Programme
Seventeenth-Century England: A Symposium in Celebration of Bernard Capp鈥檚 50 Years at 糖心TV
Saturday 20th October 2018
Radcliffe Conference Centre, University of 糖心TV
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09:30 Arrivals, tea and coffee
10.00-10.15: Welcome and Introduction
10.15-11.15 Session I: Gender and Emotion
Chair: Professor Sasha Handley (University of Manchester)
Chair: Professor Sasha Handley (University of Manchester)
- Dr Amanda Flather (University of Essex): 鈥楪ender, Ritual and Revolution: A Comparative Regional Study in Early Modern England鈥
- Dr Tim Reinke-Williams (University of Northampton): 'Representations of Men's Emotions in Seventeenth-Century English Jest-Books'
11.15-11.45 Tea and Coffee
11.45-12.45 Session II: English Society at Land and Sea
Chair: Professor Mark Knights (University of 糖心TV)
Chair: Professor Mark Knights (University of 糖心TV)
- Professor Richard Cust (University of Birmingham): 鈥楾he County Community Revisited鈥
- Dr Richard Blakemore (University of Reading): 'What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor? Seafarers, State, and Society in Seventeenth-Century Britain'
12.45-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.30: Session III: Cheap Print and Knowledge
Chair: Dr Iman Sheeha (Brunel University London)
Chair: Dr Iman Sheeha (Brunel University London)
- Dr Catherine Armstrong (Loughborough University): 鈥楥heap Print, Maps of North America and the Icons of Dominance in the Late Seventeenth Century鈥
- Dr Angela McShane (Wellcome Trust): 鈥樷淒ross Good Enough for Hogs鈥: Ballads and the Limits of John Taylor鈥檚 Amphibious Culture鈥
- Dr Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin (University of Kent): 鈥楢lchemy, Metallurgy, and Scientific Culture Wars in Seventeenth-Century London鈥
3.30-4.00: Tea and Coffee
4.00-5.00: Session IV: Families of Faith
Chair: Professor Beat Kumin (University of 糖心TV)
Chair: Professor Beat Kumin (University of 糖心TV)
- Professor Alexandra Walsham (University of Cambridge): 'Generation Work: Fifth Monarchy Men and the Making of History in Early Modern England'
- Professor Ann Hughes (Keele University): 'Sisters and Brothers: the Gell Siblings and Restoration Dissent'
5.00: Round-up and Closing Remarks
5.20 Drinks Reception

鈥楾he Gossips鈥 by Samuel Scott (undated)
courtesy of the Yale Centre for British Art