Category Archives: Conferences
Changing Conceptions of the Enlightenment, 1900 to present
Thursday, September 8, 2021 - 10:30am to 6:00pm Ertegun House, 37A St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LD Over the last century ‘the Enlightenment’ has become recognized as a distinct period in intellectual history. Its nature, extent, purpose, and value have … Continue reading
Registration Extended: ‘Lines of Connection: An International Conference on Eighteenth-Century Poetry’
Registration extended for Lines of Connection, a conference that aims to explore connections between poetic cultures in France, England and across Europe in the eighteenth century! The conference will take place on 7-8 July 2016 at Ertegun House (37A St … Continue reading
Lines of Connection: An International Conference on Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Two weeks left to register for Lines of Connection, a conference that aims to explore connections between poetic cultures in France, England and across Europe in the eighteenth century! The conference will take place on 7-8 July 2016 at Ertegun … Continue reading
Conference: Speaking in Absence: Letters in the Digital Age
We are delighted to announce that registration for our conference is open! The conference is a one-day, interdisciplinary, student-led conversation on how we engage with handwritten letters in the digital age. We aim to explore the potential for collaboration between … Continue reading
Eighteenth-Century German Literature and the Italian Renaissance. Poetry, Philosophy, Religion.
This two-day conference is devoted to the reception of the Italian Renaissance in eighteenth-century German Literature. Participants include Oxford scholars as well as external speakers from Italy, Germany and the US, both senior and junior. Topics to be dealt with include … Continue reading
Lines of Connection: An International Conference on Eighteenth-Century Poetry
We’re very pleased to announce that registration is now open for Lines of Connection, a conference that aims to explore connections between poetic cultures in France, England and across Europe in the eighteenth century. The conference will take place on 7-8 … Continue reading
Capability Brown Royal Gardener - the man and his business: Past, Present and Future.
A garden history and heritage conference to mark Capability Brown’s 300th anniversary. 6-8 June 2016 Venue: Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, UK The conference which will explore the life and business of Lancelot ‘Capability Brown’. It will be held at Hampton … Continue reading
Conference: Celts, Romans, Britons: Classical and Celtic Influence in Britain, 55 BC - 2016 AD.
Radcliffe Humanities Building, Oxford, 2nd July 2016. This interdisciplinary conference will investigate the profound influence of Celtic and Classical heritage on the development of British historical identity. A series of chronologically arranged panels will attempt to trace the respective importance … Continue reading
Reading and rewriting ancient texts in the long eighteenth century: A one-day colloquium
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Saturday 14 May 2021 Organizers: Stuart Gillespie & Stephen Harrison Programme 10:30-11:00 Coffee/Registration 11.00-1:00 Helen Slaney (Oxford): Ancient Geographies Translated as Narratives of Travel Micha Lazarus (Cambridge): Sublimity by Fiat: New Light on the English … Continue reading