Date / time: 20 October - 29 October, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Birkbeck Lectures on Ecclesiastical History, 2026, Trinity College, Cambridge
Professor Anthony Grafton, Princeton University
Ecclesiastical History in Early Modern Europe: Forms, Practices, Contexts
Tuesday 20 October 2026 – Material Histories in the Renaissance
Thursday 22 October 2026 – Ecclesiastical Histories and the Reformation
Tuesday 27 October 2026 – History by Committee: Flacius Illyricus and the Magdeburg Centuries
Thursday 29 October 2026 – History by Community: Cesare Baronio and the ‘Annales Ecclesiastici’
All lectures take place at 5.30pm in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge. They are free, open to all, and no booking is required.