Margaret Cavendish at 400 Conference, Oxford, UK

A Conference to Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Birth of Margaret Cavendish at Mansfield College, Oxford.

Free Registration

Registration Deadline: July 7, 2023, 9:00am BST

How to Register: paul.lodge@mansfield.ox.ac.uk

Unfortunately there is no virtual attendance option at this time.

Conference Schedule:

Friday 14th July

1.30-2.00 - Arrival

2.00-3.15 ‘Cavendish on Music’, Daniel Whiting (University of Southampton)

3.30-4.45 'Cavendish, Glanvill, and Witchcraft', Paul Lodge (University of Oxford)

5.15-6.30 'Cavendish on Memory and Remembrance', Marcy Lascano (University of Kansas)

6.45-7.15 Paul Lodge performs songs from Cantat Ergo Sumus, including settings of poems by Margaret Cavendish www.paullodge.com/cantatergosumus

Saturday 15th July

9.30-10.45 'Dancing Figures: Cavendish on Causation and Harmony', Julia Borcherding (University of Cambridge)

11.00-12.15 'Cavendishian Modality', Laura Georgescu (University of Groningen)

1.30-2.45 'The Appendix to the Grounds and the Depth of Cavendish's Ecology', Peter West (Northeastern University, London) and Manuel Fasko (University of Basel)