Programme for Theoretical Workshop
Culture, Space and Power:
Studying the Built Environment in Renaissance England, c.1450-1700
An interdisciplinary methodological workshop sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to be held at the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance
University of Warwick
Friday 24 March 2006
Lecture Room 1, Scarman House
University of Warwick
Programme (lunch and drinks provided)
10.00am Coffee will be served in the Lounge, Scarman House
10.45am Welcome & Introduction
11.00am-12.30pm: The Views from Literature and from Social History
Professor Andrew McRae (English, Exeter) & Dr John Broad (History, London Met)
12.30-2pm Lunch
2.00-3.30pm: The Views from Architectural History and Historical Archaeology
Mr Nicholas Cooper (RCHM) & Dr Kate Giles (Archaeology, York)
3.30-4pm Tea
4pm-5.30pm: The View(s) from Art History
Dr Helen Hills (Art History, York) & Professor Maurice Howard (Art History, Sussex)
5.30pm Plenary Discussion and Drinks
This one-day interdisciplinary workshop is part of a programme which aims to explore the relationships between specific forms of social and cultural practice and particular types of built environment in early modern England.
For more information on the programme, contact Dr Catherine Armstrong
( C.M.Armstrong@warwick.ac.uk) or please visit
