| 2018 Programme | |
|---|---|
| Monday 19 February 4.30 PM |
CMEMS/Lund University Seminar Dr Liesbeth Geevers (Lund University) “Dynasties and Composite States in Early Modern Europe: ‘Spain’ and ‘Denmark’ compared.” Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (1.33, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 22 February 12.00 PM |
CHE Lunchtime Seminar Dr Neil Ramsay (University of New South Wales, Canberra) “A Correct Idea of War: Military Periodicals and Wartime Emotion in the Romantic Era.” For more information, click here. Venue: Arts Lecture Room 10 (1.62, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Friday 23 February 12.00 PM |
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery Friday Lunchtime Talk Professor Susan Broomhall (The University of Western Australia) “Devastated Nature: The Historical Role of Creative Arts in Memorialising Natural World Loss.” This is a free event, but please register here. Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA |
| Thursday 1 March 6.00 PM |
PMRG Annual General Meeting, followed by Public Lecture @ 6.30 PM Dr Jennifer Halton (John Hume and Irish Research Council Doctoral Scholar) “Music, Magic and Meraviglia: The Politics and Poetics of Festival in Medici Florence.” Venue: Arts Lecture Room 5 (G.61, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Wednesday 14 March 6.00 PM |
IAS Public Lecture Dr Susanne Meurer (The University of Western Australia) “Women, Art and Violence in Seventeenth-Century Italian Art.” (‘A Window on Italy – The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence’ series). This is a free event, but registration is required. Register here Venue: Murdoch Lecture Theatre (Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 22 March 4.00 PM |
CMEMS Moved Reading “Romeo and Juliet.” 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 23 March 12.00 PM |
CMEMS Lunchtime Seminar Professor Michael Gamer (University of Pennsylvania) “Gothic Origins of Melodrama and Its Music.” Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (1.33, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 5 April 6.00 PM |
IAS Public Lecture Dr Elizabeth Reid (The University of Western Australia) “Allegories for Meditation and Self-Reflection in the Elite Renaissance Home.” (‘A Window on Italy – The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence’ series). Free event, but registration is required. Register here Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (G.59, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 10 April 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Winthrop Professor Bob White (The University of Western Australia) “Love in Times of War: War Wives and Widows in Shakespeare.” (‘Peace and War: Representations in European Art and Literature’ series). Free event, but registration is required. Register here Venue: Austin Lecture Hall (1.59, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 12 April 12.00 PM |
CHE Lunchtime Seminar Dr Sarah Tiboni “Emotions in a Miracle of St Rose: An Italian Eighteenth-Century Notary Source.” For more information, click here. Venue: Collaborative Learning Studio (rm 2.31, second floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 26 April 4.00 PM |
CMEMS Moved Reading “(Bad) Hamlet.” 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 8 May 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Professor Andrew Lynch (The University of Western Australia) “Youth in Wartime: Medievalist Fictions for Victorian Children.” (‘Peace and War: Representations in European Art and Literature’ series). Free event, but registration is required. Register here Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (1.59, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Wednesday 16 May 6.00 PM |
IAS Public Lecture Dr Arvi Wattel (The University of Western Australia) “Savonarola and Botticelli: the visionary prophet and the penitent painter.” (‘A Window on Italy – The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence’ series). This is a free event, but registration is required. Register here Venue: Murdoch Lecture Theatre (Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 17 May 4.00 PM |
CMEMS Moved Reading “The Tempest.” 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 |
| Monday 21 May 3.30 PM |
CMEMS/Lund University Seminar Dr Kirk Essary (The University of Western Australia) “Calvin’s Sixteenth-Century Critics: Jerome Bolsec and Sebastian Castellio.” Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (1.33, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Tuesday 5 June 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture Dr Elizabeth Reid (The University of Western Australia) “Triumphant Entries during the Italian Wars, 1494-1559: Celebrating Alliances and Displaying Cultural Prowess in the Face of Unsteady Peace.” (‘Peace and War: Representations in European Art and Literature’ series). Free event, but registration is required. Register here Venue: Woolnough Lecture Theatre (Ground Floor, Geography Building), UWA |
| 14-15 June | CHE Conference: The Future of Emotions: Conversations Without Borders Call for papers open until 21 February. For more details, click here. Venue: The University Club of Western Australia, UWA |
| Saturday 16 June |
CMEMS Digital Humanities Workshop for Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers For more information, click here. Venue: Collaborative Learning Studio (2.31, Second Floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 16 August 6.00 PM |
IAS Public Lecture Dr Roger Vella Bonavita (The University of Western Australia) “‘Permittitur tamen, It’s ok to Grow Artichokes There’: The ‘Civitas Pia’ of Pope Pius IV (1561-1565).” This is a free event, but please register. Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (G.59, ground floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Friday 31 August 6.30pm for 7pm start |
PMRG Annual Quiz Night $15 per head, Tables of 6 Venue: UWA Guild Tavern |
| Tuesday 18 September 6.00 PM |
PMRG Public Lecture Georgina Pitt (The University of Western Australia) “Can Bede Explain the Great Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial?” Venue: Arts Lecture Room 8 (1.60, first floor, Arts Building), UWA |
| Thursday 11 October 6.00 PM |
IAS/CMEMS/PMRG/CHE Public Lecture Dr Lisa Beaven (La Trobe University) “Living Flesh: Splendour, Sex and Sickness on the Surface of the Skin.” Venue Fox Lecture Hall (1.59, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA This is a free event, but registration is required. Register here. |
| Friday 12 October 9.00 AM – 12.00PM |
IAS/CMEMS/PMRG/CHE Masterclass Emeritus Professor Richard Read (The University of Western Australia) & Dr Lisa Beaven (La Trobe University) “The Senses in the Premodern World.” Venue: Institute of Advanced Studies, UWA This is a free event, but registration is required. Register here. |
| Saturday 13 October |
UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group Annual Conference “Skin in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds.” Venue: The University of Western Australia For more information visit the conference website. |
| Monday 22 October 6:00pm |
PMRG/CMEMS/CHE Public Lecture Emeritus Professor Richard Read (The University of Western Australia) “Apocalyptic Skies and the Decay of Public Symbolism” Venue: Arts Lecture Room 8 (1.60, first floor, Arts Building), UWA For more information click here. |
| Sunday 9 December 4:30pm |
PMRG Christmas Party Join us from 4:30pm for some food and drinks to round off the year. Please bring: chairs, shared eats, and drinks – and, of course, protection against the mozzies! Venue: Foreshore, near the Bayside Kitchen, Crawley |
| Thursday 13 December 1:00pm |
PMRG Lunchtime Seminar Dr James L. Smith (Trinity College Dublin) “Emotional/geographical ‘essaying’ of Lough Derg” Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (1.33, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA |