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Dr Hannah Newton has been awarded funding from The Wellcome Trust toinvestigate what it was like to be ill, or to witness the illness of others, in early modern England.

Call For Papers: ‘Complaints and Grievances, 1500-1750’, 10th-11th July 2017

Posted on September 29, 2016 by readinghistory

We are delighted to issue a call for papers for Reading University’s biennial Early Modern Studies Conference, ‘Complaints and Grievances, 1500-1750’ (10th-11th July 2017). There will be three strands running through the conference: medical grievances literary complaints political/religious grievances   The keynote … Continue reading →

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Sensing Sickness in Early Modern England, 1580-1720: About the Research Project

Posted on January 23, 2016 by readinghistory

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Hannah Newton has been awarded Wellcome Trust funding for her new research project ‘Sensing Sickness in Early Modern England, 1580-1720’.  Below Hannah tells us more about this exciting project and what it … Continue reading →

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