You can now see the provisional programme (at the bottom of the page) and register for the Materialities of Urban Life (Wednesday, April 17 – Friday, April 19 2013) conference here:
www.history.ac.uk/materialities
If you’re interested in what it was like living in early modern towns – what goods were available and the spaces in which they could be sold and consumed, or just in the material qualities of everyday life more generally in this period then there will be something here to interest you:
There are papers on life in Holland, Sweden, Italy, Scotland, Mons, Milan, London, Paris and Norwich amongst others; and on topics as diverse as disposession, trespass, exercise, lodging, Shakespeare in print, craft guilds and livery companies, tailors, civic colour, candles, relics, silver plate, cabinets, mirrors, musical instruments, portraiture, elite wardrobes, stage costumes, royal courts and blood.
In the next couple of weeks there will be blogs from some of the speakers, so do look out for those and we hope to see you there…
Material Histories 