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Center for Early Modern History

Promoting scholarly inquiry into the interchange of peoples, goods, and ideas that marks the first era of global contacts, ca. 1300–1800.

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Transformation is in the Works

The Center for Early Modern History, the Center for Medieval Studies, and the Consortium for the Study of the Premodern World become the new Center for Premodern Studies.

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2021 Union Pacific Research Grants

Graduate students conducting dissertation or pre-dissertation research in premodern studies are encouraged to apply for a Union Pacific Research Grant. Grant resources are…

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Virtual Escape Room

The Center for Premodern Studies presents The Ghost of Blithfield Hall: A Paleography Mystery. Hosted by Julie Fisher (Newberry Library), Sarah Powell (Harvard University)…

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Lecture: Jessica Gordon-Roth

Jessica Gordon-Roth is Associate Professor of Philosophy. Her area of specialization is history of early modern philosophy, with a focus on John Locke, women philosophers of…

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