Centre for Early Modern Studies, King's College, London event

 

Welcome Event: Meet the Early Modernists

  • S2.38, Strand Building (map)

Kick off the new academic year with a networking brunch for early modernists across King’s. We’ll hear about ongoing research from early modernists across the A&H faculty.

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Renaissance Skin Book Launch

Renaissance Skin Book Launch

  • 8th Floor Open Space (map)

Join CEMS for the launch of Prof. Evelyn Welch’s Renaissance Skin (Manchester University Press). With comments from Dr. Paolo Savoia and Dr. Elaine Leong. Chaired by Dr. Hannah Murphy.

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CEMS Book Club: Glorious Bodies

CEMS Book Club: Glorious Bodies

  • Bush House (SE), 1.07, King's College London (map)

Join CEMS our reading group for a discussion of Dr. Colby Gordon’s Glorious Bodies.

Wednesday 26th November at 13:00. Drinks and snack provided.

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