The University of Otago&rsquo\;s Early Modern Thought Research Theme will be \;holding a two-day colloquium on &ldquo\;Practical Knowledges and Skill in \;Early Modern England.&rdquo\; The first day will be devoted to natural \;philosophy\, science\, and religion\, and the second day to theatre and \;performance.
About the speakers:
Peter Marshall\, Department of History\, University of Warwick \;
\nProfessor Marshall&rsquo\;s research interests are in aspects of religious \;belief and practice in early modern Britain\, particularly the cultural \;and political impact of the English Reformation.
Peter Harrison\, Centre for the History of European Discourses\, \;University of Queensland
Professor Harrison is currently editing his Gifford Lectures under the \;working title of &lsquo\;Science\, Religion and Modernity&rsquo\; and is also working \;on a project concerned with conceptions of progress in history and the \;historical sciences.
Sorana Comeanu\, English Department\, University of Bucharest \;
Dr Comeanu present research interests are the intellectual and \;cultural history of early modern England\; relationships between \;literature\, philosophy\, and theology\; the history of moral thought\, of \;approaches to knowledge and mind\; the identity of cultural actors\; \;Francis Bacon\; John Locke\; Daniel Defoe.
Paul Menzer\, Department of English\, Mary Baldwin College \;
Dr Menzer is the Director of the Shakespeare and Performance program \;at Mary Baldwin College.
John Sutton\, Department of Cognitive Science\, Macquarie University \;
Professor Sutton&rsquo\;s research focuses on the philosophy and sciences of \;memory\, and covers two main areas: philosophy of psychology/cognitive \;science\, and history of science.
Michael Neill\, Department of English\, University of Auckland \;Emeritus
Professor Neill&rsquo\;s research interests include Shakespeare\, \;16th and 17th century drama\, literature of Early Modern nationalism \;and imperialism\, post-colonial and Irish literature.
David Carnegie\, School of English\, Film\, Theatre\, and Media Studies\, \;University of Victoria
Professor Carnegie is currently co-editing Vol. 4 of The of Works John \;Webster for Cambridge University Press\, and Twelfth Night for Internet \;Shakespeare Editions.
\nLyn Tribble\, Department of English\, Otago University \;
\nProfessor Tribble&rsquo\;s current project\, for which she has received a \;Mellon fellowship for research at the Folger Shakespeare Library\, is \;"Ecologies of Skill in Early Modern England."
Contact
\nYou can email inquiries to Michael Cop (michael.cop@otago.ac.nz) or \;Peter Anstey (peter.anstey@otago.ac.nz). \;For further information about EMTRT\, please visit our blog \;(https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/emo/) or our website:
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