Commonplace Cambridge
@commonplacecam.bsky.social
The reading group and collaborative thinking space for early modern graduate students at the University of Cambridge
Common-places between Shirley's Interregnum masques and 'Summer's Last Will and Testament included thinking about site-specific drama and wondering what to do with medieval allegorical traditions
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Common-places between Shirley's Interregnum masques and 'Summer's Last Will and Testament included thinking about site-specific drama and wondering what to do with medieval allegorical traditions
Next to be added to our Commonplace reading list: Nashe's 'Summer's Last Will and Testament' (fitting, given the sleet forecast next week). 5pm, Thurs 27th Nov in GR03 - all welcome!
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Next to be added to our Commonplace reading list: Nashe's 'Summer's Last Will and Testament' (fitting, given the sleet forecast next week). 5pm, Thurs 27th Nov in GR03 - all welcome!
Lovely to see everyone again this evening for a discussion of the masques 'Cupid his Coronation' and 'Cupid and Death'♥️💀 (ft some very fitting background music from the medieval seminar next door)
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Lovely to see everyone again this evening for a discussion of the masques 'Cupid his Coronation' and 'Cupid and Death'♥️💀 (ft some very fitting background music from the medieval seminar next door)
Common-place for Anne Southwell and Urquhart’s translation of Rabelais: lists, indexes, and episodic means of cinching together fragments of knowledge (real or imagined)
We're dipping into Urquhart's translation of Rabelais' Pantagruel this week, including his catalogue of fictional books. Still wondering if The Prickle of Wine and The Spur of Cheese would make good reading for a Commonplace wine and cheese night (see you on Thurs 5pm in GR03)
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Common-place for Anne Southwell and Urquhart’s translation of Rabelais: lists, indexes, and episodic means of cinching together fragments of knowledge (real or imagined)
We're dipping into Urquhart's translation of Rabelais' Pantagruel this week, including his catalogue of fictional books. Still wondering if The Prickle of Wine and The Spur of Cheese would make good reading for a Commonplace wine and cheese night (see you on Thurs 5pm in GR03)
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We're dipping into Urquhart's translation of Rabelais' Pantagruel this week, including his catalogue of fictional books. Still wondering if The Prickle of Wine and The Spur of Cheese would make good reading for a Commonplace wine and cheese night (see you on Thurs 5pm in GR03)
Our first session will be on Thurs 16th October in room GR03 (Faculty of English). We’re kicking off with Anne Southwell’s commonplace book: please do spread the word and come along!
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Our first session will be on Thurs 16th October in room GR03 (Faculty of English). We’re kicking off with Anne Southwell’s commonplace book: please do spread the word and come along!
We are excited to announce the launch of Commonplace Cambridge, a reading group and research space for early modern graduate students at the University of Cambridge, based primarily in the English Faculty!
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We are excited to announce the launch of Commonplace Cambridge, a reading group and research space for early modern graduate students at the University of Cambridge, based primarily in the English Faculty!