GEMS News & Congrats (2/27/2025) - We congratulate the following GEMS-affiliated researches on their remarkable achievements from the past few months! Gulia Coppi presented her paper, “Will Spectators Always Be Spectators?”, at the Periodicals, History and Change: a Postgraduate Workshop, hosted at the historic Leeds Library.… Read more
Exhibition: Eeuwige Lente. Tuinen en Wandtapijten in de Renaissance (1/30/2025) - On Friday 7 February, Contactgroep Vroege Nederlandse Kunst will visit the exhibition Eeuwige Lente. Tuinen en Wandtapijten in de Renaissance in het Hof van Busleyden Museum in Mechelen and the nearby Koninklijke Manufactuur van Wandtapijten De Wit. Find the programme… Read more
Talk: ‘The Map After the Shipwreck: Angelo Poliziano and the Encyclopedic Ideal’ by Dr. Francesco Caruso (1/24/2025) - GEMS is hosting a talk by Dr. Francesco Caruso on Angelo Poliziano and the encyclopedic ideal. March 5, 2025 3 – 4PM Camelot (Room 3.30, Blandijnberg 2) For early humanists, engaging with the classics was an integral part of their intellectual… Read more
Talk: Religion, Race, and the Formation of the Secular in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s The Turkish Embassy Letters by David Alvarez (1/9/2025) - GEMS is hosting a talk by Prof. Dr. David Alvarez (DePauw University) on religion, race, and the formation of the secular in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s The Turkish Embassy Letters. February 19, 2025 2:30-3:30pm Auditorium B, Rozier 44 Europe and… Read more
Lecture: The Notion of Mannerisms in 20th Century Architectural Culture (12/17/2024) - Architecture's Mannerisms, or the Modern Path of an Unstylish Style The department of Architecture and Urban Planning is hosting a lecture by Andrew Leach (University of Sydney) on the notion of mannerisms in 20th century architectural culture. This talk reports… Read more
Seminar: The Order and Disorder of Communication in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire – Prof. Dr. Nir Shafir (12/5/2024) - Middle East Studies Research Seminar Series - with Prof. Dr. Nir Shafir (UC – San Diego) In the seventeenth century, Muslims in the Ottoman Empire became embroiled in a polarizing cultural war over the permissibility of everyday practices like worshipping… Read more
Seminarie ‘Verbeelding van verlangen in vroegmoderne Nederlandse komedies’ (12/5/2024) - Seminarie ‘Verbeelding van verlangen in vroegmoderne Nederlandse komedies’ Dinsdag 7 januari 2025, 15.00-17.00 uur Locatie: Blandijnberg 2, lokaal 3.30 - Camelot This event will be held in Dutch Sara Troost, Wie nog lopen kon ging; wie dat… Read moreFeedback Session for FWO Applicants (11/13/2024) - GEMS is organising a feedback session for FWO-applicants in the field of early modern studies*. In this session, MA students applying in March 2025 to the FWO (or in the subsequent year, but who have already completed their application) will share their application with the attendees:… Read more
Young Researchers Day 2025 (11/5/2024) - GEMS (Group for Early Modern Studies) is organising a work-in-progress session for MA students working in early modern (broadly defined) studies. We want to create a low threshold and open setting for students to present their work and receive useful… Read more
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2025 (11/4/2024) - Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School: History of Emotions – Groningen, 24-28 March 2025 This Spring School is organised by the University of Groningen, Ghent University, the Huizinga Institute and the Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies to stimulate… Read more