Posts tagged with 'events'

Project postdoctoral fellow Dr Jo Edge will give a paper at 'Writing the Self in Pain: Historial Perspectives', a two-day conference hosted by the Experiencing Agony project team at the University of ...

Project postdoctoral fellow Dr Jo Edge will give a paper at the Centre for Early Modern Studies' Research Seminar, University of Aberdeen at 13:00 on Wednesday 09 October 2024 (contact them for a link...

'The Remarkable Deliverances of Alice Thornton', Debbie Cannon 's acclaimed one-woman play based on Thornton's life and books, will return to the Scottish Storytelling Centre this autumn, after the pl...

Cordelia Beattie (Principal Investigator), Suzanne Trill (Co-Investigator) and Eleanor Thom (Engagement and Impact Officer) will appear on October 4th 2024, 2.30-3.30pm at the Portobello Book Festival...

Project Principal Investigator Cordelia Beattie will attend the first History of Yorkshire Conference, run by Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society, to give a talk entitled 'Yorkshire Gentle...

On October 19th 2024, audiences at the Biggar Little Festival in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, will be able to catch Debbie Cannon in a performance of her acclaimed one-woman play based on the life and w...

On 5 July 2024, the Thornton's Books team travelled to Northallerton for an afternoon of Thornton events at the North Yorkshire County Record Office. This consisted of a talk by Cordelia Beattie on Al...

Project Principal Investigator Cordelia Beattie will give a talk on 'Women's Lives in Seventeenth-century England' at Lancashire's Gawthorpe Hall on 12 September 2024 at 13:00. This is to tie in with ...

More opportunities are coming up this summer for audiences in to catch a performance of 'The Remarkable Deliverances of Alice Thornton' - this time in Derbyshire. Debbie Cannon 's acclaimed one-women ...

On a sunny Saturday in early June, Starbank Park hosted the Alice Thornton Books team once again for an afternoon of history, nature, and creativity. Visitors to the park were able to delve into the s...

On July 5th 2024, the Alice Thornton's Books team will be visiting the North Yorkshire County Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton. The archives are hosting an afternoon of Thornton-related event...

The Alice Thornton's Books team is hosting a book picnic in Starbank Park, North Edinburgh, EH5 3BX, on Saturday 8th June. This is a free event for the whole community to enjoy. At 12:00 and 16:00 Cor...

As the Alice Thornton’s Books team works towards the launch of the Digital Scholarly Edition, we have had some great discussions with members of the public and with other researchers. We are largely b...

On Thursday 18th April, 11:30am - 1:30pm, the Alice Thornton's Books team will host a free interactive session 'Discovery and Digitisation: Alice Thornton's Life and Books (1626-1707)' at the Festival...

On January 25th, 5:30 pm at London's Institute of Historical Research, Cordelia Beattie (Principal Investigator) and Suzanne Trill (Co-Investigator) will give a paper on 'Alice Thornton's Books: remem...

In our first event of 2024, Suzanne Trill (Co-Investigator) will give a talk 'Alice Thornton's Books: A Seventeenth-Century Handmaid's Tale' to the Leith branch of the Scottish Women's Institute. We l...

As the year draws to a close, it’s darker and chillier in Edinburgh, and it’s a good time to get together with your community and spread a bit of warmth. The Alice Thornton Books team has spent the la...

On Tuesday 21st November, writers taking part in the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Citizen Project and illustration students from Edinburgh College of Art have been invited for an evening ta...

Cordelia Beattie (PI) will give a talk, 'Alice Thornton (1626-1707) and her Rediscovered Manuscripts', to the Open History Society at 19:30 on Friday November 17th 2023 at the Royal Scots Club, 29-31 ...

We are hosting Alice Thornton’s Café on 18th November in Edinburgh as part of Being Human, the UK’s national festival of the humanities. This is a completely free event for the whole community to enjo...

In January 2021, during lockdown, the writer and actor Debbie Cannon was interviewed by Lottie Walker of Blue Fire Theatre Company about all things Alice Thornton. They talk about the one-woman play, ...

As we gear up for four days and nights of events at Durham Cathedral, our project partner, here are five links between Alice Thornton and Durham Cathedral to whet your interest: Durham Cathedral weste...

Tickets for our 'Alice Thornton Week' events at Durham Cathedral are now on sale. Please buy early to avoid disappointment! Wednesday 18th October, 7.30pm, Prior's Hall. Public lecture by Cordelia Be...

As promised in our application for AHRC funding, the Alice Thornton’s Books team have organised a symposium that will take place over the next two days, 12 and 13 July 2023, in Edinburgh. Book of Reme...

Tickets for one-woman play 'The Remarkable Deliverances of Alice Thornton' at Durham Cathedral on October 19 and 20th 2023, 7.30pm are now on sale. Written and performed by Debbie Cannon (Green Knight...

Project postdoctoral fellow Dr Jo Edge will give a paper at the Life-Cycles Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London on Tuesday 24 January at 5.30pm. The paper is titled 'Taking it to Heart: ...