Early Modern Research Centre

EMRC online seminar: Douglas Clark (Reading), ‘The Forgotten Manuscript Poetry of Early Modern England’.
2025-03-03 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Please join us on 3 March 2025 at 13:00 (UK time) when Douglas Clark (Reading) will give a paper entitled ‘The Forgotten Manuscript Poetry of Early Modern England’.
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.

EMRC online seminar: Lewis Wade (Leiden), ‘Crisis and Conflict in the Consulates: Rethinking the Institutional Foundations of French Mediterranean Commerce under Louis XIV’.
2025-03-17 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us on 17 March 2025 at 13:00 (UK time) when Lewis Wade (Leiden) will give a paper entitled ‘Crisis and Conflict in the Consulates: Rethinking the Institutional Foundations of French Mediterranean Commerce under Louis XIV’.
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.

EMRC online seminar: Tabitha Stanmore (Exeter), ‘The Fenland Witch Trials, 1645-47’.
2025-04-28 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us on 28 April 2025 at 13:00 (UK time) when Tabitha Stanmore (Exeter) will give a paper entitled ‘The Fenland Witch Trials, 1645-47’.
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.

EMRC online seminar: Jane Eade (National Trust), ‘Mrs Carlile the great paintress’: Rediscovering Joan Carlile (c.1606-79).
2025-05-12 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us on 12 May 2025 at 13:00 (UK time) when Jane Eade (National Trust) will give a paper entitled ‘Mrs Carlile the great paintress’: Rediscovering Joan Carlile (c.1606-79).
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.

EMRC online book launch: Fernando Gomez Herrero (Salamanca), 'Do you take “colonial” with your Early Modern?' The (Latin) American Scene, Present and Future (Im-)Perfect.
2025-05-19 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us on 19 May at 13:00 (UK time) to celebrate the publication of Dr Fernando Gomez Herrerro’s new book, The (Latin) American Scene, Present and Future (Im-)Perfect (Anthem Press, 2025) – for further information about the book, see this interview on the Anthem Press website.
If the Early Modern is typically restricted to Europe and its imperial expansion and the “colonial” is part of the latter, The (Latin) American Scene proposes a focus on the American side, prioritizing the “colonial” including its post/de-colonial provocations. This presentation on the book, ‘Do you take “colonial” with your Early Modern?’, will illustrate some challenges, problems, troubles and dilemmas apropos historical studies of the Early Modern/colonial Euro-Americas in university life in between geopolitics and popular cultures, including in the UK.
Dr Fernando Gomez Herrero is currently Visiting Research Scholar at the Instituto de Iberoamérica, University of Salamanca, Spain. He has taught mostly in the U.S. (Duke University, Stanford U, Pittsburgh U, Oberlin College, UMass, Boston, Boston College) and the U.K. (University of Birmingham, University of Manchester) in the last three decades. He is the author of Good Places and Non-Places in Colonial Mexico: Vasco de Quiroga (1470-1565) (University Press of America, 2001).
Anthem Press will make discount flyers available to attendees.
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.
This event is hosted in collaboration with the Reading Latin America and the Caribbean Network (R-LAC) and the Seminar on Race, Empire and Decoloniality.

EMRC online seminar: Berta Cano Echevarria (Universidad de Valladolid), ‘The Tapestry behind the Ambassadors: A Closer Look at the Somerset House Conference Painting’.
2025-10-13 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us on 13 October 2025 at 13:00 (UK time) when Berta Cano Echevarria (Universidad de Valladolid), will speak on ‘The Tapestry behind the Ambassadors: A Closer Look at the Somerset House Conference Painting’.
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.

EMRC online seminar: Graham Moore (The National Archives), ‘The Revolution Will Be Documented: Curating the American Revolution Exhibition at The National Archives’.
2025-11-10 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us on 10 November 2025 at 13:00 (UK time) when Graham Moore (The National Archives) will speak on ‘The Revolution Will Be Documented: Curating the American Revolution Exhibition at The National Archives’.
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.

EMRC online seminar: Giovanni Tortoriello (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), ‘Scala Christus est: Reassessing the Historical Context of Martin Luther 's Theology of the Cross’.
2025-11-24 16:00 - 17:00
Please join us on 24 November 2025 at 16:00 (UK time) when Giovanni Tortoriello (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) will speak on ‘Scala Christus est: Reassessing the Historical Context of Martin Luther ‘s Theology of the Cross’
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.

EMRC online PhD showcase
2025-12-15 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us on 15 December 2024 at 13:00 (UK time) for our annual PhD showcase. PhD students at any institution working on any aspect of the early modern world may give a short introduction to their project. Please sign up to speak or attend using the form below.
We meet online on MS Teams: please sign up to our mailing list or email emrc@reading.ac.uk for the link.
