Lecture in Early Modern History

Carte du Cap Francois de Saint Domingue, Ayer MS 257, Map197
Carte du Cap Francois de Saint Domingue, Ayer MS 257, Map 197.

Since the center’s inaugural Lecture in Early Modern History, given in 2008 by Anthony Grafton, this series has presented cutting-edge research by historians of note. Topics have ranged from early Italian Renaissance book publication and eighteenth-century learned societies to South American colonization, early Anglican theology, and Cromwell’s Ireland, presented by scholars from throughout the United States and the United Kingdom.

Past Lectures in Early Modern History

Upcoming Lectures

Friday, October 12, 2012

Lee Palmer Wandel, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Traditionally, the histories of the Columbian Exchange and the Reformation have been told separately. How do the stories change, if we bring the two together?

Friday, November 8, 2013

Title to be announced

Eric Dursteler, Brigham Young University

A lecture description will be posted later.

A reception will follow the lecture.

Sponsored by Northwestern University.