The early modern reading group meets twice per term in weeks 3 and 8 to discuss set readings on early modern studies. The reading group is primarily aimed at postgraduate students (though all staff, visiting academics and postdocotral fellows are warmly invited to participate) to provide an opportunity to meet, discuss research interests and foster an intellectual comminty of early modernists. If you would like to suggest any topics for discussion, related or unrelated to your dissertation or thesis research, the please e-mail your ideas to John (John.Morgan@warwick.ac.uk). We welcome all early modern related themes and ideas. You may also wish to present a paper or lead the discussion. The reading group is a particularly good place to test upcoming conference papers or chapter drafts, in a friendly, supportive and constructive environment.

Previous Sessions:

• 'Space and place in early modern studies': Tuesday 21 January 2014, 12.00pm-1.30pm, H2.42
  • Readings:
    • David Rollison, ‘Exploding England : the dialectics of mobility and settlement in early modern England’, Social History 24, 1 (1999) pp. 1-16.
    • Nicola Whyte, ‘Landscape, memory and custom : parish identities c. 1550-1700’, Social History 32, 2 (2007), pp. 166-86.
• 'The Military Revolution': Tuesday 5 March 2013
• 'Periodicals and Public Opinion': Tuesday 29 January 2013
• 'Corruption in the Early Modern World': Tuesday 15 January 2013

Contact:

If you have any questions or trouble with reading material please contact:

• John Morgan: John.Morgan@warwick.ac.uk

Nicholas Blunt, the 'Upright Man', and Nicholas Genynges, the 'Counterfeit Crank', from Thomas Harman, A Caveat for Common Cursetors Vulgarly Called Vagabonds (1567)