13-15 September 2007, Jesus College, Oxford

A joint conference of the Centre for Early Modern British and Irish History at the University of Oxford,
the Centre for Metropolitan History in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London,
and Bath Spa University

Organisers: Ian Archer (Oxford), Matthew Davies (Centre for Metropolitan History, London),
Ian Gadd (Bath Spa), Tracey Hill (Bath Spa), Paulina Kewes (Oxford)

Between 1400 and 1700, London expanded hugely in population; it was affected by religious and political upheaval; it emerged from the shadow of its near-neighbour European competitors to become a world metropolis; and its physical face was transformed by the dissolution and the Great Fire. This conference will focus on how these changes were figured in a range of forms and genres: ballads, drama, civic shows, sermons, pamphlets, poems, urban chronicles, topographical guides, paintings, engravings, and maps.

Plenary speakers
Ian Archer (Oxford), Caroline Barron (Royal Holloway, London)
Paul Griffiths (Iowa State), Rob Hume (Penn State)
Mark Jenner (York), and Peter Stallybrass (Pennsylvania)

Full Programme (revised) (pdf format, 156K)

Please note: this conference is now fully booked

Email: stephanie.jenkins@history.ox.ac.uk

The conference is sponsored by the History Faculty and the Centre for Early Modern English Literature (University of Oxford), Bath Spa University, the Centre for Metropolitan History (University of London), the Royal Historical Society, and the British Academy