Rachel Willie

Maritime Humanities, 1400–1800: Cultures of the Sea

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Call for Proposals: Interdisciplinary in its approach, Maritime Humanities, 1400–1800: Cultures of the Sea welcomes books from across the full range of humanities subjects, and invites submissions that conceptually engage with issues of globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism, and the histories of science and technology. Series Editors Claire Jowitt, University of East Anglia, UK John McAleer, […]

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SRS@50

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#SRSat50 We are pleased to announce three events to celebrate fifty years of the Society for Renaissance Studies. These are all based on the theme of the ‘Renaissance of the Senses’. There will be two public lectures on John Donne and the sense of smell in Dublin (13 September) and on Silent Shakespeare in York

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Christianities Before Modernity

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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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“Plum pottage was mere popery”: the ups and downs of Christmas in the 17th century

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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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