Cabinet of Curiosities - One Day Conference 'The Early Modern World: Near and Far, 1450 - 1650'

The Cabinet of Curiosities, in association with the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the University of York, is hosting a one-day conference on the theme of "The Early Modern World: Near and Far, 1450-1650". This interdisciplinary conference will explore the concepts and ideas that existed in the early modern world and its implications with the wider world, both near (namely Europe) and far (other areas around the world, including but not limited to Asia and the Middle East). 

 Space is limited and is based on first come, first served. Tickets (via the registration link below)  include access to the conference, the conference lunch and refreshments. The conference timetable is posted below. 

9:00am—Cabinet of Curiosities Welcome

Panel 1: Travel and Spiritual Journeys

9:15 am—10:35am

A Jesuit in the Chinese Empire: Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) and the complicated balance between “accomodatio” and condemnation

Elisa Frei, PhD in History of Societies, Institutions and Thoughts, University of Trieste

‘[M]ore near truth than many Nations’: two Quakers and a Sultan in 1658

Rose Hadshar, MA in Renaissance Studies, University of York

A Christian Turn’d Turk

Thomas Collins, MA in English, University of York

10:35am—10:55am: BREAK/Tea/Coffee

Panel 2: Travels in Text: Space and Time

11:00am—12:20pm

Sailing from Byzantium: Janus Lascaris and the birth of Renaissance Greek in Italy

Camilla Temple, PhD in English and Classics, University of Bristol

‘Adapted to the Capacity of the Female Sex’: Agency and Importation of Early Modern Almanacs

Helena Kaznowska, PhD in English, University of Oxford

Friendship: Ancient Ideals in the Early Modern World

Mabel Winter, MA in Historical Research, University of Sheffield

12:20pm—1:20pm: LUNCH

Session 3: Bridging Disciplinary Gaps: Music and Art, Sacred and the Profane

1:25pm—2:45pm

‘The Perils of Venus’: Images of Female Empowerment on Fifteenth-Century Deschi da Parto

Hannah Tomlin, MA with the Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies, University of York

The Virgin in the Garden: From Earthly Delights to Divine Music

Laura C. Stefanescu, PhD in Music, University of Sheffield

2:45pm—3:15pm: BREAK

3:20pm—4:35pm: Keynote

Rome and the English Imagination

Professor Andrew Hadfield, University of Sussex

4:35pm—Wine Reception

For more information or questions, please contact the York Cabinet of Curiosities at yorkcabinetofcuriosities@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter for up to date information: @yorkcofc

To register for the conference, please click on the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-early-modern-world-near-far-1450-1650-tickets-18552057704