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 MA Scholarships: crems scholarship (PDF  , 205kb)

Jane Moody Scholarship Fund

CREMS Summer programme

Representations of Regicide in 17th-Century Europe
CREMS-Sorbonne Nouvelle (March 2011) Papers now published

York Historic Papers online

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Projects

The Thomas Browne Project: Th Browne project (PDF  , 500kb)
Oxford University Press new edition of the complete works of Browne.
See also the Thomas Browne Seminar Website

Conversion Narratives in Early Modern Europe: A Cross-Confessional and Comparative Study, 1550-1700
Joint award for 3-year interdisciplinary project, led by Helen Smith (English) and Simon Ditchfield (History)

Events

Fri
25
May
Mon
28
May

Annual Postgraduate Symposium

Cabinet of Curiosities

Thu
26
Jul

Gender and Conversion 1550-1750

Conversion Narratives AHRC Project Two-day Workshop

Postgraduate Quick links

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Conferences

Wednesday 23 May 2012
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26-27 July 2012