British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
John Milton
A Symposium to Commemorate the Quatercentenary of his Birth
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Saturday 6 December 2008
Convenors: Professor Paul Hammond FBA (University of Leeds) and
Professor Blair Worden FBA (Royal Holloway, London)
Programme
| 9.30am | Coffee and Registration |
| 10.00 | Session 1: Chair: Professor Paul Hammond FBA |
| (a) Milton and the Classics: Professor David Hopkins (University of Bristol) (b) Milton, Paradise Lost and moral thought: Dr Christopher Tilmouth (Peterhouse, Cambridge) | |
| 11.15 | Coffee |
| 11.45 | Session 2: Chair: Revd Professor John Morrill FBA (University of Cambridge) |
| (a) Milton and the regicide: Professor Martin Dzelzainis (Royal Holloway, London) (b) Milton and Christianity: Professor Neil Keeble (University of Stirling) | |
| 1.00 | Lunch |
| 1.45 | Session 3: Chair: Professor David Norbrook (University of Oxford) |
| (a) Milton and woman: Dr Rosanna Cox (University of Kent) (b) Milton and his Biographers: Professor Gordon Campbell (University of Leicester) and Professor Tom Corns (University of Wales, Bangor | |
| 3.00 | Tea |
| 3.30 | Session 4: Chair: Professor Blair Worden FBA |
| (a) Milton and the Romantics: Professor David Fairer (University of Leeds) (b) Milton in the Twentieth Century: Dr Tom Lockwood (University of Birmingham) | |
| 4.45 | Short break |
| 5.00 | Poetry Reading Professor Geoffrey Hill will read his selection from Milton’s work, and from his own poetry. |
| 6.00 | Reception |