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Welcome to the University of Oxford's Centre for Early Modern Studies (CEMS). Founded in 2004, CEMS is now host to the largest, most vibrant early modern scholarly community in the world.

The CEMS website is a central hub for anyone interested in the great range of seminars, conferences, and research projects taking place at Oxford. Based in the Faculty of English but interdisciplinary in its range, CEMS is built around the activities and interests of faculty members, researchers, and postgraduate students. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Slip of paper from 1613

Notices

CFPs, jobs, funding, events, and more...

Loggan map of Oxford - detail showing Balliol College

Seminar Programmes

Listings of current and past events and research seminars in Oxford

An Oxford book auction, 1747

People

Profiles of Early Modernists from a range of disciplines affiliated with CEMS

Powhatan's mantle

Conferences

Past and upcoming conferences in Oxford

Milton, Paradise Lost title page

Study Here

Find out about our graduate courses and postdoctoral opportunities

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Recent Publications

The latest titles published by early modernists at Oxford