

SRS News / By Rachel Willie

The Renaissance Studies article prize 2021 goes to Clement Onn for ‘Circulating art and visual hybridity: cross-cultural exchanges between Portugal, Japan, and Spain’, Vol. 34 No. 4, pages 624-649, September 2020 (DOI: 10.1111/rest.12592). The judges noted that this was an ambitious article with the potential to influence future developments in Renaissance studies by proposing a re-centring …

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SRS/BSR Residential Doctoral Research Scholarship 2021-22

SRS News / By Rachel Willie

The Society is delighted to announce the outcome of its inaugural competition for a three-month scholarship run in conjunction with the British School at Rome. From a strong field, the decision has been made to award the scholarship to Ana Howie (Cambridge) for her project ‘Rubens, van Dyck, and Women’s Dress in Genoese Portraiture, 1604-1627’. …

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Religion and the Decline of Magic at Fifty

Article / By Rachel Willie

Sir Keith Thomas on the fiftieth anniversary of his Religion and the Decline of Magic A speech given at All Souls College on Friday 3 September 2021 by Sir Keith Thomas reflecting on the fiftieth anniversary of his ground-breaking Religion and the Decline of Magic, introduced by Alan Macfarlane. Due to a technical difficulty …

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Merchants, Monarchs and Media: Speaker Bios

Uncategorized / By Rachel Willie

Lubaaba Al-Azami is founding editor of Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs). She is a PhD candidate in English Literature at the University of Liverpool and visiting doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. Her AHRC NWCDTP funded research considers early modern English encounters with Mughal Indian imperial women, exploring English theatrical and travel literature …

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BBC AHRC New Generation Scheme

Public Engagement Toolbox / By Rachel Willie

This is a recording of a live Public Engagement Toolbox conversation, where SRS’s Dr John Gallagher spoke with Dr Hetta Howes (City, University of London) and Dr Christina Faraday (University of Cambridge) about their experiences as part of the BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinkers programme. Each year, the BBC and the AHRC team up to …

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SRS Postdoctoral Fellows 2021-2022

SRS News / By Rachel Willie

The Fellowships Committee is pleased to announce Duncan Frost and Luke Prendergast have been awarded Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2021-2022. We received 54 applications this year and, as ever, the field was exceptionally strong. Duncan Frost, ‘Songbirds and Social Distinction in the Seventeenth Century’ In the boom of consumer culture in the early modern period, objects …

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Two Recent Publications in Italian Studies

Uncategorized / By Rachel Willie

20% Discount Code for The Bishop’s Burden: CT10 Read an extract A discount available via Blackwell’s. Please note that Brexit and delays in the global supply chain will affect EU tariffs and shipping outside of the UK. A 20% discount is available until September 26 2021 via Harvard …

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Early Modern German Shakespeare in Action: Creation Theatre’s Romio und Julieta

Uncategorized / By Rachel Willie

An online roundtable hosted by the Society for Renaissance Studies Tuesday 4th May 2021, 5:00pm BST Useful links: Early Modern German Shakespeare Project Early Modern German Shakespeare Volume I: Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet (2020) available from Arden Kareen Seidler translation services Creation Theatre Booking link for Creation Theatre’s rehearsed reading of Romio und …

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Early Modern German Shakespeare in Action: Creation Theatre’s Romio und Julieta

Renaissance Studies Latest Issue (November 2021)

Renaissance Studies Article Prize 2021

SRS/BSR Residential Doctoral Research Scholarship 2021-22

Religion and the Decline of Magic at Fifty

Merchants, Monarchs and Media: Speaker Bios

BBC AHRC New Generation Scheme

SRS Postdoctoral Fellows 2021-2022

Two Recent Publications in Italian Studies

Early Modern German Shakespeare in Action: Creation Theatre’s Romio und Julieta

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