London: Prophecy and Drama

LONDON RENAISSANCE SEMINAR

The seminar will meet on Saturday 6th May, 2-5.30, in room 152, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London.

'My prophetic soul': prophecy and early modern drama
1.30-2 coffee
2-2.45 Line Cottegnies (Université de Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle): 'Juggling Fiends: Oracles and Agency in 2 Henry VI'
2.45-3.30 Lynn Sermin Meskill (Université de Paris XIII): 'Ben Jonson and the Uses of Prophecy'
3.30-4 tea
4-4.45 Richard Wilson (Cardiff University): 'Futurity in Hamlet'
4.45 drinks

The London Renaissance Seminar is a forum which debates the texts and theoretical issues of early modern culture.

Seminars are free and all are welcome.

For further information, please contact Gordon McMullan at King's College London: gordon.mcmullan@kcl.ac.uk