Please join us today at 12:30 in the John Hope Franklin room to hear from PhD Candidate in History Maureen McCord! She will present on "The Bombay Theater of the Anglo-Mughal War and the Crisis of Monopoly, c.1686-1722." Hope to see you there!

Our chat with Maureen has been rescheduled to next Wednesday, February 19, at the same time! We will also be moving back to our typical haunt, the John Hope Franklin room. See you there!

Please join us this Wednesday, February 12, at 12:30pm in the Social Science Tea Room. We will hear a presentation from Maureen McCord, PhD candidate in History, concerning "The Bombay Theater of the Anglo-Mughal War and the Crisis of Monopoly, c.1686-1722." Hope to see you there!

Don't miss this tomorrow!

Our next session of Early Modern Lunch is Wednesday, 1/22, at 12:30pm in the John Hope Franklin room. Patrick Graham, PhD candidate in History, will present on the fiscal and political transformations of Restoration England. Hope to see you there!

Please join us on 1/24 and 1/25 for the University of Chicago's British Studies Symposium, hosted by the Nicholson Center for British Studies. We are excited to hear from so many colleagues working across a variety of disciplines!

The Newberry British Studies Seminar has three great sessions for this winter quarter! 1/24 - Boone Ayala on corporations and the English constitution in the late Restoration 2/21 - Tyler Talbott on Channel 4 and Black British independent filmmaking 3/7 - David Hancock, title TBD

Don't miss this next Wednesday!!

We are pleased to host Elizabeth Hines, Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins, for our January 8th session of Early Modern Lunch. Dr. Hines will present research from her manuscript project concerning Anglo-Dutch relations and trans-imperial ventures. Please join us at 12:30 CST on 1/8!

If you would like to present some of your work at Chicago's Early Modern Lunch during Winter Quarter 2025, please send a brief proposal to [email protected] Presentations are typically 5-10 minutes in length, and are accompanied by a short handout (one page, double sided).