"Sitting on the Cat": Renaissance Readers and Archives Symposium

"...Sometimes as I work at a series of patent and close rolls. I have a queer sensation; the dead entries begin to be alive. It is rather like the experience of sitting down in one's chair and finding that one has sat on the cat...' [F. M. Powicke, Ways of Medieval Life and Thought

Saturday 3rd June 2006

A one-day symposium on Renaissance Readers and Archives from the AHRC Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS

Arrival: 10/10.30am Papers: 10.30am-5pm

Professor William Sherman (University of York) will preside over the day

All those attending will also be invited to dinner in the evening

Places must be reserved and a fee of £15 (to cover the cost of lunch and coffee) paid in advance

For further information please contact Alison Wiggins: a.e.wiggins@qmul.ac.uk.