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SUMMARY:Professor Anthony Bale - Public Lecture: Conflict\, Novelty and Print: The Birth of News Writing in the West
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nProfessor Anthony Bale – Public Lecture\nConflict\, Novelty and Print: The Birth of News Writing in the West\nDate: February 5\, 2026 (Thursday) \nTime: 4:00pm – 5:30pm \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \nRegistration is required. Seats are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required):    https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=104907\nFor non-HKU members:    https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=104907\n\n ||  \nAbstract\nThe newspaper has conventionally been seen as an early modern innovation\, connected to print\, enlightenment and the transformation of the public and literate sphere. In this lecture I will show how news writing was a distinctive development of western Europe in the period 1453-1485\, when contemporary events started to circulate in vernacular writing. \n ||  \nBiography\nAnthony Bale is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English (1954) at the University of Cambridge\, UK\, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College Cambridge. He is currently a Leverhulme Major Research Fellow\, working on The Siege of Rhodes (1480) and medieval news media. \n ||  \nAdditional Content
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LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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