Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

Welcome to the Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies

A flourishing interdisciplinary community devoted to the study of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries

MA students, Castle Howard visit

Bringing together faculty and postgraduates from a wider range of disciplines than any other university in the UK

Humanties Research Centre, Berrick Saul Building

The Centre has its own dedicated space in the newly built Berrick Saul Building

Postgraduate study area, Humanities Research Centre

CREMS is part of the University of York's Humanities Research Centre

Well placed for research into the rich archival and cultural resources found in and around York

A lively programme of seminars and conferences attracting scholars of international standing

News‌

CREMS Programme Poster:
CREMS events summer 2013 (PDF  , 1,411kb)

Virtue and Vice New Exhibition at Hardwick Hall
Virtue and Vice, Hardwick Hall Exhibition poster

PhD Student Emilie Murphy invited on BBC Countryfile
more...Emilie Murphy - Rushton (PDF  , 225kb)
Emilie Murphy and Les Canards ensemble

Barocci: Decorum and Originality Simon Ditchfield takes part in public discussion at the National Gallery
Barocci - Madonna del gatto, detail

Projects

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne
AHRC 5-year project to bring to complete a new 8 volume OUP edition
Thomas Browne AHRC Project (PDF  , 284kb)
Thomas Browne Website

Conversion Narratives in Early Modern Europe
A Cross-Confessional and Comparative Study, 1550-1700
AHRC funded 3-year interdisciplinary project (English and History)
Project website
Project blog

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York Historic Papers online

 

 

Events

Wed
29
May

Poetics & Prose Theory in Early Modern English

Thomas Browne 6, 2013 Symposium, CREMS

Tue
4
Jun

The European Marvell

Nigel Smith (Princeton) Patrides Lecture, 2013

Thu
6
Jun

The Production and Reading of Music Sources

3-day Conference at the Warburg Institute

Fri
14
Jun

Postgraduate Symposium

Cabinet of Curiosities

Sat
15
Jun

Renaissance Reincarnations on the Page

Supported by CREMS and the Department of Theatre, Film and Television

Conversion Narratives took 'Les Canards Chantants' to Hardwick Hall to celebrate the launch of a new exhibition...

Postgraduate Quick links

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Conferences

Renaissance Reincarnations in the Theatre

Thursday 14 March 2013
Renaissance Reincarnations poster, March 2013

Poetics and Prose Theory in Early Modern English

Wednesday 29 May 2013
Thomas Browne - Nat Portrait Gallery (crop)

Sensing the Sacred: Religion and the Senses, 1300-1800

21-22 June 2013
Interdisciplinary conference
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