Lecture and Seminar Programme
Lectures are weekly, on Mondays 5-6pm, venue TBC. Seminars are weekly, at various times and places that will be confirmed early in term 1.
TBC = To be completed early in September 2026.
| Week | Lecture |
Lecturer |
Seminar |
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| 1.1 | Introduction |
Journal abstracts | |
| AGE OF REFORMATION, c. 1500-1650 | |||
| 1.2 | The Origins of Reformation |
Primary sources: images | |
| 1.3 | The Impact of Reformation |
Penny Roberts | Introductions |
| 1.4 | Popular Culture and Witchcraft |
Primary sources: witchcraft trialsLink opens in a new window |
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| 1.5 | Catholic Christianity in Global Context |
Anne Gerritsen | |
| reading week | |||
| AGE OF EXPANSION, c. 1450-1600 |
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| 1.7 | The Atlantic World |
TBC | Primary sources: maps TBC |
| 1.8 | The Mediterranean World ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE |
Aysu Dincer | Primary sources: travel narratives |
| 1.9 | The Indian Ocean World |
Guido van Meersbergen | |
| 1.10 | The Global Renaissance |
James Poskett | Revision quiz TBC |
| winter break | |||
| AGE OF CRISIS?, c. 1600-1700 |
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| 2.1 | States and Absolutism |
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| 2.2 | Popular Politics and Protest |
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| 2.3 | Violence |
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| 2.4 | Rival Empires |
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| 2.5 | Environmental Crises |
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| reading week | |||
| AGE OF REASON, c. 1660-1780 | |||
| 2.7 | The Enlightenment |
Primary sources: dialogues TBC |
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| 2.8 | Work ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE |
TBC |
Primary sources: TBC |
| 2.9 | Race and Slavery |
Primary sources: databases TBC |
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| 2.10 | Gender and Sexuality |
Historical fiction TBC Hamnet film screening |
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| spring break | |||
| EARLY MODERNITY NOW | |||
| 3.1 | Public Early-Modern History |
Panel lecture |
Podcasts TBC |
| 3.2 | The Research Project in Theory |
Michael Bycroft |
Assignment 3: examples TBC |
| 3.3 | The Research Project in Practice |
Panel lecture |
Assignment 3: workshop TBC |
| 3.4 | no lecture or seminar | ||
| 3.5 | ASSIGNMENT 3 DUE | ||