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Early Mod Events, 22 February 2016

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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. If you do not wish to be on this list, please reply to that effect. Many thanks to those who contributed to this effort. *New listing ** Updated listing ***CANCELLED Cancelled listing EARLYMOD THIS WEEK *Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 - 12noon Talk, "Francis Bacon and the Science of Wishing Vera Keller, Clark Honors College Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Lecture on Elizabethan music David Gruender, Boston Symphony Orchestra Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. *Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 - 5:15pm Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium Talk, "Renaissance Supplements and Continuations." Leah Whittington, Harvard University Barker Center, Room 269, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA * Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 4:15pm Sponsored by the Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar Seminar, "Sister Maria de Ágreda and the History of the Impossible Carlos Eire, Yale Univerity (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 Eugenia Szady by phone: 860-685-2230 , or e-mail: eszady(a)wesleyan.edu <http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/> http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/ Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 4:30pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Five College Renaissance Seminar Series Lecture, Shakespeare and the Auteurs: Rethinking Adaptation through the Director's Cinema Greg Semenza, The University of Connecticut Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. This event is free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, 5:00pm Sponsored by the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, Luminous Reflections: Thoughts on Enlightened Illumination and Illuminating the Enlightenment" Darrin McMahon, Dartmouth College Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA *Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 5:30 pm The 32nd Annual Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History of Art & Architecture Keynote Address: "The Play of Italian Renaissance Art" Dr. Paul Barolsky, University of Virginia Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery, 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 http://www.bu.edu/ah/graduate-programs/graduate-student-history-of-art-archi tecture-association/the-symposium/ Free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail Catherine O'Reilly at BUgraduatesymposiumHAA(a)gmail.com *Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 10:00 am-3:00 pm The 32nd Annual Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History of Art & Architecture Graduate Symposium 10:00 am Coffee in the Riley Seminar Room 10:30 am Morning Session: Emma Thomas, PhD Candidate, Boston University, "At War and at Play: American Children and the Russo-Japanese War" Asiel Sepúlveda, PhD student, Southern Methodist University, "Humor and Social Hygiene in Havanas Nineteenth-Century Cigarette Marquillas" Will Partin, PhD student, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "Monument | Memory | Play: Joseph DeLappes Dead in Iraq" 12:00 pm Break for Lunch 1:00 pm Coffee in the Riley Seminar Room 1:30 pm Afternoon Session: Naomi Lebens, PhD Candidate, Courtauld Institute of Art, "Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718): Print, Games and the Artist at Play" Elizabeth Weinfield, PhD Candidate, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, "Isabella dEste: Patronage, Performance, and the Viola da Gamba" Margaret Frick, MA student, Bard Graduate Center, 'A Friend may taste/But dont wast': A Study of Puzzle Jugs and Drinking Culture in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Riley Seminar Room, 465 Huntington Avenue http://www.bu.edu/ah/graduate-programs/graduate-student-history-of-art-archi tecture-association/the-symposium/ Free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail Catherine O'Reilly at BUgraduatesymposiumHAA(a)gmail.com UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item) *Thursday, Mar. 1, 2016 - 12noon Talk, "The Artisan and the Koran: A Mediterranean Perspective on Early Modern Science and Medicine Valentina Pugliano, Cambridge University Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Lecture on 17th Century Northampton Rob Cox, UMass Amherst Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016, 5:00pm Sponsored by the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to Enlightenment Brian Copenhaver, UCLA Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, Mar 2, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Seminar, Reading Being Read: Gil Blas to Mary Wollstonecraft" Matthew Garrett, Wesleyan University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Thursday, Mar. 3, 2016 - 5:30pm Women & Culture in the Early Modern World Seminar Series Co-Chairs: Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Seminar, " She had no children, suppose she had: Childlessness in Early Modern England Amy Rodgers, Mount Holyoke Barker Center, Rm. 133, Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 For more information call: 617-495-0738 *Thursday, Mar. 3, 2016 - 5:15pm Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium Talk, "Shakespeare and the Other Virgil: Pity and Shakespeare's Coriolanus." Patrick Gray, Durham University Barker Center, Kresge Room, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA *Saturday, Mar. 5, 2016 1:00pm Sponsored by M. Victor Leventritt Fund Lecture, Beyond the Devilish Details: Looking Deeper into Bosch Ron Spronk, Queens University Menschel Hall, Lower Level, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Ron Spronk will share his discoveries from the Bosch Research and Conservation Project. Since 2010, this interdisciplinary team of conservators, curators, technicians, and art historians has examined paintings and drawings by Hieronymus Bosch in the lead-up to the 500th anniversary of the artists death, and in conjunction with a large exhibition at the Noordbrabants Museum in s-Hertogenbosch. A Q&A with Spronk and Harvard Art Museums research curator Danielle Carrabino will follow the talk. URL: <http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/beyond-the-devilish-details -looking-deeper-into-bosch> http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/beyond-the-devilish-details- looking-deeper-into-bosch No need to RSVP, public lecture; free with admission to the museum Sunday, Mar. 6, 2016 2:00 pm-4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies First Sunday Concert Series Concert, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor exhibiting music from the Elizabethan golden age, played by Seven Times Salt Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Refreshments will be available after the concert. Free and open to the public. Please arrive on time as space is limited. Seating is first come, first served. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Monday, Mar. 7, 2016, 5:00pm Co-sponsored by the Renaissance Colloquium of the English Department, the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History and the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, "Writing Paper and Filing Systems in Early Modern English Households" Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Friday, Mar. 8, 2016 6:00pm, Reception begins at 5:30pm Sponsored by The Archives for Women in Medicine <http://countway.harvard.edu/awm> , a program of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicines Center for the History of Medicine Lecture, "Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England" Olivia Weisser, University of Massachusetts Boston Minot Room, fifth floor, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston MA 02115 Website: https://cms.www.countway.harvard.edu/wp/?p=12585 Registration required: https://civicrm.countway.harvard.edu/index.php?q=civicrm/event/register <https://civicrm.countway.harvard.edu/index.php?q=civicrm/event/register&res et=1&id=81> &reset=1&id=81 Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Talk, The Textual Cultures of Britain in 1633 Helen Wilcox, University of Bangor Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 - 5:30pm Shakespearean Studies Seminar Series Chairs: William Carroll, Coppélia Kahn Title TBA Virginia Vaughan, Clark University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Saturday, Mar. 19, 2016 8:00am noon The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Fundraiser, Annual Dakin Pancake Breakfast Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. The breakfast features syrup tapped from the Centers own maple trees (a tradition begun by Janet Dakin) and donated by local sugarer Richard McIntyre. This all you can eat breakfast features pancakes, sausage and bacon cooked up by volunteer chefs and served in the Reading Room. Suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Rare Book Show and Tell from the Centers collections Jeff Goodhind, librarian at The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Friday, Mar. 25, 2016 7:00pm 9:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies March Madness Renaissance Games Night Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Come for an evening of Renaissance board games and puzzles, much like our annual Games Night in November. However, get ready for a whole new level of competition when the evening gets sprinkled with trivia questions on Shakespeare. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Annual Celebrity Lecture Lecture, What is Early Music anyway, and why I like to perform Historically Informed. Alice Robbins, Five College Early Music Program Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided after the lecture. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016, 12:00pm Sponsored by the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, "Neither Disobedients nor Rebels: Early Modern/Modern Arguments for Lawful Resistance between the Old and the New World Angela de Benedictis, University of Bologna Lower Library, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA *Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016 - 5:00 pm Sponsored by the Medieval Colloquium Talk, "Secularization and the Carmina Burana." John Parker, University of Virginia Warren House, Kates Room, Harvard University, 11 Prescott St., Cambridge, 02138 Sunday, Apr. 3, 2016 2:00pm - 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies First Sunday Concert Series Early Modern music from the Robin Hood Legend Performed by the Ensemble Musica Humana Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Refreshments will be available after the concert. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Please arrive on time as space is limited. Seating is first come, first served. Monday, Apr. 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2016 - 4:00pm 5:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Class, The Hand-Press Book with Jeff Goodhind Jeff Goodhind, Renaissance Center Librarian Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. An introduction to early printed books including paper, typesetting, printing, illustration, and binding. No knowledge of book history required. Class will take place in the upstairs classroom. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance Please pre-register by calling 413-577-3600 or email renaissance(a)english.umass.edu by April 3rd. Monday, Apr. 4, 2016 - 5:30pm Co-sponsored by Houghton Library, the Early Sciences Working Group and the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History. Talk, The Newton Project and the development of a digital edition Scott Mandelbrote, Cambridge University Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 *Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2016 - 5:15 pm Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium Talk Title, TBA Stephen Orgel, Stanford University Barker Center, Room 269, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Thursday, Apr. 7, 2016 - 5:30pm Women & Culture in the Early Modern World Seminar Series Co-Chairs: Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Seminar, The Death of Women: Painting and Book Illustration in Seventeenth-Century France Marika Knowles, Harvard Room, 133, The Humanities Center, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 For more information call: 617-495-0738 Friday, Apr. 8, 2016 9:00am 5:00pm Workshop, "God and the Philosophers in the seventeenth century A one-day workshop organized by Ann Blair and James Hankins for the Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History featuring: Lisa Downing, Ohio State University Daniel Garber, Princeton University Craig Martin, Oakland University Jeff McDonough, Harvard University Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin Madison Debora Shuger, UCLA Please RSVP by April 4. To RSVP and for more information click the below link: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/harvardcolloquium/event/conference-early-mode rn-european-intellectual-history?delta=0 Friday, Apr. 8, 2016 9:00am 5:00pm Workshop, "God and the Philosophers in the seventeenth century A one-day workshop organized by Ann Blair and James Hankins for the Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History featuring: Lisa Downing, Ohio State University Daniel Garber, Princeton University Craig Martin, Oakland University Jeff McDonough, Harvard University Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin Madison Debora Shuger, UCLA CES Lower Level Conference Room, 27 Kirkland St, Cambridge Please RSVP by April 1. To RSVP and for more information click the below link: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/harvardcolloquium/event/conference-early-mode rn-european-intellectual-history?delta=0 Monday, Apr. 11, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Seminar, Title TBA Deborah Valenze, Barnard College Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Annual Dan S. Collins Lecture William West, Northwestern University Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Tuesday, Apr. 12, 19, 26, and May 3, 2016 - 7:00pm 9:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Class, Shakespeare with Tony Burton Tony Burton, Renaissance Center Fellow Renaissance Center, Classroom, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01002 The Merchant of Venice: The issues aren't what you think. Please read the play beforehand. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance Please pre-register by April 11th at 413-577-3600 or at renaissance(a)english.umass.edu Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 4:00pm Renaissance Studies Seminar Series Chair: Tom Conley / Co-sponsored by Villa I Tatti. Seminar, "Florentine Soundscapes of the Fifteenth Century" Stephen Milner, University of Manchester Evan MacCarthy, West Virginia University Christopher Brown, Harvard University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 16 and 17, 2016 - 9:00am 5:30pm UMass Amherst College of Humanities & Fine Arts, UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Five College Early Music Program Conference, Italian Madrigal Festival - Scholarly Symposium and Concerts Alexandra Amati-Camperi (University of San Francisco), Mauro Calcagno (UPenn) Seth Coluzzi (Brandeis) Catherine Deutsch (Univ. of Paris, Sorbonne) Daniel Donnelly (McGill) Giuseppe Gerbino (Columbia) Anthony Newcomb (UC Berkeley) Massimo Ossi (Indiana Univ. Bloomington) Jessie Ann Owens (UC Davis) Emiliano Ricciardi (UMass Amherst) Laurie Stras (Univ. of Southampton) Paul Schleuse (Binghamton, SUNY) Chamber Choir and Illuminati, dir. Tony Thornton April 16th: Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. April 17th: Grace Church (14 Boltwood Ave, Amherst, MA 01002), UMass Campus Center (1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01002), Bezanson Recital Hall (Fine Arts Center, Umass Amherst, 01002). Free weekend conference on the Italian Madrigal at UMass Amherst features scholarly papers at the Renaissance Center on the 16th followed by concerts and round tables on the 17th. Keep checking www.umass.edu/renaissance for updated conference schedules and information on registration. Tickets can be purchased at the door for the concerts. www.umass.edu/renaissance Monday Apr. 18, 2016 5:00 -7:00pm Talk, "Books as Jews: The Burning of the Talmud, Paris 1241 and Rome 1553." David Stern, Harvard University Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA *Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016 - 5:15 pm Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium Talk Title, TBA Niko Suominen, Fulbright Visiting Scholar Barker Center, Room 269, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA *Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016 - 6:00 PM Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, Boston College Lecture, "Shakespeare's Father" Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University 101 Devlin Hall, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill *Thursday, Apr. 21, 2016 4:15pm Sponsored by the Wesleyan University Thomas and Catherine McMahon Lecture Series Lecture, Siena, City of Secrets" Jane Tylus, New York University Common Room, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Wesleyan University, 300 High St., Middletown, CT 06457 The lecture is open to the public. *Thursday, Apr. 21, 2016- 6:00pm Sponsored by Boston University Lectures in Criticism Lecture, "Shakespeare's Wife" Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University Location: Room 132, Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, , Boston Reception after the lecture. *Friday, Apr. 22, 5:30pm Reception, 6:00pm Seminar Shakespearean Studies Seminar Series Chairs: William Carroll, Coppélia Kahn Seminar, Shakespeares Daughters Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA *Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016 4:15pm Sponsored by the Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar Seminar, "Ambiguous Valois Bodies: French Rulers and Monstrosity (1494-1589)" Touba Ghadhessi, Wheaton College (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 Esther Moran by phone: (860) 685-2682, or e-mail: emmoran(a)wesleyan.edu http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/ Saturday, Apr. 30, 2016 - 9:00am 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Conference, Historical Swordsmanship Conference Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002 Full-day conference with academic papers as well as swordsmanship demonstrations. Lunch will be provided. Free and open to the public. Please pre-register by April 29th at 413-577-3600 or renaissance(a)english.umass.edu www.umass.edu/renaissance Sunday, May 1, 2016 11:00am 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Festival, The 14th Annual Community Renaissance Festival Various musical, theatrical, and experiential entertainment. Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Well have theater, music, falconry, juggling, sword demonstrations from Phoenix Swords, Renaissance games, artisans, dancing, and more! Costumes encouraged! Fun for the whole family. Rain or shine. Plenty of on-site free parking. Food for sale from UMass concessions. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Admission is free although donations are welcome. Friday, May 6, 2016 4:00pm 5:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Event, Sonnetfest Members of the Renaissance Center Community Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Our annual reading aloud of sonnets followed by white wine and strawberries. Call the Center at 413-577-3600 to sign up to read a sonnet. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Please call the center at 413-577-3600 if you would like to read a sonnet. *Tuesday, May 10, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Seminar, Title TBA Janet Todd, University of Aberdeen Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Thursday, May 12, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Event and Lecture, Normand Berlin Tree Dedication and Shakespeare, Adam Zucker, UMass Amherst Renaissance Center, Reading Room and Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. We will dedicate the new oak tree at the Renaissance Center in memory of Normand Berlin, who taught community classes on Shakespeare at the Renaissance Center. The dedication will be followed by a lecture on Shakespeare delivered by Adam Zucker. A reception will follow. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22, 2016 - 12:00pm each day The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies and The Young Shakespeare Players East Performance of Romeo and Juliet by the The Young Shakespeare Players East Renaissance Center, Great Meadow Stage, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Keep checking www.umass.edu/renaissance for updates on times. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Saturday, Jun. 18, 2016 1:00pm 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Concert, Garden Opening Concert Zoe Vandermeer, AyreCraft, and Nota Bene Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. To celebrate the official opening of our gardens, we invite you to hear three concerts outside on the grounds of the Renaissance Center. Guests may take refreshments outside to enjoy during the concerts. No reservations are required. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Suggested donation of $5 per person. Monday, Jul. 11 Friday, Jul. 15, 2016 9:00am 3:30pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Summer Program, Kids Renaissance Summer (KRS) Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Kids ages 9 13 can experience different aspects of the Renaissance through an interdisciplinary summer day program. Activities will include performing scenes from Renaissance theater, playing authentic Renaissance games, testing out historical recipes, writing their own sonnets, painting en plein air, and more! The week will culminate in a performance where the kids can display their creations, perform their scenes, and read their very own sonnets for their friends and families. Keep checking www.umass.edu/renaissance for more information on registration night and tuition. www.umass.edu/renaissance Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 11am 1pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Enchanted Circle Theater, and Holyoke Public Schools Theater, Acting Shakespeare Enchanted Circle Theater Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Student actors from Holyoke school systems summer acting program will present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare Companys main stage. Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards! Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations. *If you would like to request that your announcement be posted in an upcoming Early Mod Events e-mail: Please send your listing to: earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu It would be a great help if you could follow the format below. To be included in the Early Mod Events mailing, the event must take place in the greater Boston area. Announcements are posted at the discretion of the Early Mod Listserv administrator. Day, date, time Sponsor (if available) Type of event (ex. Lecture/Symposium/Workshop), Event Title Person giving talk (in bold), their home institution (if applicable) Location (Building, Room, St., Address, Institution, City, State) * Event must take place in the greater Boston area. Additional info (no more than a couple sentences) Website URL RSVP or Registration information/link

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Early Mod Events, 3 February 2016

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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. If you do not wish to be on this list, please reply to that effect. Many thanks to those who contributed to this effort. *New listing ** Updated listing ***CANCELLED Cancelled listing EARLYMOD THIS WEEK Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 - 4:30pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Five College Renaissance Seminar Series Lecture, Defoliating Playbooks and the Reading Public Peter Berek, Amherst College Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. This event is free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5-6, 2016 Click here to view schedule <http://earlymod.fas.harvard.edu/conferences?admin_panel=1> Sponsored by the Early Modern European History Workshop Harvard-Princeton Graduate Conference in Early Modern European History Lower Library, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA *RSVP to emework(a)fas.harvard.edu by Feb 1 if you plan to attend on Saturday 2/6 *Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 - 5:30pm Shakespearean Studies Seminar Series Chairs: William Carroll, Coppélia Kahn Seminar, "XH: Xerographic Humanities and Early English Books" Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 5:30pm (Performance Lecture); Feb. 6-7, 2016 2-Day Workshop Annmary Brown Memorial, Brown University, 21 Brown Street, Providence RI. Performance Lecture, "Songs from the Hesperides: Michael Maier's 1618 Musical Alchemical Emblem Book Atalanta Fugiens, Donna Bilak, Columbia University; and the solo voice ensemble Les Canards Chantants A Performance Lecture exploring the sound and structure of Maier's seventeenth-century canons as encoded instructions for making the philosopher's stone. This performance will be followed by a 2-day workshop on February 6-7 to explore how we might create a digital edition of the Atalanta Fugiens with an interdisciplinary perspective. To join the workshop please register by January 22, 2016, by sending an email to Tara_Nummedal(a)brown.edu or Evelyn_Lincoln(a)brown.edu. http://events.brown.edu/events/cal/CAL-00147cc4-522fee29-0152-31e7ead4-00002 e10events(a)brown.edu/ Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, 2:00pm 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Concert, First Sunday Concert Series Erik Simon Vuoritie, UMass Amherst Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Erik Simon Vuoritie will play a Renaissance Spanish guitar set. Refreshments will be available after the concert. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Please arrive on time as space is limited. Seating is first come, first served. Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Laura Estill, (Texas A&M), Scholar in Residence at The Renaissance Center Renaissance Center, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Laura Estill of Texas A&M will be in residency at the Renaissance Center. To make an appointment to meet during her office hours, please call 413-577-3600. www.umass.edu/renaissance Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 - 5:30pm 105th George Parker Winship Lecture Lecture, Editing Shakespeare for the Digital Age Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University Barker Center, Thompson Room, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA The lecture will be followed by an opening reception at Houghton Library for Shakespeare: His Collected Works, a major exhibition to mark the quatercentenary of Shakespeares death. The George Parker Winship Lecture Series is supported by the fund established by former members of the John Barnard Associates For details contact Monique Duhaime at: duhaime(a)fas.harvard.edu Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 - 4:00pm Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History. Talk, "Bibliography and Native American Bodies in the Revolutionary Era, Michael Kelly (Amherst College), followed by a comment by David Hall (Harvard University) Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Lecture, "Finding Drama in Early Modern English Manuscripts" Laura Estill, Texas A&M Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. *Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Dinner Symposium, "New Eyes on the 18th Century VII" Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA *Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Dinner Symposium, "New Eyes on the 18th Century VII" Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item) *Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 4:00pm Renaissance Studies Seminar Series Chair: Tom Conley Seminar, "Drawing on Galileo: Astronomy, Art, and Appropriation" Eileen Reeves, Princeton University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Lecture on Birdlife Dan Ziomek, Hadley Garden Center Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. *Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 - 5:30pm Women & Culture in the Early Modern World Seminar Series Co-Chairs: Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Seminar, What Stuff Are You Reading Here?: Encoding Intertextuality in Early Womens Texts Sarah Connell, Northeastern University Barker Center, Rm. 128, Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 For more information call: 617-495-0738 Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Lecture on Elizabethan music David Gruender, Boston Symphony Orchestra Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 4:30pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Five College Renaissance Seminar Series Lecture, Shakespeare and the Auteurs: Rethinking Adaptation through the Director's Cinema Greg Semenza, The University of Connecticut Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. This event is free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, 5:00pm Sponsored by the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, Luminous Reflections: Thoughts on Enlightened Illumination and Illuminating the Enlightenment" Darrin McMahon, Dartmouth College Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Lecture on 17th Century Northampton Rob Cox, UMass Amherst Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016, 5:00pm Sponsored by the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to Enlightenment Brian Copenhaver, UCLA Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA *Wednesday, Mar 2, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Seminar, Reading Being Read: Gil Blas to Mary Wollstonecraft" Matthew Garrett, Wesleyan University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA *Thursday, Mar. 3, 2016 - 5:30pm Women & Culture in the Early Modern World Seminar Series Co-Chairs: Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Seminar, " She had no children, suppose she had: Childlessness in Early Modern England Amy Rodgers, Mount Holyoke Barker Center, Rm. 133, Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 For more information call: 617-495-0738 Sunday, Mar. 6, 2016 2:00 pm-4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies First Sunday Concert Series Concert, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor exhibiting music from the Elizabethan golden age, played by Seven Times Salt Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Refreshments will be available after the concert. Free and open to the public. Please arrive on time as space is limited. Seating is first come, first served. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Monday, Mar. 7, 2016, 5:00pm Co-sponsored by the Renaissance Colloquium of the English Department, the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History and the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, "Writing Paper and Filing Systems in Early Modern English Households" Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Talk, The Textual Cultures of Britain in 1633 Helen Wilcox, University of Bangor Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. *Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 - 5:30pm Shakespearean Studies Seminar Series Chairs: William Carroll, Coppélia Kahn Title TBA Virginia Vaughan, Clark University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Saturday, Mar. 19, 2016 8:00am noon The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Fundraiser, Annual Dakin Pancake Breakfast Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. The breakfast features syrup tapped from the Centers own maple trees (a tradition begun by Janet Dakin) and donated by local sugarer Richard McIntyre. This all you can eat breakfast features pancakes, sausage and bacon cooked up by volunteer chefs and served in the Reading Room. Suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Rare Book Show and Tell from the Centers collections Jeff Goodhind, librarian at The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Friday, Mar. 25, 2016 7:00pm 9:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies March Madness Renaissance Games Night Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Come for an evening of Renaissance board games and puzzles, much like our annual Games Night in November. However, get ready for a whole new level of competition when the evening gets sprinkled with trivia questions on Shakespeare. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Annual Celebrity Lecture Lecture, What is Early Music anyway, and why I like to perform Historically Informed. Alice Robbins, Five College Early Music Program Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided after the lecture. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016, 12:00pm Sponsored by the Early Modern European History Workshop Talk, "Neither Disobedients nor Rebels: Early Modern/Modern Arguments for Lawful Resistance between the Old and the New World Angela de Benedictis, University of Bologna Lower Library, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Sunday, Apr. 3, 2016 2:00pm - 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies First Sunday Concert Series Early Modern music from the Robin Hood Legend Performed by the Ensemble Musica Humana Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Refreshments will be available after the concert. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Please arrive on time as space is limited. Seating is first come, first served. Monday, Apr. 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2016 - 4:00pm 5:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Class, The Hand-Press Book with Jeff Goodhind Jeff Goodhind, Renaissance Center Librarian Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. An introduction to early printed books including paper, typesetting, printing, illustration, and binding. No knowledge of book history required. Class will take place in the upstairs classroom. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance Please pre-register by calling 413-577-3600 or email renaissance(a)english.umass.edu by April 3rd. Monday, Apr. 4, 2016 - 5:30pm Co-sponsored by Houghton Library, the Early Sciences Working Group and the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History. Talk, The Newton Project and the development of a digital edition Scott Mandelbrote, Cambridge University Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 Thursday, Apr. 7, 2016 - 5:30pm Women & Culture in the Early Modern World Seminar Series Co-Chairs: Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Seminar, The Death of Women: Painting and Book Illustration in Seventeenth-Century France Marika Knowles, Harvard Room, 133, The Humanities Center, Barker Center, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 For more information call: 617-495-0738 Friday, Apr. 8, 2016 9:00am 5:00pm Workshop, "God and the Philosophers in the seventeenth century A one-day workshop organized by Ann Blair and James Hankins for the Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History featuring: Lisa Downing, Ohio State University Daniel Garber, Princeton University Craig Martin, Oakland University Jeff McDonough, Harvard University Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin Madison Debora Shuger, UCLA Please RSVP by April 4. To RSVP and for more information click the below link: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/harvardcolloquium/event/conference-early-mode rn-european-intellectual-history?delta=0 *Friday, Mar. 8, 2016 6:00pm, Reception begins at 5:30pm Sponsored by The Archives for Women in Medicine <http://countway.harvard.edu/awm> , a program of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicines Center for the History of Medicine Lecture, "Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England" Olivia Weisser, University of Massachusetts Boston Minot Room, fifth floor, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston MA 02115 Website: https://cms.www.countway.harvard.edu/wp/?p=12585 Registration required: https://civicrm.countway.harvard.edu/index.php?q=civicrm/event/register <https://civicrm.countway.harvard.edu/index.php?q=civicrm/event/register&res et=1&id=81> &reset=1&id=81 *Friday, Apr. 8, 2016 9:00am 5:00pm Workshop, "God and the Philosophers in the seventeenth century A one-day workshop organized by Ann Blair and James Hankins for the Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History featuring: Lisa Downing, Ohio State University Daniel Garber, Princeton University Craig Martin, Oakland University Jeff McDonough, Harvard University Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin Madison Debora Shuger, UCLA CES Lower Level Conference Room, 27 Kirkland St, Cambridge Please RSVP by April 1. To RSVP and for more information click the below link: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/harvardcolloquium/event/conference-early-mode rn-european-intellectual-history?delta=0 *Monday, Apr. 11, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Seminar, Title TBA Deborah Valenze, Barnard College Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Annual Dan S. Collins Lecture William West, Northwestern University Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Tuesday, Apr. 12, 19, 26, and May 3, 2016 - 7:00pm 9:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Class, Shakespeare with Tony Burton Tony Burton, Renaissance Center Fellow Renaissance Center, Classroom, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01002 The Merchant of Venice: The issues aren't what you think. Please read the play beforehand. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance Please pre-register by April 11th at 413-577-3600 or at renaissance(a)english.umass.edu *Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 4:00pm Renaissance Studies Seminar Series Chair: Tom Conley / Co-sponsored by Villa I Tatti. Seminar, "Florentine Soundscapes of the Fifteenth Century" Stephen Milner, University of Manchester Evan MacCarthy, West Virginia University Christopher Brown, Harvard University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 16 and 17, 2016 - 9:00am 5:30pm UMass Amherst College of Humanities & Fine Arts, UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Five College Early Music Program Conference, Italian Madrigal Festival - Scholarly Symposium and Concerts Alexandra Amati-Camperi (University of San Francisco), Mauro Calcagno (UPenn) Seth Coluzzi (Brandeis) Catherine Deutsch (Univ. of Paris, Sorbonne) Daniel Donnelly (McGill) Giuseppe Gerbino (Columbia) Anthony Newcomb (UC Berkeley) Massimo Ossi (Indiana Univ. Bloomington) Jessie Ann Owens (UC Davis) Emiliano Ricciardi (UMass Amherst) Laurie Stras (Univ. of Southampton) Paul Schleuse (Binghamton, SUNY) Chamber Choir and Illuminati, dir. Tony Thornton April 16th: Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. April 17th: Grace Church (14 Boltwood Ave, Amherst, MA 01002), UMass Campus Center (1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01002), Bezanson Recital Hall (Fine Arts Center, Umass Amherst, 01002). Free weekend conference on the Italian Madrigal at UMass Amherst features scholarly papers at the Renaissance Center on the 16th followed by concerts and round tables on the 17th. Keep checking www.umass.edu/renaissance for updated conference schedules and information on registration. Tickets can be purchased at the door for the concerts. www.umass.edu/renaissance Monday Apr. 18, 2016 5:00 -7:00pm Talk, "Books as Jews: The Burning of the Talmud, Paris 1241 and Rome 1553." David Stern, Harvard University Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, Harvard University, 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA *Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016 - 6:00 PM Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, Boston College Lecture, "Shakespeare's Father" Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University 101 Devlin Hall, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill *Thursday, Apr. 21, 2016- 6:00pm Sponsored by Boston University Lectures in Criticism Lecture, "Shakespeare's Wife" Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University Location: Room 132, Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, , Boston Reception after the lecture. *Friday, Apr. 22, 5:30pm Reception, 6:00pm Seminar Shakespearean Studies Seminar Series Chairs: William Carroll, Coppélia Kahn Seminar, Shakespeares Daughters Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Saturday, Apr. 30, 2016 - 9:00am 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Conference, Historical Swordsmanship Conference Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002 Full-day conference with academic papers as well as swordsmanship demonstrations. Lunch will be provided. Free and open to the public. Please pre-register by April 29th at 413-577-3600 or renaissance(a)english.umass.edu www.umass.edu/renaissance Sunday, May 1, 2016 11:00am 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Festival, The 14th Annual Community Renaissance Festival Various musical, theatrical, and experiential entertainment. Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Well have theater, music, falconry, juggling, sword demonstrations from Phoenix Swords, Renaissance games, artisans, dancing, and more! Costumes encouraged! Fun for the whole family. Rain or shine. Plenty of on-site free parking. Food for sale from UMass concessions. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Admission is free although donations are welcome. Friday, May 6, 2016 4:00pm 5:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Event, Sonnetfest Members of the Renaissance Center Community Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Our annual reading aloud of sonnets followed by white wine and strawberries. Call the Center at 413-577-3600 to sign up to read a sonnet. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Please call the center at 413-577-3600 if you would like to read a sonnet. *Tuesday, May 10, 2016 6:00pm Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry Seminar, Title TBA Janet Todd, University of Aberdeen Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA Thursday, May 12, 2016 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Community Event and Lecture, Normand Berlin Tree Dedication and Shakespeare, Adam Zucker, UMass Amherst Renaissance Center, Reading Room and Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. We will dedicate the new oak tree at the Renaissance Center in memory of Normand Berlin, who taught community classes on Shakespeare at the Renaissance Center. The dedication will be followed by a lecture on Shakespeare delivered by Adam Zucker. A reception will follow. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22, 2016 - 12:00pm each day The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies and The Young Shakespeare Players East Performance of Romeo and Juliet by the The Young Shakespeare Players East Renaissance Center, Great Meadow Stage, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Free and open to the public. Keep checking www.umass.edu/renaissance for updates on times. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Saturday, Jun. 18, 2016 1:00pm 4:00pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Concert, Garden Opening Concert Zoe Vandermeer, AyreCraft, and Nota Bene Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. To celebrate the official opening of our gardens, we invite you to hear three concerts outside on the grounds of the Renaissance Center. Guests may take refreshments outside to enjoy during the concerts. No reservations are required. www.umass.edu/renaissance <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> Suggested donation of $5 per person. Monday, Jul. 11 Friday, Jul. 15, 2016 9:00am 3:30pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Summer Program, Kids Renaissance Summer (KRS) Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Kids ages 9 13 can experience different aspects of the Renaissance through an interdisciplinary summer day program. Activities will include performing scenes from Renaissance theater, playing authentic Renaissance games, testing out historical recipes, writing their own sonnets, painting en plein air, and more! The week will culminate in a performance where the kids can display their creations, perform their scenes, and read their very own sonnets for their friends and families. Keep checking www.umass.edu/renaissance for more information on registration night and tuition. www.umass.edu/renaissance Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 11am 1pm The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Enchanted Circle Theater, and Holyoke Public Schools Theater, Acting Shakespeare Enchanted Circle Theater Renaissance Center, Great Meadow, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002. Student actors from Holyoke school systems summer acting program will present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare Companys main stage. Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards! Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations. *If you would like to request that your announcement be posted in an upcoming Early Mod Events e-mail: Please send your listing to: earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu It would be a great help if you could follow the format below. 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