The Centre for Editing Lives and Letters (CELL) develops projects focused on making archives matter, concentrating on the years 1500-1800.
We are doctoral students, researchers, teachers and writers. Established as a Research Centre in July 2002 with funding from the AHRC, CELL is now independently established internationally as part of the academic landscape, pioneering projects foregrounding Renaissance Studies in the digital age. Originally housed at Queen Mary, University of London, CELL transferred to UCL in 2012. CELL's researc
08/06/2026
IAS Book Launch: Body Size in Early Modern Germany The IAS is pleased to welcome author Holly Fletcher, whose book overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon or that in earlier societies fatness simply signified wealth while thinness indicated poverty.
24/04/2026
The more things change - Digital Humanities in a tumultuous world UCLDH is delighted to welcome Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh, to give the 2026 Susan Hockey Lecture.
15/04/2026
Taster session: Early Modern Studies MA
1st May, 2-3:30pm BST, online
Our MA provides expert training for future researchers, teaching palaeography, book history & archival research skills, alongside options from art history, information studies, literary studies, history, languages & history of science/medicine. At this Graduate Open Event, we will run a short taster lecture, outline the nature of the course and hold a Q&A.
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