Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
News from 2020
Monday 23 November 2020
Congratulations to Elena Ghiggino and Eetu Jyvälä, the joint winners of the 2019-20 Dissertation Prize for the highest dissertation mark in the CREMS cohort.
Saturday 14 November 2020
Congratulations to CREMS and Department of English and Related Literature academic, Brian Cummings, on the publication of his new book, which is co-edited with Alexandra Walsham (University of Cambridge), Bronwyn Wallace and Ceri Law (University of Cambridge).
Friday 13 November 2020
Professor Stuart Carroll is the recipient of the 2020 Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize by the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference for his article 'Political Justice and the Outbreak of the Wars of Religion’.
Thursday 12 November 2020
Professors Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch and Simon Ditchfield are the recipients of this prize for their co-edited volume: A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492–1692
Monday 9 November 2020
Former CREMS research associate, Dr. Lieke Stelling, is the runner up in this year's Shakespeare's Globe Book Award.
Wednesday 28 October 2020
A year ago, Keith Allen from CREMS and the Department of Philosophy gave a talk at Bolsover Castle on Margaret Cavendish to English Heritage volunteers and members of the public.
Monday 19 October 2020
CREMS Director, Simon Ditchfield, gave a recent Royal Historical Society virtual lecture. The recording is now available to watch.
Tuesday 13 October 2020
For those that missed the Zoom seminar, the recording can now be viewed online.
Monday 5 October 2020
For those that missed the live webinar, the recording can now be viewed online.
Wednesday 26 August 2020
Hannah Jeans shares her experience of working with the Petyt library collection this summer.
Monday 24 August 2020
During lockdown research continued on the project Shakespeare's Rivals.
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Organised by PhD students Jimena Ruiz Marron and Jess Ayres, York’s early modern postgraduate forum, the Cabinet of Curiosities, with Support of the Centre of Renaissance and Early Modern Studies hosted its first online colloquium on 27-28 July, 2020.
Monday 17 August 2020
Brian Cummings, Anniversary Professor in the Department of English and Related Literature, has been awarded a Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust worth £209,009 from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2023.
Tuesday 23 June 2020
The University Senate has approved promotions for four of our CREMS colleagues.
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Dr Tatyana Zhukova presented our CREMS research seminar on 28 May. Her paper is now available to view online.
Wednesday 29 April 2020
Our Summer term conferences and workshops are cancelled, but we have numerous events to look forward to in the 2020-21 academic year.
Wednesday 29 April 2020
Watch a replay of this virtual workshop hosted by Emilie Murphy (York) and Rachel Willie (LJMU)
Wednesday 15 April 2020
CREMS MA graduate, Helena Kaznowska, has published an article on the uses of stairs to gain domestic control
Thursday 26 March 2020
CREMS research associate releases book on The Invention of Papal History: Onofrio Panvinio between Renaissance and Catholic Reform
Tuesday 24 March 2020
We regret that this conference has now been cancelled.
Thursday 23 January 2020
CREMS research associate Dr Jon McGovern, who recently received his PhD from the Department of English and Related Literature, made an exciting discovery when studying a manuscript in the Derbyshire Record Office.