Posts tagged with 'events'

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: ...