'Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO) Launch Event: Phase 2 (Letters from Elizabeth Montagu to the poet and philosopher James Beattie, and Huntington Library images)'

Registration is required

A Research Institute for Arts and Humanities Event

Speaker

Professor Nicole Pohl
Professor Caroline Franklin
Dr Elizabeth Eger
Dr Joost Hengstmenge
Joanna Barker
Dr. Anna Senkiw
Dr. Jack Orchard
Alexander Roberts

From: 10 May 2021, 3:30 p.m.
To: 10 May 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Location: Online Event - Please see description

Join us for the launch of 'Phase 2 (Letters from Elizabeth Montagu to the poet and philosopher James Beattie, and Huntington Library images) of the Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO)' with Professor Nicole Pohl, Professor Caroline Franklin, Dr Elizabeth Eger, Dr Joost Hengstmenge, Joanna Barker, Dr. Anna Senkiw, Dr. Jack Orchard, and Alexander Roberts.

The panel will demonstrate the features and functionality available on the project website to scholars of 18th Century correspondence and explore a range of topics including the relationship between James Beattie and Elizabeth Montagu, James Beattie and his subscribers and the significance of the Dutch Enlightenment.

The project will also introduce for the first time freely available facsimile copies of over 3,000 of Montagu’s letters from the Huntington archive.

Project website: http://emco.swansea.ac.uk/

Contact: Cristina Magro (Email: c.magro@swansea.ac.uk)

Website: https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LF1XpMrlQ_GKt_aLPKzROw

Event created by: a.l.roberts