An international gathering of scholars working on the literary activities of the Sidney Family in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their connections. Papers explored the connections between the writings of the Sidney-Herbert family coterie and the world beyond. The conference considered literary collaborations: exchanges between members of the family circles; conversations with writers in Britain, Europe, and beyond; and collaborations across time through critical and creative writings.

Another important area of investigation was the Sidney-Herberts’ material collaborations with scribes, editors, printers, publishers and performers, both in their lifetimes and in their textual afterlives.

The Sidneys’ political, economic and diplomatic ties added a spatial-geographical dimension to our discussions and papers placed the Sidney-Herbert residences in wider contexts, looking to the City of London, the Court, the Continent and further afield to Arcadia, Tartaria and beyond.