Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies
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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies
@sheffieldcems.bsky.social
The official BlueSky page for the Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies, based at the University of Sheffield.
Website: https://scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/. Email: scems@sheffield.ac.uk
This Friday (21st March), Sheffield will be hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on beer! Topics of discussion include the politics of brewing, how to make beer more sustainably, and the globalisation of the drink!

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March 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
SCEMS Spring 2025 events lineup 👇
February 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We're excited to welcome Prof. Nuala Zahedieh to Sheffield this evening, who will be sharing her research on 'Canoes, commons, and capitalism'. 🛶

Full details (including the link to join online) can be found via our website: scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Saraya Haddad (Shakespeare Institute) is joining us this Thursday afternoon to present her research on the ghostly world of Macbeth and the queering of time. See the attachment for full details 👻
November 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
This week @ SCEMS, Thursday 2nd May, 5:15pm: Dr Diana Matut will be delivering a lecture on 'Performing vernacular musics: Jewish women and Yiddish song, 1500-1750.' The lecture is online only. Register here: forms.gle/RdifgN9NZeKZ... 📝
April 28, 2024 at 5:41 PM
SCEMS is back after the Christmas break and so is the Early Modern Discussion Group! On 15 Feb, from 1-2pm we'll be taking a closer look at the primary sources we use in our own research. Please join us at 38 Mappin Street and bring your own source extracts. No sign up needed!
February 7, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Next week Claire Turner will be helming our final EMDG of the semester. We will be starting at the slightly earlier time of 12pm on 7 December so please feel free to bring your lunch and discuss all things plague and PhD! For those wanting to attend online, see below: 1/2
December 1, 2023 at 10:56 AM
Next week, Prof. Craig Muldrew will be giving a lecture on finance and class formation in eighteenth-century England. If you want to join us online or in person on 30 November at 5pm, use this link to register for a FREE ticket: forms.gle/zkhQWqeYpzub... 1/2
November 24, 2023 at 3:50 PM
EMDG is back! Join us for a free online talk on Thursday 23 Nov. by Camille Paccou, who will be discussing the agency of the princesses of Hainault and Flanders. Focusing on thier networks and mobilty, Paccou will argue that women had duties, rights, and capacity to govern. 1/2
November 17, 2023 at 9:23 PM