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Voices from the Past: The Mystery of the Prayer Book Cipher
By David Rogers |
David Rogers writes about his work investigating mysterious symbols discovered in the front of a prayer book by Dr Emilie Murphy. In September 2021, I was doomscrolling twitter and spotted Dr Emilie Murphy’s tweet asking if anyone recognised this text. I was immediately interested and contacted her to discuss further. Emilie explained that…
Matthew Champion: Ringing the Changes
By Rachel Willie |
The next Soundscapes in the Early Modern World Research Seminar will be on Monday 2nd October at 10.00am BST. Matthew Champion (Melbourne), will talk on ‘Ringing the Changes: Sound, Temporality, and Reformations Chair: Dolly MacKinnon (Queensland) All welcome!
Diane Oliva: Sensing Earthquakes in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
By Rachel Willie |
The next Soundscapes in the Early Modern World Research Seminar will be on Tuesday 13th June at 4.00pm BST. Diane Oliva (Michigan), will talk on ‘Seismic Affects: Sensing Earthquakes in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World’ Chair: Sarah Koval (Harvard) All welcome!
Micheline White: The Sound of Women in Liturgical Spaces
By Emilie Murphy |
The next Soundscapes in the Early Modern World Research Seminar will be on Thursday 29th September 2022 at 5.00pm BST. Micheline White (Carlton) will talk on ‘The Sound of Women in Liturgical Spaces: From Silent Hannah to Howling Chambermaids. All welcome!
David Sterling Brown: Do You Hear What I Hear? Shakespeare, Race and the “Listening Ear”
By Rachel Willie |
Wednesday 27 April 2022, 17.30BST Virtually everyone knows what race looks like. But what does race sound like? And what does race sound like in Shakespearean drama, on the page or on the stage? During this talk, Dr David Sterling Brown will discuss, in relationship to Shakespeare’s dramatic literature, the “sonic colour line” and…
Niall Atkinson: The Sonic Renaissance
By Rachel Willie |
‘The Sonic Renaissance: Bodily Experience and Spatial History’ Soundscapes in the early modern world research seminar, 3 March 2022 Speaker: Niall Atkinson (University of Chicago) Chair: Rachel Willie (LJMU)