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UCL Early Modern Exchanges
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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/
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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
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New IAS Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Join the IAS Postdoctoral Fellows, Rana Banna & Mary Newman, for the first session of the reading group, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters of s...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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📆 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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November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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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...
New IAS Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Join the IAS Postdoctoral Fellows, Rana Banna & Mary Newman, for the first session of the reading group, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters of s...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social
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...
New IAS Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Join the IAS Postdoctoral Fellows, Rana Banna & Mary Newman, for the first session of the reading group, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters of s...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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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.
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Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 11
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
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social
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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Displaying Sara Baartman, the 'Hottentot Venus'
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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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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Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History
A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic, featuring Bethan Fisk, Chloe L. Ireton, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez. Respondent, Jorg...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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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.
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.
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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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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Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History
A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic, featuring Bethan Fisk, Chloe L. Ireton, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez. Respondent, Jorg...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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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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Emotions, Sound & Personhood in Early Modern England
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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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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Gendered Time & Medicine in Early Modern Germany
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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chloeireton.bsky.social Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · Sep 22
Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Poster image for "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic. Image of book covers and authors. More information on authors and books at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2025/oct/space-mobility-and-subjecthood-early-modern-history
September 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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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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Chardin and the Oeconomie of Painting
For this Research Seminar, we welcome Dr Sarah Grandin (The Courtauld Institute of Art) for a talk on ‘Chardin and the Oeconomie of Painting’.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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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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Masculinity & Madness in Western India 1871-1940
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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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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Two drawings of skeletons from the early modern period, with bones and muscles numbered
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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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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Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History
A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic, featuring Bethan Fisk, Chloe L. Ireton, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez. Respondent, Jorg...
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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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/...
July 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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🎭 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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July 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 10
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
July 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social
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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Historical Health & The Body Reading Group
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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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...
Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group - Session 9
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
July 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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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
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern Professor Alexander Samson Before the shattering of organic and providential temporalities by universal clock time, a period dubbed the ‘early modern’ foreshado...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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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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Historical Health & The Body Reading Group
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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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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Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM