Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading
Thursday 12 May 2011
11.00–12.00
Jacqueline Rose (Newnham College, Cambridge):
Friendship and Flattery in the Politics of History and Counsel
12.00–1.00
Kate Loveman (University of Leicester):
Pepys, patronage and scholarly service
1.00–2.00 Lunch
2.00–3.00
Freyja Cox-Jensen (Christ Church, Oxford):
‘Et tu, Brute?’: friendship, betrayal and the uses of Roman history
3.00–4.00
Abigail Williams (St Peter’s College, Oxford):
Friendship and the intimacy of letters in Swift's Journal to Stella
4.00–4.30 Tea
4.30–5.45 Keynote lecture
Blair Worden (University of Oxford):
Friendship, Politics, and the Uses of History: Clarendon and Ben Jonson
There will be a charge of £10 for refreshments (postgraduates free). If you wish to attend, please book a place by e-mailing Astrid House (a.house@reading.ac.uk), stating that you wish to attend the EMRC colloquium on 12 May 2011.
