Albrecht Dürer’s Material Renaissance – an exhibition of rare works sourced from the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria collections – is on display at Arts West Gallery, University of Melbourne, 22 July to 29 November 2024.The exhibition has been...

In this series for The Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective blog, Dr Holly Fletcher interviews leading historians on the subject of the history of the body. For this post she spoke to Dr Willemijn Ruberg about her previous and current research, as well as...

By Seren Morgan-Roberts, University of ManchesterOn the 28th and 29th of May 2024, Ellen Werner, a member of The Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective, and Seren Morgan-Roberts hosted a two-day conference that celebrated the early modern book as an object...

‘In Pursuit of Equanimity: Managing Change and Adversity in Early Modern English Households, c.1570–c.1670’ by Dr Abigail Greenall has been now published in The English Historical Review:https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceae005This article establishes equanimity as an...

REGISTER HERE:https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/botany-conquest-kidnapping-british-biopiracy-in-the-late-18th-century-tickets-921283582997 ABSTRACTThe theft of botanical materials and knowledge from Indigenous Peoples in the early modern period is a relatively...

Sasha Handley has recently been awarded an AHRC Impact Accelerator Award worth c. £60,000 for the project ‘Sleeping Well in Salford’. The funds will support a one-year placement for Dr Anna Fielding with Ordsall Hall in Salford (part of Salford Council Leisure) to...

In January, the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective hosted Professor Gary Ferguson who delivered a lecture on the subject of his latest book ‘Same Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome’. Dr Holly Fletcher spoke to Professor Ferguson about his experience of...

Join Dr Stephen Mossman for a new podcast series inspired by the historic library collection at the Museum of the Order of St John.https://museumstjohn.org.uk/off-the-shelves-at-st-johns-gate-a-podcast-series/In this podcast series, through the historic library...

Friday, 14 June 2024University of ManchesterSamuel Alexander Building, W2.19Organising Committee: Dr Leah Astbury, Dr Clara Dawson, & Dr Catherine Evans  Where can we find animals in the archive? Can we use the past to model alternative relationships with animals...

Dr Alka Raman is Hallsworth Fellow at the Department of History, University of Manchester, and an active member of The Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective. She has present path-breaking work on textile studies, most recently in the journal article “From...