Seminar Leaders:
Lindsay O’Neill, University of Southern California
Tawny Paul, University of California, Los Angeles

2023–2024

 

Friday, October 6, 2023

“Social Reproduction in an Industrializing Village, c. 1680–1780”

Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA
Seaver 1 & 2
3 pm – 5 pm (PT)

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 

Special Book Event
Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England 

University of Southern California
Doheny Memorial Library, DML 241
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (PT)
EMSI will distribute a limited number of copies to those who register.
Complete the RSVP form to receive a copy and attend the event.

 

Saturday, December 2, 2023

“The Murder of Thomas Brown, and other Tales of Prisoners seeking Reform in London’s Fleet Prison”

Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA
Rogers Classroom
1 pm – 3 pm (PT)
Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm.
RSVP

 

Saturday, January 20, 2024 

“Creating a fashion for slavery in the English court(s)”

Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA
Ahmanson Classroom
1 pm – 3 pm (PT)
Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm.
RSVP

 

Saturday, April 6, 2024

“Letters, Emotions and the Experience of Separation in the Early Modern World”

Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA
Stevens Classroom
1 pm – 3 pm (PT)
Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm.
Please complete the RSVP form by March 28

Image: “A new & correct map of the whole world: showing the situation of its principal parts, viz. the oceans, kingdoms, rivers, capes, ports, mountains, woods, trade winds, monsoons, variation of the compass, climats, &c with the most remarkable tracks of the bold attempts which have been made to find out the North East and North West Passages the projection of this map is call’d Mercator’s the design is to make it useful both for land and sea and it is laid down with all possible care, according to the newest and most exact observations,” by Herman Moll, Geographer. London, 1719. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.