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Recording Available: How Global Was the Age of Revolutions?

The University of Birmingham Library
Description:
Latest recording from the Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures research seminar series.
Date:
09 June 2023

Can letters reveal important information about social identity?

Old handwritten letters
Description:
Professor Karen Harvey, Professorial Fellow and Professor of Cultural History, uses 18th century letters to explore experiences of embodiment.
Date:
07 December 2022

Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today

Aston Webb building on campus
Description:
Recording available of the Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures (BRIHC) and Birmingham Eighteenth-Century Centre (BECC) panel discussion.
Date:
17 October 2022

Eighteenth-Century Research in the Midlands

BECC Chair Tom Cutterham with attendees at the annual MECRN workshop
Description:
The annual Midlands Eighteenth-Century Research Network meeting was held at the University of Birmingham in May 2022
Date:
29 July 2022

Professor Valerie Rumbold elected to the British Academy

Professor Valerie Rumbold
Description:
University of Birmingham Professor Emeritus Valerie Rumbold has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
Date:
22 July 2022
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  • MECRN Workshop 2024
    Every year the Midlands Eighteenth Century Centre’s annual workshop alternates between us here at Birmingham and our good friends at Warwick. In 2022, we experimented with a new, more open format. Last year, the workshop was attached to an international conference on sociability at Warwick. This year, we’re doing something similar and joining the workshop … Continue reading "MECRN Workshop 2024"
  • Nature and Environment in Early Modern Worlds
    Nature and Environment 2024 CfP
  • BECC Spring Programme 2024
    Thursday 1 February, 5-6.30pm, Arts 224 (Danford Room) Matthew McCormack (Northampton), “Shoes from Northampton, Buckles from Birmingham, and Men from the Long Eighteenth Century“ This event is sponsored by the Centre for Midlands History and Cultures . Wednesday 14 February, 1-3pm, Aston Webb Main Lecture Theatre (C-Block) Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (University of Southern California), “The Age … Continue reading "BECC Spring Programme 2024"
  • The Georgians, A Forum: Part 4
    by Penelope Corfield, Royal Holloway A few authors, having published a book, regard its appearance in print as a ‘done deal’. But many, if not most, writers enjoy the creative post-publication dialogue. Comments, criticisms, appreciations, denunciations, corrections: all are grist to the mill. Publication is like throwing a stone into a pool, hoping for ripples … Continue reading "The Georgians, A Forum: Part 4"
  • The Georgians: A Forum, Part 3
    by Esther Wilson, University of York Given Penelope Corfield’s focus, in The Georgians, on connecting with the 21st-century audience, and my own public history background, Tom asked me to emphasise this sort of angle in my comment. I suppose in summary, I really found it a wonderful read and appreciated the way in which the … Continue reading "The Georgians: A Forum, Part 3"
  • The Georgians, A Forum: Part 2
    by Dave Smith, University of Warwick As a specialist researcher it’s refreshing to read a general history, especially one which is such a good read as The Georgians. I enjoyed the thematic approach and the elasticity of the periodicity. The time-shifts at the end of chapters connect the reader to historical themes such as film, … Continue reading "The Georgians, A Forum: Part 2"
  • Joseph Priestley’s Material Voices
    by Alice Rhodes, University of York In Spring 2022, thanks to the generous funding of the BECC and BSECS Early Career Fellowship, I spent a week in the Cadbury Research Library researching the Joseph Priestley Collection for my current project on bodies and voices in Romantic literature. The Cadbury library holds a number of manuscript … Continue reading "Joseph Priestley’s Material Voices"
  • Histories of Care in the Cadbury Library Special Collections
    by Kate Gibson, University of Manchester Support from BECC and BSECS allowed me to visit the Cadbury Library to examine a small collection of 31 letters, written by gentry woman Ann Ambler. Revealing her care of siblings Isabella and Thomasin Ibbetson, the letters provide new insight into fostering in the eighteenth century. The girls were … Continue reading "Histories of Care in the Cadbury Library Special Collections"
  • Autumn Programme
    11 October, 5-7pm, Cadbury Research Library: Launch of Rebecca Whitely, Birth Figures: Early Modern Prints and the Pregnant Body. A brief introduction to the book and conversation between Rebecca and Dr Elizabeth L’Estrange will be followed by a chance to examine some early modern midwifery books held in the collections of the Cadbury Research Library. At 6pm … Continue reading "Autumn Programme"
  • Spring Programme of Events
    Wednesday 15 March, 2-3.30pm How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? Co-sponsored with the Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures (BRIHC), this online roundtable features world-leading scholars, including Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge) and Joanna Innes (Oxford), in discussion on the late eighteenth century’s global turn. Please follow the link to register online for this event. *** … Continue reading "Spring Programme of Events"