Eighteenth Century Seminar - 31st of October

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce, after a successful start last week, the second seminar of the series - to take place on Wednesday the 31st of October.

Felicity Roberts is a doctoral candidate at King's College London, writing a thesis on Hans Sloane. Her paper is entitled:

Mary Delany (1700-1788) and her membership of the Bluestockings

 

Dr Christine Gerrard, a fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, has published widely on the eighteenth century coterie around Aaron Hill, and is also interested in the circle surrounding Princess Caroline of Anspach (later Queen Caroline) in the late 1710s. Her paper is entitled:

A Scorpion in the Nest: Sexual Politics and the Hillarian Coterie, 1720-1725.

After the papers there will be half an hour for questions and conversation, at which wine will be provided. This seminar will begin at 18:00, in Room 119 of the Roberts Buliding UCL, this is the same building as last week, but further up the corridor. Attendees should come to the Malet Place entrance of UCL (opposite Waterstones) and enter the first building through the gates on the left. They will reach a security barrier, where they should say that they are attending the seminar, and will be directed to the correct room. If anyone gets lost, or can't find us, give me a call on 07971 887952 and I'll find you.
 

Any questions should be directed to reevaluatingcoteries@gmail.com, and we look forward to seeing you there. 

Best wishes,

Will Bowers

Hannah Crummé

17th October - Early Modern 1

We're pleased to announce the titles for the first seminar of the series,

Hannah Crawforth is a lecturer at King's College, London, and has written extensively on Early Modern poetry. Her paper is entitled,

Memorializing the Coterie: Milton, Sidney and the Politics of 'Lycidas'

The second paper will be given by Jennifer Young, a doctoral candidate at King's College, London. She is primarily interested in Early Modern drama, particularly in the field of textual studies. She will be presenting a paper entitled,

Shakespeare and the Fleet Street Syndicate (1630-32)

The seminar will take place from 18:00-19:30 in the Room 110 of the Roberts Building (http://goo.gl/maps/G5yYk). Attendees should come to the Malet Place entrance of UCL (opposite Waterstones) and enter the first building through the gates on the left. They will reach a security barrier, where they should say that they are attending the seminar, and will be directed to the correct room. If anyone gets lost, or can't find us, give me a call on 07971 887952 and I'll find you.

After the papers there will be half an hour for questions and conversation, at which wine will be served. Any questions should be directed to reevaluatingcoteries@gmail.com, and we look forward to seeing you there. 

Best wishes,

Will Bowers

Hannah Crummé

CHANGE OF DATE

Due to unforeseen circumstances we have been forced to alter the dates for two of the seminars. Christine Gerrard and Felicity Roberts will now be speaking on the 31st of October. The Romantic Period session, with Gregory Dart and Will Bowers, will now be on the 3rd of December. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The running order will now be:
 

17th October: Early Modern 1

Hannah Crawforth (KCL) and Jennifer Young (KCL).



31st October: The Eighteenth Century

Christine Gerrard (Oxford) and Felicity Roberts (KCL).

14th November: Early Modern 2

Steve May (Sheffield & Emory) and Arthur F. Marotti (Wayne State).



Monday, 3rd December: The Romantic Period

Gregory Dart (UCL) and Will Bowers (UCL)

12th December: Closing Lecture

Helen Hackett (UCL).

 

October 3rd - The eighteenth century

I'm pleased to announce that the titles have now been submitted for the first seminar of the series.

Felicity Roberts is a doctoral candidate at King's College London, writing a thesis on Hans Sloane. Her paper is entitled:

Mary Delany (1700-1788) and her membership of the Bluestockings

 

Dr Christine Gerrard, a fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, has published widely on the eighteenth century coterie around Aaron Hill, and is also interested in the circle surrounding Princess Caroline of Anspach (later Queen Caroline) in the late 1710s. Her paper is entitled:

A Scorpion in the Nest: Sexual Politics and the Hillarian Coterie, 1720-1725.

After the papers there will be half an hour for questions and conversation, at which refreshments will be provided. This seminar will begin at 18:00, in Room 130 of Foster court, UCL, (http://goo.gl/maps/7zOZd), but will move in subsequent weeks.  

Any questions should be directed to reevaluatingcoteries@gmail.com, and we look forward to seeing you there. 

Best wishes,

Will Bowers

Hannah Crummé

Reevaluating the Literary Coterie, 1550-1825
 
We will meet at UCL on Wednesday evenings approximately fortnightly throughout Autumn 2012. We are grateful to the UCL Centre for Early Modern Exchange and the UCL Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies for helping us organize, fund, and promote what should prove a fascinating set of discussions.
We have three main objectives for the content of the series: the discussion of specific literary coteries active in Great Britain and Europe between 1550 and 1825; an examination of the conditions and structures which lead to the creation, sustenance, and demise of coteries; and a questioning of the viability of the coterie as a hermeneutic model in criticism.

The series will comprise of four ninety-minute seminars with each session containing two chronologically-linked papers of thirty minutes, followed by thirty minutes of conversation. During this discussion, refreshments will be served.

We are pleased to announce the following confirmed speakers:

The Eighteenth Century, Wednesday the 3rd of October: Christine Gerrard (Oxford) and Felicity Roberts (KCL).

Early Modern 1, Wednesday the 17th of October: Jennifer Young (KCL) and Hannah Crawforth (KCL).

The Romantic Period, Wednesday the 31st of October: Gregory Dart (UCL) and Will Bowers (UCL).

Early Modern 2, Wednesday the 14th of November: Steve May (Sheffield & Emory) and Arthur F. Marotti (Wayne State).

Closing Lecture, Wednesday the 5th of December: Helen Hackett (UCL).

We will have titles confirmed in a week or so, so check back with us!

We hope you can come along, and if you’ve got any questions then please get in touch with us at 

reevaluatingcoteries@gmail.com,

Best wishes,

Will Bowers and Hannah Crummé