Nasty Language is Topic of Annual Town and Gown Lecture
Professor David Cressy
Woodcut of the execution of Charles I.
Historian David Cressy will discuss scandalous, seditious and treasonable talk in early modern England.
David Cressy, a social and cultural historian of early modern England, will give the 22nd annual Town and Gown Lecture next month, discussing scandalous, seditious and treasonable talk among ordinary people from the late Middle Ages to the mid-17th century.
The University of Arizona Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies held the firstTown and Gown lecture in 1985 in an effort to engage the Tucson community in educational events on campus. Today, the lecture continues to bring scholars from around the country to the UA to discuss a variety of topics.
In his talk, titled "What Not to Say – Dangerous Speech in Early Modern England," Cressy will explore the popular political culture of Reformation England by examining lost conversations in order to recover undutiful words and trace the fate of some of the offenders.
Cressy is an award-winning scholar and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His books and research focus on the intersections of elite and popular culture, central and local government, and official and unofficial religion. He is the Humanities Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in Holsclaw Hall at the School of Music. The talk is co-sponsored by the English and history departments, the Group for Early Modern Studies, the UA Religious Studies Program and the UA Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation Committee.
For more information, contact Luise Betterton at 626-5448 or bettertm@u.arizona.edu.
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- What | Town and Gown Lecture
- When | Feb. 6, 7 p.m.
- Where | Holsclaw Hall, School of Music
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