Page 1 of 2 THURSDAY, 3 JULY 14:30 Arrival, registration and welcome 14:45 – 16:15 Session 1. Anglo-Scottish publics John Walter, Essex Covenanting Citizens? The protestation oath & University popular politics in mid-seventeenth century England Laura Stewart, Birkbeck Creating and containing publics: Covenanted Scotland Jason Peacey, UCL Anglo-Scottish publics and the rethinking of British union, 1640-1660 16:15 – 16:30 Short break 16:30 – 17:30 Session 2. Mobilizing publics Peter Lake, Vanderbilt Exorcism and the mobilization of publics in postMichael Questier, QMUL Reformation England 17:30 – 18:00 Tea break: room 102 18:00 – 19:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Malet Street B35 Tim Harris, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA Political communication and popular political engagement in the three kingdoms: Was there such a thing as ‘British public opinion’? 19:00 Wine reception: Malet Street B04 Hosted by the Dept of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck 20:30 Dinner Own arrangements FRIDAY, 4 JULY 10:15 – 11:15 Session 3. Performing publics Eamon Darcy, TCD Drinking of healths, gestures and Irish popular politics in the seventeenth century Clare Egan, Libel performance in the communities of early modern Southampton University South West England: Texts in context 11:15 – 11:45 Tea break: room 102 11:45 – 12:45 Session 4. Public and Private Alex Barber, Durham ‘There is a whisper that Mr Greenshields will find University grace by some means’. Private and public in the trial of Henry Sacheverell Suzanne Trill, Edinburgh Records of Resistance: Anne, Lady Halkett's 'private' University meditations on public proclamations, c. 1685-1699 Page 2 of 2 12:45 – 13:45 Buffet lunch: room 102 13:45 – 14:45 Session 5. Language, government and participation Lloyd Bowen, Cardiff Language, government, and publics in early modern University Wales Bernadette Cunningham, Local politics and the state in Connacht, 1540-1640 : Royal Irish Academy interpreting the Irish evidence 14:45 – 15:00 Short break 15:00 – 16:30 Session 6. Pulpits and preachers Andrew Hadfield, Sussex John Ponet and the people University Arnold Hunt, British Preaching and public opinion in Early Modern London Library Alasdair Raffe, Parochial participation: the settling of ministers in the Edinburgh University Church of Scotland, 1690-1712 16:30 – 17:00 Tea break: room 102 17:00 – 18:00 Round table: ‘British’ publics? Led by Michael Questier and Peter Lake Comment by Tim Harris 18:30 The Lord John Russell, Marchmont Street This conference was made possible by the generous support of the Birkbeck Institute of the Humanities and the Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology, Birkbeck.