All forthcoming events in CECS

Research Seminars

Seminars begin at 4.30pm and are held in King’s Manor, Room KG07 (the Stephen Copley Room), except when otherwise indicated below.

Tue
29
May

“The poor Creature appears to be insane”: Women, Insanity and Spectacle in the late 18th century

CECS Postgraduate forum

Tue
5
Jun

‘Foul or Fair?: The English Provincial Fair in Popular Culture’

CECS Postgraduate Forum

Wed
6
Jun

Frankenstein: A night at the movies

Celebrating 200 years of Mary's Shelley's Modern Prometheus

Thu
7
Jun

Frankenstein at 200: The science of the novel

Mary Fairclough discusses the science of the novel

Fri
8
Jun

Laurence Sterne: A sentimental picture

Jon Mee, Patrick Wildgust, Nick Thurston and Caleb Klaces

Tue
12
Jun

‘My Dearest Tussy’: Coping with Separation during the Napoleonic Wars

Elaine Chalus (University of Liverpool)

Thu
14
Jun

New Directions in the History of Political Thought, 1500-1800: Dialogues at Disciplinary Thresholds

York Early Career Workshop Department of Politics with sponsorship from CREMS

Tue
19
Jun

‘“I intend to quit the pestilential atmosphere of this Bastille”: The Historical Archaeology of Post-Peterloo Prisoners’

CECS Postgraduate Forum

Fri
29
Jun

The Worlds of Maria Edgeworth: Networks, Influence and Reception

CECS is proud to host a conference commemorating Maria Edgeworth 250.

Thu
19
Jul

Greek Matters: A Workshop

This one-day workshop will consider the intersection of Hellenism and material culture in the early modern world (1400-1800).