| 2017 Programme | |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 14 March 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Dr Katrina O’Loughlin (The University of Western Australia) “‘Hardly any women at all’? Literary landscapes at the time of Jane Austen.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Murdoch Lecture Theatre (G.58, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Monday 27 March 1.00 PM |
CMEMS Outreach Seminar Professor Susan Broomhall & Brid Phillips (The University of Western Australia) “Research Outreach: A ‘How To’ Seminar.” Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (1.33, first floor, Arts Building) UWA |
| Tuesday 28 March 6.00 PM |
PMRG Annual General Meeting, followed by Public Lecture @ 6.30 PM Professor Susan Broomhall (The University of Western Australia) “Love in a Time of War: Correspondence of the French Court in the Last Days of the Italian Wars.” Venue: Austin Lecture Hall (1.59, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 4 April 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Associate Professor Kieran Dolin (The University of Western Australia) “‘The everyday stuff of life’:Jane Austen and the Law.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Ross Lecture Theatre (Ground Floor, Physics Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 16 May 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Colin Yeo & Dr Peta Beasley (The University of Western Australia) “Bite-Sized Austen: New Interpretations in Doctoral Research.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Austin Lecture Hall (1.59, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 20 June 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Professor Bob White (The University of Western Australia) “Sense and Sensibility and Jane Austen’s Lexicon of Emotions.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Woolnough Lecture Theatre (Geology Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 18 July 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Dr Ned Curthoys (The University of Western Australia) “Jane Austen and the Promotion of Virtue.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 8 August 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Dr Susanne Meurer (The University of Western Australia) “Luther’s Reformation at 500: Luther’s Image and the First Media War.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 10 August 4.00 PM |
CMEMS Moved Reading “Doctor Faustus.” Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival. For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here. Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 31 August 6.30pm for 7pm start |
PMRG Annual Quiz Night Venue: UWA Guild Tavern (Tables of 6) For more info or to book, click here Download a copy of the quiz night poster |
| Tuesday 5 September 1.00 PM |
CHE Lunchtime Seminar Professor Simon Palfrey (University of Oxford) “A Modern Seminary? Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Shaping the Modern.” Venue: Arts Lecture Room 4 (G.60, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Wednesday 6 September 4.00 PM |
CMEMS Moved Reading “Demon’s Land” (a modern adaptation of The Faerie Queene), by Simon Palfrey. Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival. For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here. Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 12 September 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Professor Jacqueline Van Gent (The University of Western Australia) “Luther and the Devil.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 12 October 4.00 PM |
CMEMS Moved Reading “Antony and Cleopatra.” Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival. For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here. Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA |
| Friday 6 October 3.30 PM |
CHE Research Seminar Shannon Emily Gilmore (University of California, Santa Barbara) “Reconstructing Calvary: Women and Ritual Lamentation at the House of Mary in Ephesus.” Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (1.33, first Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Friday 6 October 6 PM |
PMRG/CMEMS Keynote Opening Lecture Professor Christopher Wortham (University of Notre Dame) “Invisible Maps: Cartographic Coding in Shakespeare’s Henry V and Julius Caesar.” Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (G.59, ground floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Saturday 7 October |
UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group XXIIIrd Annual Conference “The Natural and the Supernatural in medieval and Early Modern Worlds.” Venue: University Hall, The University of Western Australia Registration for this event is essential. For more information visit the conference website. |
| Thursday 23 October 3.30 PM |
CMEMS/Lund University Seminar Dr Jane-Heloise Nancarrow (The University of Western Australia) “Evolving Chinese Heritage Landscapes: Digital Visualisation and Tunpu ‘Cultures of Emotion’.” Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (1.33, first Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 26 October 4.00 PM |
CMEMS Moved Reading “Titus Andronicus” (the chopped version!) Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival. For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here. Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 31 October 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Dr Kirk Essary (The University of Western Australia) “Myth, Memory, and the Making of History.” For more info or to book, click here. Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Saturday 9 December 4.00 PM |
PMRG Moved Reading “Sir Launfal” **A moved reading of Thomas Chestre’s fourteenth-century poem ‘Sir Launfal’, adapted into modern English and read by some of our more dramatically inclined members. The performance is free, but donations would be hugely appreciated** To view the flyer, click here Venue: Patricia Crawford Courtyard, UWA |
| Saturday 9 December 6.00 PM |
PMRG Christmas Party Join us from 6pm for a drink on the deck to round off the year. Please Bring drinks, a plate of food to share, and $5 (unwaged) or $10 (waged) if you can manage a donation. Venue: Andrew’s House (email Jo for the address) |