Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network
@earlymodernwar
Conference on Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World at the University of Exeter 📜🗡️ 1-3 September 2026 Email us your abstracts and any questions to earlymodernwar@gmail.com⚓
Starting Day 3 with a brilliant panel on violence in early modern drama, from dismembered limbs to sport and imprisonment, with Izzi Strevens @izzistrevens.bsky.social, Laurie Higgins, Anita Sikora and Steve Rohan-Jones 🎭
Final panel of the day covering experiences of rebellion from Europe to the Caribbean, with Paul Douglas Lockhart @pauldlockhart.bsky.social, Alan James and David Lambert
Keeping with that maritime flavour, panel 5 took us through experiences of conflict and violence at sea (and not always at sea), with Liz Preston, Lisa R. Wojahn and our very own Annaliese Money @amm-maritime.bsky.social ⚓
For our second keynote, Prof Elaine Murphy spoke on her ongoing project on wartime separation as experienced by 17c sailors and their wives. Her look into personal letters offered a truly fascinating insight into the lives and minds of these families - thank you Elaine! @plymprivateer.bsky.social ⚓
Starting Day 2 with a great panel on martial writing, including some very engaging discussions about fencing and theatre with Ebrahim Joseph, Gary Evans, Jacob H. Deacon @deaconjh.bsky.social and our very own Dylan McCorquodale 🗡️🤺
The first keynote of the conference by Prof Andrew Hopper offered a fascinating look into his upcoming monograph: Widowhood and Bereavement in the English Civil Wars, which draws upon findings from the AHRC Civil War Petitions Project. Thank you very much Andrew! civilwarpetitions.ac.uk
In our final panel before the keynote, Chiara-Marie Hauser, Anastasios Vavalis and our very own Dylan Neill Andrés @dylanneill.bsky.social discussed narrations of violence in early modern petitions and court rooms.
Continuing Day 1 with our first panel on the British Civil Wars, with papers by Angus Crawford @angusrcrawford.bsky.social Eamonn Welch, Ismini Pells @isminipells.bsky.social and our very own Tom Gayton!
We're off! Kicked off day 1 with an excellent panel on violence in South Asia, including papers by Bidisha Sen Gupta, Jean-Marc Hill and Padmanabha Reddy Addula 🏴☠️🖼️ @jeanmarchill.bsky.social
The conference is free, hybrid, and open to all thanks to our generous sponsors, the @swwdtp.bsky.social and @swdtp.bsky.social. Thank you to all who have submitted papers and registered to attend so far. We look forward to seeing you all very soon! #earlymodern #skystorians
We're excited to share the final programme of events for our upcoming conference at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See the thread below for details, and register here for three full days of talks discussing early modern violence beyond the battlefield: forms.gle/i2qhzBTpboxK...
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our 2026 conference, Beyond the Battlefield, taking place at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See below for more details, and register to attend in person or online here: forms.gle/faYxSdQSzxQ5... Please help us spread the word!
Any #skystorians interested in the English Civil War? Come along to the Dorset History Centre on 6 June for a full day of talks on current research from Civil War scholars, including our own Tom Gayton and Eamonn Welch. See attached for more details, and please help us spread the word! #earlymodern
With only two weeks to go before our CfP closes, we are pleased to confirm this year’s conference activity: a tour of Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), led by our very own Zara Money @zara-money.bsky.social. Remember to send us your abstracts to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by 22 May!
We’re delighted to announce our keynote speaker for our upcoming conference, Prof. Elaine Murphy (Plymouth) @plymprivateer.bsky.social, who will deliver a paper on how 17c sailors and their wives navigated wartime separation ⚓ Please see our full CfP below, and send your abstracts by 22 May!
We’re delighted to announce the first keynote speaker for our upcoming conference: Prof. Andrew Hopper (Oxford), who will be speaking on his forthcoming book 'Widowhood and Bereavement in the English Civil Wars'. The conference will be held on 2-3 Sept in Exeter. Email us your abstracts by 22 May!
Once again, we thank you all for your support. And especially the organisers, Dylan Neill Andrés @dylanneill.bsky.social , Teoni Passereau @teonipassereau.bsky.social, Tom Gayton and Padmanabha Reddy Addula. We hope to see you all again in future editions of the conference! 🗡️⚓⚔️🏴☠️
The two keynotes were representative of our wide variety of topics, from land and maritime warfare to the boundaries of legitimacy surrounding early modern violence and the impact and representation of such violence in its various forms. All through a range of excellent panels!
We would like to thank our two keynote speakers, Mark Stoyle and Jo Esra. While Mark took us back to Civil War Exeter with a talk and guided walk along the city walls, Jo made us think about the emotional consequences of such violence by looking into the experiences of pirate captives ⚔️🏴☠️
What an incredible couple of days! It was a real pleasure to host such amazing speakers on a wide variety of topics relating to conflict and violence in the early modern period 🗡️ Thank you to everyone who spoke, attended and supported us, and especially to our sponsors @swwdtp.bsky.social !
We will continue with more representations of violence, this time on the early modern stage, before returning with some more pictures of maritime violence with naval accounts and concluding by discussing England's conflicting relations with its neighbours in the late 17c 🌍
On Day 2, we'll be adding a maritime flavour by looking at unlawful violence at sea ⚓ Starting with Dr Jo Esra's keynote on North African pirates and interpreting interdisciplinary approaches to violence before moving on to the transformation of privateering during the 18c 🏴☠️
On Day 1, we'll be discussing early modern representations of violence and relations between armies and civilians, before delving into the English West Country's experience of Civil War, concluding with a keynote and guided tour by Professor Mark Stoyle 🗡️
Our jam-packed programme is ready to go! Keep reading for more ⬇️
Registration is now open! Join us this Halloween for a conference full of (historical) blood, conflict and violence 🩸We're hugely grateful to all who have submitted proposals and can't wait to see you all soon! 🗡️ Keep an eye out for the full programme, and register here: forms.gle/be4TAxmG9SVX...
We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter. Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️