This list announces talks in the greater Boston area pertaining to the study of the early modern period ca. 1450-1750, in any discipline and with any regional specialization. Please forward announcements, in the format requested at the end of this message, and e-mail addresses to: earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Aearlymod-40fas…> .
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – 4:00pm
Hosted by the Persian History Club at Harvard
Public lecture, “The Versified Treatise on Chess”
Arash Aboutorabi Hamedani
William James Hall, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Versified Treatise on Chess (Risālah-i manẓūm-i shaṭranj) composed by a celebrated calligrapher of the second half of the 15th century, Majnūn Rafiqī of Herat, is one of the few pre-modern Persian texts on chess, of which a single manuscript scribed in the 16th century has been survived. Topics dealt with in this treatise make it deserving of close study, namely, an introduction to the great chess masters of the medieval era of chess culture in the Persian speaking world; a philhellenic approach to the origin of chess, the distinction between the minor chess and the major chess, which is harmonious with some earlier sources like Rāḥat al-ṣudūr and Shahnamah; and the jurisprudential allowance for playing chess appealing to the unorthodox Shiite lore of the time. The biggest part of the treatise discusses the technical aspects of chess including: the absolute evaluation and compositional evaluation of pieces, rating the players according to the advantages they give to their opponents in advance, the openings (taᶜbīyah), and the end games (manṣūbah) that are categorized by the piece whose last move wins the game. This part is accompanied by nearly one hundred examples, some of which are attributed to well-known players such as Avicenna or Tamerlane. Although the general expositions in the beginning of each chapter are versified, the examples are given in prose, which employs a well-developed and precise system of notations. Studying this genre makes it possible to give an accurate interpretation of numerous pieces of Persian classical literature that allude chess technical terms that otherwise will remain obscure.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series
Lecture, “Botanical Illustration in Europe and the New World”
Lecturer, Rick Lopez
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:30pm
Talk, "In the Workshop of the Mind: The Hidden Helpers of Early Modern Authors and Scholars"
Ann Blair, Harvard University
Dana Commons, Higgins Lounge, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA
For more information and directions:
http://wordpress.clarku.edu/meneuman/uncategorized/ann-blair-roots-of-every…
*Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – 5:00pm
Sponsored by the Renaissance Colloquium
Two presentations of works in process: Will Porter will be speaking on Thomas More's Utopia and Maria Devlin will speak on philosophy and the crises of love in Shakespeare's comedies
McFadden Room 024, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
**Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Robert C. Smith, Jr. Fund for Portuguese Studies, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, and the workshop in Early Modern History
Talk, “To obey from afar. Salvador da Bahia’s city council and the governance of the Portuguese Atlantic during the 17th century.”
Pedro Cardim, Universidad Nova, Lisbon
Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, October 23, 2014 – 6:00pm
Talk, “Dancing on Her Grave? Adding Dance for the Heroine in Shakespeare's Tragedies”
Linda McJannet, Bentley College
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/women-and-culture-early-m…
Thursday, October 23, 2014 – Monday, January 19, 2015
Sponsored by Bank of America, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Art Exhibit, “Donatello, Michaelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors’ Drawings from Renaissance Italy”
Hostetter Gallery, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
For further information about the exhibit visit: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/exhibitions
For complete hours and admission information visit: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/visit/hours_and_admission
Thursdays, October through November, 2014- 7:00pm-8:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Community Class, “Le Roi Lear with Marie Roche”
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 1st required. For pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Runs 5 weeks. This seminar is entirely run in French. Come to read, speak (perhaps laugh in French!) and see a French production of King Lear/ Le Roi Lear by William Shakespeare. The text chosen is a bilingual translation by Jean Michel Déprats, honored guest visitor of the International Shakespeare Conference in March 2014. The English/French text will be provided for the attendants’ convenience. General requirement: to fully engage in the class the participant must have some reading and speaking competence in the French language. However, anyone who would like an immersion in French and soak in the language is welcome to join, but ongoing translation cannot be expected.
UPCOMING EVENTS (* indicates a new listing / ** indicates an updated listing)
Mondays, October through November, 2014 - 3:00pm-4:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Community Class, “Non-Dramatic Prose and Verse of the Sixteenth Century with Marie Roche”
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 3rd required. For pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
This is an 8-week survey class of the known and lesser-known works of the Sixteenth Century English Renaissance. No prior knowledge required. Weekly Readings provided. Every week will review different aspects of the English Renaissance literary corpus.
Monday, October 27-Thursday, October 30, 2014 – Time TBD
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Scholars in Residence: Matthias Bauer, of the University of Tuebingen, and Angelika Zirker, of the University of Tuebingen.
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St.,, Amherst, MA 01002
To arrange for a time slot during each of their office hours or for more information, please contact the Center: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, October 29, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Lecture, “Authorship and Co-Creation in the English Renaissance: >From George Herbert to Shakespeare”
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series
Matthias Bauer and Angelika Zirker, both of the University of Tuebingen
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
*Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 5:30pm
Sponsored by Harvard University
Department of History of Art and Architecture
Graduate Student Lecture Series 2014
Lecture, “Objects of Vertu, Subjects of Empire: Pearls and Mastery Discourses in Early Modern Europe
<http://www.udel.edu/ArtHistory/faculty/torres.html> Mónica Domínguez Torres, University of Delaware
Room 318, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wine and Halloween candy will be provided!
Saturday, November 1, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Italian Renaissance Harvest Banquet
Marriott Center, 11th Floor, Campus Center, UMass Amherst, main campus, 1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003
Join us for a festive evening celebrating Renaissance Italy! Enjoy authentic Renaissance food prepared using produce and herbs from the Renaissance Center’s own kitchen garden. Revel in the sounds of Renaissance Italy brought to you through lutes, sackbuts, singing, and more. With entertainment ranging from juggling to theater to door prizes, you are bound to have an evening of excitement and fun!
$75/each or $125/couple - Reservations must be made by October 27th.
For reservations or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Sunday, November 2, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman’s Club and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
First Sunday Concert Series
AyreCraft, Vocals by Donnie Cotter and lutes played by Robert Castellano and Meg Pash
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and Open to the public. No reservations required. Donations welcome.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…> renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
*Monday, November 3, 2014 – 5:00pm
Sponsored by the Renaissance Colloquium
Talk by Julia Lupton, UC Irvine
Kresge Room, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St Cambridge, MA 02138
Website: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k40975 <http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k40975&pageid=icb.page193179> &pageid=icb.page193179
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 – 2:00-5:00pm
Art Exhibit Study Day
Studying the Exhibit, “Donatello, Michaelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors’ Drawings from Renaissance Italy”
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
RSVP to Elizabeth Reluga at (617) 264-6004 or ereluga(a)isgm.org
Wednesday, November 5, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Renaissance Italian Food
Lecturer, Roberto Ludovico
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
*Monday, November 10, 2014 – 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar and the Medieval Studies Seminar
Talk, "Between Medieval and Early Modern: Pigs and Processions in Jewish-Christian Relations in Central Europe"
Rachel Greenblatt, Harvard Divinity School
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Rare Book Show and Tell
Lecturer, David Katz
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
*Wednesday, November 12, 2014 – 5:00pm
Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium
Lecture, "Miltonic Mind"
Sanford Budick, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Kates Room, Warren House, Harvard University, 11 Prescott St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Website: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k40975 <http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k40975&pageid=icb.page193179> &pageid=icb.page193179
**Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 4:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Five College Renaissance Seminar
Russ Leo, Princeton University
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required. For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Thursday, November 13, 2014 – 6:00pm
Talk, “A Criollo Cicero: Reassessing the Bibliotheca Mexicana Controversy”
Stuart M. McManus, Harvard University
DRCLAS Seminar Room, CGIS South 2nd floor, Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, November 13, 7:00pm
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanitites Center
Seminar, "Female Literacy Revisited: Women Reading in London, 1570-1640",
Eleanor Hubbard, Princeton University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
<http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/women-and-culture-early-m…> http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/women-and-culture-early-m…
Friday, November 14, 5:30pm
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanitites Center
Seminar, "The Making of Shakespeare: Commemoration, Cultural Memory, and 'the Bard'
Coppélia Kahn, Brown University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies
Friday, November 14, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Center’s Reading Group and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Family Renaissance Games Night
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Join us for an evening of Renaissance-era board games, door prizes, refreshments, and more! Families and kids are welcome! Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
*Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference, "Muslims, Christians and Governance in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean"
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Please register by November 14th, renaissance(a)english.umass.edu / Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 4:15pm
Sponsored by the Department of Music
Barwick Colloquia Series talk, “1,000,000 Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity
Gary Tomlinson, Yale University
Davison Room, Loeb Music Library, 2nd floor, Music Building, North Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Gary Tomlinson, is one of the foremost musicologists of Early Modern Europe, while his current research topic is all encompassing, it may be of interest for early modernists.
Free and open to the public
http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html
Monday, November 17, 2014 – 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the workshop in Early Modern History, the Humanities Center Seminar in Book History and the Early Science Working Group.
Talk, "From a Medical Republic of Letters to the Index of Prohibited Books,"
Hannah Marcus, Stanford University
Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Wednesday, November 19, 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Center’s Reading Group and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Classical Legacy Lecture, The Virtue Politics of the Italian Humanists
Lecturer, James Hankins
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
*Friday, December 5, 2014 - 5:30pm Reception / 6:00pm Seminar
Sponsored by the Shakespearean Studies Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University
Graduate Symposium: “New Work on Early Modern Drama”
Speakers:
Emma Atwood, Boston College: “The Architecture of Soliloquy in Early Modern Drama”
Josephine Hardman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: “Tragicomic Transpositions: The Influence of Spanish Prose Romance on English Renaissance Tragicomedy”
Gregory Schnitzspahn, Tufts University: "‘What the Act Has Made You’: Approving Virginity in The Changeling”
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St Cambridge, MA 02138
See more at: http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/new-work-early-modern-dra…
Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:00pm-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman’s Club and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
First Sunday Concert Series
Voces Feminae, directed by Catherine Bell
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and Open to the public. No reservations required. Donations welcome.
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This list announces talks in the greater Boston area pertaining to the study of the early modern period ca. 1450-1750, in any discipline and with any regional specialization. Please forward announcements, in the format requested at the end of this message, and e-mail addresses to: earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Aearlymod-40fas…> .
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 9:00am-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by the DuBois Library, The Amherst Woman’s Club and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
“6th Annual History of the Book Conference”
Speakers: Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts,
Lisa Fagin Davis, Simmons College, and
Alexandra Halasz, Dartmouth College
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 10th required. For pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Lunch is provided.
*Monday, October 20, 2014 -1:30pm
Brown Modern European History Group
Talk, "A Jesuit's Letters: Athanasius Kircher at the Edges of His World"
Paula Findlen, Stanford
Digital Scholarship Lab in the Rockefeller Library, Brown University, 10 Prospect St, Providence, RI 02912
There is a pre-circulated paper for this event. Please contact the organizer,Amy_Kerner(a)Brown.edu for a copy and further details.
Mondays, October through November, 2014 - 3:00pm-4:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Community Class, “Non-Dramatic Prose and Verse of the Sixteenth Century with Marie Roche”
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 3rd required. For pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
This is an 8-week survey class of the known and lesser-known works of the Sixteenth Century English Renaissance. No prior knowledge required. Weekly Readings provided. Every week will review different aspects of the English Renaissance literary corpus.
*Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 5:30 pm
Paula Findlen, Stanford University
The 35th William F. Church Memorial Lecture, "Inventing Medieval Women: History, Memory, and Forgery in Early Modern Italy"
Room 106, Smith-Buonanno Hall, Brown University, 95 Cushing St., Providence, RI 02912
<https://blogs.brown.edu/memhs/2014/08/25/october-21-2014-paula-findlen/> https://blogs.brown.edu/memhs/2014/08/25/october-21-2014-paula-findlen/
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 – 6:00pm
Sponsored by the Modern Greek Literature and Culture Seminar
Seminar, “"Context and Cannon: The Case of Hobbes's Aristotle"
Yannis Evrigenis, Tufts University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-a…
*Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – 4:00pm
Hosted by the Persian History Club at Harvard
Public lecture, “The Versified Treatise on Chess”
Arash Aboutorabi Hamedani
William James Hall, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Versified Treatise on Chess (Risālah-i manẓūm-i shaṭranj) composed by a celebrated calligrapher of the second half of the 15th century, Majnūn Rafiqī of Herat, is one of the few pre-modern Persian texts on chess, of which a single manuscript scribed in the 16th century has been survived. Topics dealt with in this treatise make it deserving of close study, namely, an introduction to the great chess masters of the medieval era of chess culture in the Persian speaking world; a philhellenic approach to the origin of chess, the distinction between the minor chess and the major chess, which is harmonious with some earlier sources like Rāḥat al-ṣudūr and Shahnamah; and the jurisprudential allowance for playing chess appealing to the unorthodox Shiite lore of the time. The biggest part of the treatise discusses the technical aspects of chess including: the absolute evaluation and compositional evaluation of pieces, rating the players according to the advantages they give to their opponents in advance, the openings (taᶜbīyah), and the end games (manṣūbah) that are categorized by the piece whose last move wins the game. This part is accompanied by nearly one hundred examples, some of which are attributed to well-known players such as Avicenna or Tamerlane. Although the general expositions in the beginning of each chapter are versified, the examples are given in prose, which employs a well-developed and precise system of notations. Studying this genre makes it possible to give an accurate interpretation of numerous pieces of Persian classical literature that allude chess technical terms that otherwise will remain obscure.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series
Lecture, “Botanical Illustration in Europe and the New World”
Lecturer, Rick Lopez
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
*Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:30pm
Talk, "In the Workshop of the Mind: The Hidden Helpers of Early Modern Authors and Scholars"
Ann Blair, Harvard University
Dana Commons, Higgins Lounge, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA
For more information and directions:
http://wordpress.clarku.edu/meneuman/uncategorized/ann-blair-roots-of-every…
**Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Robert C. Smith, Jr. Fund for Portuguese Studies, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, and the workshop in Early Modern History
Talk, “To obey from afar. Salvador da Bahia’s city council and the governance of the Portuguese Atlantic during the 17th century.”
Pedro Cardim, Universidad Nova, Lisbon
Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, October 23, 2014 – 6:00pm
Talk, “Dancing on Her Grave? Adding Dance for the Heroine in Shakespeare's Tragedies”
Linda McJannet, Bentley College
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/women-and-culture-early-m…
Thursday, October 23, 2014 – Monday, January 19, 2015
Sponsored by Bank of America, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Art Exhibit, “Donatello, Michaelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors’ Drawings from Renaissance Italy”
Hostetter Gallery, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
For further information about the exhibit visit: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/exhibitions
For complete hours and admission information visit: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/visit/hours_and_admission
Thursdays, October through November, 2014- 7:00pm-8:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Community Class, “Le Roi Lear with Marie Roche”
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 1st required. For pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Runs 5 weeks. This seminar is entirely run in French. Come to read, speak (perhaps laugh in French!) and see a French production of King Lear/ Le Roi Lear by William Shakespeare. The text chosen is a bilingual translation by Jean Michel Déprats, honored guest visitor of the International Shakespeare Conference in March 2014. The English/French text will be provided for the attendants’ convenience. General requirement: to fully engage in the class the participant must have some reading and speaking competence in the French language. However, anyone who would like an immersion in French and soak in the language is welcome to join, but ongoing translation cannot be expected.
UPCOMING EVENTS (* indicates a new listing / ** indicates an updated listing)
Monday, October 27-Thursday, October 30, 2014 – Time TBD
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Scholars in Residence: Matthias Bauer, of the University of Tuebingen, and Angelika Zirker, of the University of Tuebingen.
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St.,, Amherst, MA 01002
To arrange for a time slot during each of their office hours or for more information, please contact the Center: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, October 29, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, “Authorship and Co-Creation in the English Renaissance: >From George Herbert to Shakespeare”
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series
Matthias Bauer and Angelika Zirker, both of the University of Tuebingen
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Saturday, November 1, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Italian Renaissance Harvest Banquet
Marriott Center, 11th Floor, Campus Center, UMass Amherst, main campus, 1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003
Join us for a festive evening celebrating Renaissance Italy! Enjoy authentic Renaissance food prepared using produce and herbs from the Renaissance Center’s own kitchen garden. Revel in the sounds of Renaissance Italy brought to you through lutes, sackbuts, singing, and more. With entertainment ranging from juggling to theater to door prizes, you are bound to have an evening of excitement and fun!
$75/each or $125/couple - Reservations must be made by October 27th.
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Sunday, November 2, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman’s Club and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
First Sunday Concert Series
AyreCraft (Vocals by Donnie Cotter and lutes played by Robert Castellano and Meg Pash).
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and Open to the public. No reservations required. Donations welcome.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 – 2:00-5:00pm
Art Exhibit Study Day
Studying the Exhibit, “Donatello, Michaelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors’ Drawings from Renaissance Italy”
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
RSVP to Elizabeth Reluga at (617) 264-6004 or ereluga(a)isgm.org
Wednesday, November 5, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Renaissance Italian Food
Lecturer, Roberto Ludovico
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Wednesday, November 12, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Rare Book Show and Tell
Lecturer, David Katz
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
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**Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 4:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Five College Renaissance Seminar
Russ Leo, Princeton University
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required. For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3Arenaissance-40…>
Thursday, November 13, 2014 – 6:00pm
Talk, “A Criollo Cicero: Reassessing the Bibliotheca Mexicana Controversy”
Stuart M. McManus, Harvard University
DRCLAS Seminar Room, CGIS South 2nd floor, Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, November 13, 7:00pm
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanitites Center
Seminar, "Female Literacy Revisited: Women Reading in London, 1570-1640",
Eleanor Hubbard, Princeton University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
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Friday, November 14, 5:30pm
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanitites Center
Seminar, "The Making of Shakespeare: Commemoration, Cultural Memory, and 'the Bard'
Coppélia Kahn, Brown University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies
Friday, November 14, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Center’s Reading Group and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Family Renaissance Games Night
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Join us for an evening of Renaissance-era board games, door prizes, refreshments, and more! Families and kids are welcome! Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
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Monday, November 17, 2014 - 4:15 pm
Sponsored by the Department of Music
Barwick Colloquia Series talk, “1,000,000 Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity
Gary Tomlinson, Yale University
Davison Room, Loeb Music Library, 2nd floor, Music Building, North Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Gary Tomlinson, is one of the foremost musicologists of Early Modern Europe, while his current research topic is all encompassing, it may be of interest for early modernists.
Free and open to the public
http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html
Monday, November 17, 2014 – 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the workshop in Early Modern History, the Humanities Center Seminar in Book History and the Early Science Working Group.
Talk, "From a Medical Republic of Letters to the Index of Prohibited Books,"
Hannah Marcus, Stanford University
Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Wednesday, November 19, 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Center’s Reading Group and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Classical Legacy Lecture, The Virtue Politics of the Italian Humanists
Lecturer, James Hankins
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
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Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:00pm-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman’s Club and The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
First Sunday Concert Series
Voces Feminae, directed by Catherine Bell
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading Room, UMass – Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and Open to the public. No reservations required. Donations welcome.
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
Mondays, beginning October 6, 2014 - 3:00pm-4:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Community Class, Non-Dramatic Prose and Verse of the Sixteenth Century with
Marie Roche
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass
Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 3rd required. For
pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 /
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This is an 8-week survey class of the known and lesser-known works of the
Sixteenth Century English Renaissance. No prior knowledge required. Weekly
Readings provided. Every week will review different aspects of the English
Renaissance literary corpus. October through November 2014
Thursdays, beginning October 2, 2014 - 7:00pm-8:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Community Class, Le Roi Lear with Marie Roche
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 1st required. For
pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 /
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Runs 5 weeks. This seminar is entirely run in French. Come to read, speak
(perhaps laugh in French!) and see a French production of King Lear/ Le Roi
Lear by William Shakespeare. The text chosen is a bilingual translation by
Jean Michel Déprats, honored guest visitor of the International Shakespeare
Conference in March 2014. The English/French text will be provided for the
attendants convenience. General requirement: to fully engage in the class
the participant must have some reading and speaking competence in the French
language. However, anyone who would like an immersion in French and soak in
the language is welcome to join, but ongoing translation cannot be expected.
**Tuesday, October 7, 2014 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Law and History Workshop of the Harvard Law School and
the workshop in Early Modern History of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Talk, The form is the cloak, not the spirit: Equity in Early Modern
Venetian Contract Disputes.
James Shaw, The University of Sheffield
Wasserstein Hall, Room WCC 4059 (*room changed), Harvard Law School, 1585
Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 5:30pm
Talk, "Q1 Hamlet: Playfull Typography
Erika Boeckeler, Northeastern University
Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies
Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 9:00am-4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Graduate Conference
Keynote speaker, Coppelia Kahn, Brown University.
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
$10.00 includes admission to all sessions, breakfast, lunch, and afternoon
coffee.
Advance registration is required.
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Saturday, October 11, 2014 9:00AM-6:00PM
2014 New England Renaissance Conference (NERC)
Theme, Cultures of Credit and Debt in Medieval & Early Modern Europe
Keynote Speaker: Francesca Trivellato, Yale University
Opening Remarks: Touba Ghadessi, Wheaton College & Elizabeth W. Mellyn,
University of New Hampshire
Session Chairs: David Bachrach & Sean Moore, both of the University of New
Hampshire
Session Speakers:
Martha Howell, Columbia University
Dan Smail, Harvard University
Evan MacCarthy, West Virginia University
James Shaw, University of Sheffield
Lauren Jacobi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hal Cook, Brown University
Carl Wennerlind, Barnard College
Theatre I, Memorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire, 83 Main
St., Durham, NH
To register, and for more information (including conference brochure),
visit: https://paulcollege.unh.edu/events/new-england-renaissance-conference
Monday, October 13, 2014 - Friday October 17, 2014 Time TBD
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Scholar in Residence, Jean Howard, of Columbia University
To arrange for a time slot during her office hours or for more information,
please contact the Center: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass
Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St.,, Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public.
UPCOMING EVENTS (* indicates a new listing / ** indicates an updated
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*Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:00 PM
Talk, "Sacramental Poetics," part of the 2014-2015 Speaker Series, "The
Language of Divinity: Modernity and the Deep Past"
Regina Schwartz, Northwestern University
Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Boston University, 147 Bay State
Road, 2nd Fl. Boardroom, (entrance to the building is off of Silber Way),
Boston, MA 02215
In this talk, Professor Schwartz will explore how the impulses that inform
ritual can also govern poetry. How, she asks, can the spiritual cravings for
communion with divinity addressed by the Christian sacrament of the
Eucharist be expressed in verse? Surely as sign-making characterizes the
Eucharist, it also does poetry, which is similarly engaged in making present
what is absent. Turning to the work of early modern English poets like
Milton, Donne, and Herbert, Professor Schwarz will consider the sacramental
character of language. The talk will be followed by a public reception.
http://www.bu.edu/scriparts/2014/09/22/a-lecture-by-regina-schwartz/
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series
Lecture, "Interrupting the Lucrece Effect? Representing Rape on the Early
Modern Stage"
Jean Howard, Columbia University
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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**Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 4:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Five College Renaissance Seminar, Political Aesthetics in the Time of
Shakespeare
Christopher Pye, Williams College
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required. For more information
contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
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Thursday, October 16, 2014 4:15pm
Sponsored by the Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar
Seminar, Polyphonic Sensibilities: Emotion and Music in the Early
Renaissance
Graeme Boone, Ohio State University
(Squash) Rm. 113, Wesleyan University, 41 Wyllys Ave, Middletown, CT 06457
The seminars are entirely devoted to discussion of previously circulated
papers, for a copy of this paper, please contact Sandy Brough: Ph. (860)
685-2594 / sbrough(a)wesleyan.edu
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Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 9:00am-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by the DuBois Library, The Amherst Womans Club and The
Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
6th Annual History of the Book Conference
Speakers: Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts,
Lisa Fagin Davis, Simmons College, and
Alexandra Halasz, Dartmouth College
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration by October 10th required. For
pre-registration or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 577-3600 /
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Lunch is provided.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:30 PM
The 35th William F. Church Memorial Lecture, Inventing Medieval Women:
History, Memory, and Forgery in Early Modern Italy,
Paula Findlen, Stanford University
Smith-Buoannno Hall, Room 106, Brown University, 95 Cushing St., Providence,
RI
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 6:00pm
Sponsored by the Modern Greek Literature and Culture Seminar
Seminar, "Context and Cannon: The Case of Hobbes's Aristotle"
Yannis Evrigenis, Tufts University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/modern-greek-literature-an
d-culture
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series
Lecture, Botanical Illustration in Europe and the New World
Lecturer, Rick Lopez
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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**Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Robert C. Smith, Jr. Fund for Portuguese Studies,
Department of Romance Languages and Literature, and the workshop in Early
Modern History
Talk, To obey from afar. Salvador da Bahias city council and the
governance of the Portuguese Atlantic during the 17th century.
Pedro Cardim, Universidad Nova, Lisbon
Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St.,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, October 23, 2014 6:00pm
Talk, Dancing on Her Grave? Adding Dance for the Heroine in Shakespeare's
Tragedies
Linda McJannet, Bentley College
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/women-and-culture-early-mo
dern-world
Thursday, October 23, 2014 Monday, January 19, 2015
Sponsored by Bank of America, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Samuel H.
Kress Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Art Exhibit, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors Drawings from
Renaissance Italy
Hostetter Gallery, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA
02115
For further information about the exhibit visit:
http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/exhibitions
For complete hours and admission information visit:
http://www.gardnermuseum.org/visit/hours_and_admission
Monday, October 27-Thursday, October 30, 2014 Time TBD
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Scholars in Residence: Matthias Bauer, of the University of Tuebingen, and
Angelika Zirker, of the University of Tuebingen.
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass
Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St.,, Amherst, MA 01002
To arrange for a time slot during each of their office hours or for more
information, please contact the Center: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, October 29, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, Authorship and Co-Creation in the English Renaissance: From George
Herbert to Shakespeare
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series
Matthias Bauer and Angelika Zirker, both of the University of Tuebingen
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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Saturday, November 1, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Italian Renaissance Harvest Banquet
Marriott Center, 11th Floor, Campus Center, UMass Amherst, main campus, 1
Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003
Join us for a festive evening celebrating Renaissance Italy! Enjoy authentic
Renaissance food prepared using produce and herbs from the Renaissance
Centers own kitchen garden. Revel in the sounds of Renaissance Italy
brought to you through lutes, sackbuts, singing, and more. With
entertainment ranging from juggling to theater to door prizes, you are bound
to have an evening of excitement and fun!
$75/each or $125/couple - Reservations must be made by October 27th.
For reservations or more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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Sunday, November 2, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
First Sunday Concert Series
AyreCraft (Vocals by Donnie Cotter and lutes played by Robert Castellano and
Meg Pash).
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and Open to the public. No reservations required. Donations welcome.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 2:00-5:00pm
Art Exhibit Study Day
Studying the Exhibit, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors
Drawings from Renaissance Italy
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
RSVP to Elizabeth Reluga at (617) 264-6004 or ereluga(a)isgm.org
Wednesday, November 5, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Renaissance Italian Food
Lecturer, Roberto Ludovico
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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Wednesday, November 12, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Rare Book Show and Tell
Lecturer, David Katz
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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**Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 4:30pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Five College Renaissance Seminar
Russ Leo, Princeton University
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required. For more information
contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 / renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
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*Thursday, November 13, 2014 6:00pm
Talk, A Criollo Cicero: Reassessing the Bibliotheca Mexicana Controversy
Stuart M. McManus, Harvard University
DRCLAS Seminar Room, CGIS South 2nd floor, Harvard University, 1730
Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, November 13, 7:00pm
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanitites Center
Seminar, "Female Literacy Revisited: Women Reading in London, 1570-1640",
Eleanor Hubbard, Princeton University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
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Friday, November 14, 5:30pm
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanitites Center
Seminar, "The Making of Shakespeare: Commemoration, Cultural Memory, and
'the Bard'
Coppélia Kahn, Brown University
Room 133, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies
Friday, November 14, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Centers Reading Group and The Massachusetts
Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Family Renaissance Games Night
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Join us for an evening of Renaissance-era board games, door prizes,
refreshments, and more! Families and kids are welcome! Free and open to the
public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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*Monday, November 17, 2014 - 4:15 pm
Sponsored by the Department of Music
Barwick Colloquia Series talk, 1,000,000 Years of Music: The Emergence of
Human Modernity
Gary Tomlinson, Yale University
Davison Room, Loeb Music Library, 2nd floor, Music Building, North Yard,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Gary Tomlinson, is one of the foremost musicologists of Early Modern Europe,
while his current research topic is all encompassing, it may be of interest
for early modernists.
Free and open to the public
http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html
Monday, November 17, 2014 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the workshop in Early Modern History, the Humanities Center
Seminar in Book History and the Early Science Working Group.
Talk, "From a Medical Republic of Letters to the Index of Prohibited Books,"
Hannah Marcus, Stanford University
Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St.,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Wednesday, November 19, 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Centers Reading Group and The Massachusetts
Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Classical Legacy Lecture, The Virtue Politics of the Italian Humanists
Lecturer, James Hankins
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
For more information contact: Ph. (413) 577-3600 /
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Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:00pm-4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
First Sunday Concert Series
Voces Feminae, directed by Catherine Bell
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Reading
Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002
Free and Open to the public. No reservations required. Donations welcome.
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