The Copious Text: Encyclopaedic Books in Early Modern England

The Copious Text: Encyclopaedic Books in Early Modern England

18th May 2010, School of English Social Space (Arts B274)
Entry is free and all are welcome

10:00
Tea/Coffee

10:30
Welcome from Prof Tom Healy

10:45 – 12:15
Chair: Prof Andrew Hadfield
Tom Freeman (Cambridge University and the Foxe Project): 'Size Matters: Foxe's "Book of Martyrs" as an Encyclopaedia for the Godly'.
Neil Rhodes (St Andrews): 'Common Knowledge: Accessing Shakespeare's Encyclopedias'

12:15-13:15
Lunch

13:15-14:45
Chair: Dr Margaret Healy
Angus Vine (University of Sussex) 'Curious Readers: Collaboration and Cooperation in Camden's Britannia'
Kathryn Murphy (Jesus College, Oxford): 'Polymathy and Polypraxy: Kinds of Copiousness in Robert Burton'

14:45-15:15
Tea/Coffee break

15:15-16:45
Chair: Dr Mathew Dimmock
Kevin Killeen (University of York): 'The Morsel and the Meal: The Early Modern Theopaedia'
Kate Bennett (New College, Oxford): ‘Aubrey and the Antiquarians’

16:45-17:15
Tea/Coffee Break

17:15-18:00
Chair: Prof Brian Cummings
Closing remarks and roundtable discussion

19:30
Symposium Dinner


If you wish to attend or require further details please contact Abigail Shinn via email: ans20@sussex.ac.uk