Bulletin October 2017
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Perfume and Gunpowder Podcast
On 13th September 2017 at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (Ireland Professor of Poetry) delivered the first in a series of three public lectures to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Society for Renaissance Studies. The series takes Renaissance senses as its theme. Focusing upon the sense of smell, Ní
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SRS at English Shared Futures
The Society for Renaissance Studies organised four panels at the English Shared Futures conference, which ran from 5th – 7th July 2017 in Newcastle. This conference was the first of its kind in the UK, drawing together researchers and teachers of English: it was organised by the English Association, University English and the National Association
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Christianities Before Modernity
New book series from MIP SERIES EDITORS RABIA GREGORY, University of Missouri, Columbia KATHLEEN E. KENNEDY, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine SUSANNA A. THROOP, Ursinus College CHARLENE VILLASEÑOR BLACK, UCLA ADVISORY BOARD Adnan A. Husain, Queen’s University István Perczel, Central European University Eyal Poleg, Queen Mary University of London Carl S. Watkins, Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity
New book series Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity SERIES EDITORS: KATHLEEN PERRY LONG Cornell University, USA and LUKE MORGAN Monash University, Australia
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Zibellini as Animal-Made-Objects
What are Zibellini? Zibellini are luxury fur pieces made from the pelts of animals belonging to the weasel family, most commonly sables and martens. These objects could be draped over the shoulder, carried in the hand, or worn on the girdle by a chain connected around the neck or to the mouth of the animal.
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“Plum pottage was mere popery”: the ups and downs of Christmas in the 17th century
Despite the persistent belief that Christmas was effectively invented by the Victorians and barely bothered with by anyone before the 19th century, a bit of a delve into the literature of the 17th century yields much in the way of interesting Christmas-related curiosities. Performance has a long association with Christmas, from medieval mummers plays to Henry
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Call for Articles: Early Modern Low Countries
In the spring of 2017, Early Modern Low Countries (EMLC) will publish its first issue. This new open access journal will appear in two installments every year, containing high-quality, original scholarship for an international readership on any aspect of the history and culture of the Low Countries between 1500 and 1800. The successor of
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New Book Series: Premodern Crime and Punishment
New book series from Amsterdam University Press – proposals sought Editor-In-Chief G. Geltner, University of Amsterdam Editorial Board I. Alfonso Antón , CCHS Madrid T. Dean, University of Roehampton M. Korpiola, University of Turku C. Lange, Utrecht University
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