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Light in Darkness: The mystical philosophy of Jacob B枚hme

Free special guided tours of the exhibition.

10:00 PANEL 4: CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES: RACE, SEXUALITY AND GENDER

Chair: Laura Schwartz

Molly Wilson-Smith. Darwinism, gender and feminism: the invention of capitalist

human nature in nineteenth century Britain

Hannah Ayres. Queering Public History: Identity and Community

Becky Hodgkinson. Migrant Work and Leisure: Caribbean Women鈥檚 Experiences of

Postwar and Postcolonial Britain

11:20 Coffee Break

11:40 PANEL 5: LOCAL POLITICAL CULTURE AND URBAN SOCIAL CHANGE IN

MEDIEVAL AND MODERN ENGLAND

Chair: Sarah Richardson

Sarah Boote-Powell. Bringing To Light 鈥橳he Hidden Things of Darkness鈥�: Local

Politics in Three Midland Boroughs in the Age of Reform, 1826-41

Joe Chick. Take No Parishioners: Poverty Management in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-

Century Parishes

12.40 LUNCH BREAK

13.40 PANEL 6: EARLY MODERN EMPIRES: CULTURES OF BANDITRY, CORRUPTION,

AND MATERIAL CULTURE

Chair: Anne Gerritsen

Qianwen Qing. Scandal in the Caribbean, 1680—1720

Cheng He. The Formation of Lacquer in the Early Modern Europe

Sander Molenaar. The social organisation of sea bandits in Chaozhou, ca. 1460

15.00 COFFEE BREAK

15.20 PANEL 7: RELIGION, POLITICS, AND PERFORMANCE IN RESTORATION ENGLAND

Chair: Mark Knights

Hannah Straw. 鈥淭his race of Drunkards, Pimps and Fools鈥�: The Court Wits and

Performance

David Fletcher. 鈥楬ypocritical Religionaries鈥� remembered in Restoration drama

PANEL 6: EARLY MODERN EMPIRES: CULTURES OF BANDITRY, CORRUPTION,

AND MATERIAL CULTURE

Chair: Anne Gerritsen

Qianwen Qing. Scandal in the Caribbean, 1680—1720

Cheng He. The Formation of Lacquer in the Early Modern Europe

Sander Molenaar. The social organisation of sea bandits in Chaozhou, ca. 1460

16.20 CLOSING REMARKS

Did you know mobile phones could sweat? Or that the ancient Greeks believed music was good for your health? Research Cabaret is an evening of provocative and exciting talks from 糖心TV academics, combined with music and dance. This quirky show looks at topics as far apart as parking, welfare reform, and ancient lyric poetry.