OXFORD,
Miss. – Noted historian Paul E.J. Hammer delivers the 37th annual James
Edwin Savage Lecture Monday (April 6) at the University of Mississippi.
His
lecture, “The Uncertain Succession: James VI of Scotland and the Crown
of Elizabeth I,” is a free, public event at 7:30 p.m. in Bondurant Hall
Auditorium.
“We are delighted that Professor Hammer accepted our
invitation to deliver this year’s Savage Lecture,” said Joseph Ward,
chair of the Department of History. “The 45-year reign of Queen
Elizabeth I continues to fascinate us to such a degree that we often
overlook the highly consequential reign of her immediate successor,
King James VI of Scotland, who became King James I of England.
“Hammer’s lecture will remind us that Elizabeth’s contemporaries understood that her successor would face considerable challenges.”
Hammer is a history professor at the University of Colorado. Educated at the universities of Auckland in New Zealand and Cambridge in England, Hammer has published extensively on politics and political culture in 16th century England. Before joining the faculty at Colorado, he was on the faculty of the universities of New England, Adelaide in Australia and St. Andrews in Scotland.
Hammer’s publications include two monographs, “The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics: the Political Career of Robert Deverux, 2nd Earl of Essex: 1585-1597” and “Elizabeth’s Wars: Government and Society in Tudor, England, 1544-1604.”
The late James Edwin Savage chaired UM’s English department from 1954 to 1961 and was a member of the university’s Studies in English editorial board from 1960 to 1972. After relinquishing the chair, he continued to teach courses in Renaissance drama and literary criticism until his death.
For more information or assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-7439. For more information on the Department of English, go to http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/English .