Programme: Medieval Hythe & civic uses of sacred space by Sheila Sweetinburgh Church upper spaces and their uses by Toby Huitson Masonry sculpture: Hythe’s carved … Read more
Cultural Exchanges between Persian and European Travellers in the C17th
At the latest meeting of the Early Modern Research Group, Maryam Ala-Amjadi, presented her research into cultural exchanges between Persian and European travelers in the C17th. … Read more
MEMS Friends Visit to Saint John’s Hospital, Canterbury
On a dry but blustery March day a group of almost thirty MEMS friends and postgraduates joined Centre staff members Helen Gittos and Jacqueline Basquil … Read more
Call for Papers: Medieval and Early Modern Performance
Liminal Time and Space in Medieval and Early Modern Performance: Call for Papers 5th-7th September 2014, University of Kent Sponsored by the Centre for Medieval … Read more
Marlowe in Performance: Then and Now
Dr. Sarah Dustagheer of MEMS is organising a symposium examining Marlowe’s plays on the 18th March, 12-5pm at the University of Kent. The event will … Read more
2014 Renaissance Lecture to be given by Prof. Patricia Rubin
MEMS welcomes Professor Patricia Rubin, Director of the Institute for Fine Art, New York University, to give this year’s Renaissance Lecture, entitled: (Be)hindsight: Michelangelo, modernity … Read more
Marlowe in Performance: Then and Now
Dr. Sarah Dustagheer of MEMS is organising a symposium examining Marlowe’s plays on the 18th March, 12-5pm at the University of Kent. The event will … Read more
2014 Renaissance Lecture to be given by Prof. Patricia Rubin
MEMS welcomes Professor Patricia Rubin, Director of the Institute for Fine Art, New York University, to give this year’s Renaissance Lecture, entitled: (Be)hindsight: Michelangelo, modernity and the spectre … Read more
Registration open for the ‘Early Stuart Politics’ conference (10-12 April 2014)
MEMS invites delegates to register for the conference, ‘Early Stuart Politics: The Anglo-Spanish and Anglo-French marriage negotiations and their aftermath (c. 1604-1630)’. Organised by Valentina Caldari, MEMS/Universidade … Read more
‘Bridging the Gap’ – Quadrivium IX at MEMS
Between the 7th and 9th of November the Centre for Early Modern and Medieval Studies(with the support of the Schools of English and History) hosted … Read more



