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: <mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu> earlymod(a)fas.harvard.edu.
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
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
*Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 4:00pm
Sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Talk, “Collapse of the Khwarazmshah Dynasty in Iran: Reasons and Consequences”
Maryam Kamali, Harvard University
Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Room 102, Harvard University, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA
<http://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/collapse-khwarazmshah-dynasty-iran-reason…> http://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/collapse-khwarazmshah-dynasty-iran-reason…
Tuesday, Apr.19, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Interpretation of the Word of God: Hobbes and Spinoza
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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, April 21, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Flood and the making of Gentile society: G.B. Vico
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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, “Shakespeare’s Daughters”
Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University
Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item)
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: Conjectural histories, religion and society: from J-J Rousseau to F.M. Pagano
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
*Monday, April 25, 2016 - 5:00 – 6:30pm
History of Science Special Guest Lecture, "A Tale of Three Ships and Many Plants: Joseph Banks and Traveling Natures in the Late Eighteenth Century"
Jordan Goodman, University College London
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Refreshments will be served.
<http://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/event/dhs-seminar-jordan-goodman-university-…> http://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/event/dhs-seminar-jordan-goodman-university-…
No need to RSVP.
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: <mailto:emmoran@wesleyan.edu> emmoran(a)wesleyan.edu
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__rensem.site.wesleyan.ed…> http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/
Thursday, April 28, 2016 – 5:00pm
Visual Representation, Materiality, and Medium Seminar Series
Chairs: Robin Kelsey, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
Seminar, "Imagining China in Eighteenth-Century France"
Kristel Smentek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sackler Museum, Room 515, Harvard University, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
**Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm (new date)
Sponsored by the Early Sciences Working Group
Talk, “Renaissance Surgery and The Moral Economy of Pain”
Paolo Savoia, Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Friday, April 29, 2016 – 9:00am – 8:30pm
Sponsored by Business History, Harvard Business School
Workshop , “Experience and the Science of Trade in the Long 18th Century”
Will include talks by:
John Shovlin, “Jealousy of Credit: John Law’s 'System' and the Geopolitics of Financial Revolution”
Will Deringer, “The Preeminent Bookkeepers in Christendom: Calculating Personalities and Impersonal Calculations, c. 1718”
Carl Wennerlind, “Swedish Political Economy in the Age of Freedom: Merchants, Mechanics, and Machines.”
Andre Wakefield, “The Uses and Abuses of Expertise.”
Christine Zabel,“Speculation - The Science of Calculating Contingencies”
Martin Giraudeau, “: Inclined plans. Business Plans and the Mechanics of Capitalism”
Cotting House Building, Conference Room 107, Harvard Business School, 117 Western Ave
Boston, MA
To view complete program visit: <http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/seminars/Pages/default.aspx> http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/seminars/Pages/default.aspx
Participants can receive copies of the papers in advance of the conference by sending an email request to Christine Zabel, <mailto:czabel@fas.harvard.edu> czabel(a)fas.harvard.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 <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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.
We’ll 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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for updates on times.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for more information on registration night and tuition.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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 system’s summer acting program will present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare Company’s main stage.
Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards! Free and open to the public.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance
No reservations.
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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: <mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu> 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
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***CANCELLED Cancelled listing
EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
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.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance
No reservations required.
Tuesday, Apr. 12. 2016 – 5pm
Public reading of, The Tempest
College of Arts and Sciences Building, Room 132, Boston University, 685-725 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA
Hark, hark! Bow wow! The Boston University Department of English, in conjunction with Willing Suspension Productions, is delighted to announce a public, participatory reading of The Tempest in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. All are invited to listen and read this romance of shipwreck, love, and magic. No experience with Shakespeare, acting, or deserted islands necessary. Interested readers may email <mailto:wsuspen@bu.edu> wsuspen(a)bu.edu by 10 April to reserve a part, but everyone will have an opportunity to hop in during the reading.
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.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance
Please pre-register by April 11th at 413-577-3600 or at <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2016 - 4-6 pm
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Boston College
Lectures/Conversation, “'Global Courts’ of Early Modern India and China: Jesuit Accounts of Imperial Life”
Jorge Flores, European University Institute, Florence
Eugenio Menegon, Boston University
Stokes Hall South Wing, room S109, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Jesuit missionaries had intimate contacts with Mughal India and Qing China’s elites, and were among the most astute European observers of court life. This conversation focuses on Father Jerónimo Xavier’s account on the court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-27), written in 1610-11, and the reports of Jesuit and papal missionaries on the court of Beijing during the 18th century.
<http://www.bc.edu/centers/iajs/Events/2016/global-courts.html> http://www.bc.edu/centers/iajs/Events/2016/global-courts.html
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
Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by the Early Sciences Working Group
Talk, "Hummus on hot iron: The space and place of manuscript pamphlets in the medico-legal debates of the seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire”
Nir Shafir, UCLA/Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 – 5:15pm
Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium and the Race and Ethnicity Colloquium
Talk, "Bandello's Othello: Constructing Race in the Early Modern Novella Collection"
David Nee, Harvard University
Barker Center, Room 403, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 16 & 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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for updated conference schedules and information on registration.
Tickets can be purchased at the door for the concerts.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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
UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item)
Tuesday, Apr.19, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Interpretation of the Word of God: Hobbes and Spinoza
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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, April 21, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Flood and the making of Gentile society: G.B. Vico
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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, “Shakespeare’s Daughters”
Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University
Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: Conjectural histories, religion and society: from J-J Rousseau to F.M. Pagano
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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: <mailto:emmoran@wesleyan.edu> emmoran(a)wesleyan.edu
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__rensem.site.wesleyan.ed…> http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/
Thursday, April 28, 2016 – 5:00pm
Visual Representation, Materiality, and Medium Seminar Series
Chairs: Robin Kelsey, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
Seminar, "Imagining China in Eighteenth-Century France"
Kristel Smentek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sackler Museum, Room 515, Harvard University, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
**Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm (new date)
Sponsored by the Early Sciences Working Group
Talk, “Renaissance Surgery and The Moral Economy of Pain”
Paolo Savoia, Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
*Friday, April 29, 2016 – 9:00am – 8:30pm
Sponsored by Business History, Harvard Business School
Workshop , “Experience and the Science of Trade in the Long 18th Century”
Will include talks by:
John Shovlin, “Jealousy of Credit: John Law’s 'System' and the Geopolitics of Financial Revolution”
Will Deringer, “The Preeminent Bookkeepers in Christendom: Calculating Personalities and Impersonal Calculations, c. 1718”
Carl Wennerlind, “Swedish Political Economy in the Age of Freedom: Merchants, Mechanics, and Machines.”
Andre Wakefield, “The Uses and Abuses of Expertise.”
Christine Zabel,“Speculation - The Science of Calculating Contingencies”
Martin Giraudeau, “: Inclined plans. Business Plans and the Mechanics of Capitalism”
Cotting House Building, Conference Room 107, Harvard Business School, 117 Western Ave
Boston, MA
To view complete program visit: <http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/seminars/Pages/default.aspx> http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/seminars/Pages/default.aspx
Participants can receive copies of the papers in advance of the conference by sending an email request to Christine Zabel, <mailto:czabel@fas.harvard.edu> czabel(a)fas.harvard.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 <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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.
We’ll 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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for updates on times.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for more information on registration night and tuition.
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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 system’s summer acting program will present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare Company’s main stage.
Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards! Free and open to the public.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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:
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2016 - 5:15 pm
Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium
Talk, "Real Places in Imaginary Spaces"
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-mod…> http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/harvardcolloquium/event/conference-early-mod…
Monday, Apr. 11, 2016 – 6:00-8:00pm
Sponsored by the History of Medicine/Early Sciences Working Groups
Talk, “Sex in the Kitchen: Aphrodisiacs in Tenth-Century Medicine and Cuisine,”
Shireen Hamza, Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Monday, Apr. 11, 2016 – 6:00pm
Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar Series
Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry
Seminar, "A Natural History of Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics"
Deborah Valenze, Barnard College
Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Monday, Apr. 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.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance
Please pre-register by calling 413-577-3600 or email <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> renaissance(a)english.umass.edu by April 3rd.
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.
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No reservations required.
*Tuesday, Apr. 12. 2016 – 5pm
Public reading of, The Tempest
College of Arts and Sciences Building, Room 132, Boston University, 685-725 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA
Hark, hark! Bow wow! The Boston University Department of English, in conjunction with Willing Suspension Productions, is delighted to announce a public, participatory reading of The Tempest in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. All are invited to listen and read this romance of shipwreck, love, and magic. No experience with Shakespeare, acting, or deserted islands necessary. Interested readers may email <mailto:wsuspen@bu.edu> wsuspen(a)bu.edu by 10 April to reserve a part, but everyone will have an opportunity to hop in during the reading.
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.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance
Please pre-register by April 11th at 413-577-3600 or at <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
*Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2016 - 4-6 pm
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Boston College
Lectures/Conversation, “'Global Courts’ of Early Modern India and China: Jesuit Accounts of Imperial Life”
Jorge Flores, European University Institute, Florence
Eugenio Menegon, Boston University
Stokes Hall South Wing, room S109, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Jesuit missionaries had intimate contacts with Mughal India and Qing China’s elites, and were among the most astute European observers of court life. This conversation focuses on Father Jerónimo Xavier’s account on the court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-27), written in 1610-11, and the reports of Jesuit and papal missionaries on the court of Beijing during the 18th century.
<http://www.bc.edu/centers/iajs/Events/2016/global-courts.html> http://www.bc.edu/centers/iajs/Events/2016/global-courts.html
UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item)
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
*Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by the Early Sciences Working Group
Talk, "Hummus on hot iron: The space and place of manuscript pamphlets in the medico-legal debates of the seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire”
Nir Shafir, UCLA/Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
*Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 – 5:15pm
Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium and the Race and Ethnicity Colloquium
Talk, "Bandello's Othello: Constructing Race in the Early Modern Novella Collection"
David Nee, Harvard University
Barker Center, Room 403, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 16 & 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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for updated conference schedules and information on registration.
Tickets can be purchased at the door for the concerts.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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
Tuesday, Apr.19, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Interpretation of the Word of God: Hobbes and Spinoza
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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, April 21, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Flood and the making of Gentile society: G.B. Vico
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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, “Shakespeare’s Daughters”
Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University
Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: Conjectural histories, religion and society: from J-J Rousseau to F.M. Pagano
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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: <mailto:emmoran@wesleyan.edu> emmoran(a)wesleyan.edu
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__rensem.site.wesleyan.ed…> http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/
Thursday, April 28, 2016 – 5:00pm
Visual Representation, Materiality, and Medium Seminar Series
Chairs: Robin Kelsey, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
Seminar, "Imagining China in Eighteenth-Century France"
Kristel Smentek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sackler Museum, Room 515, Harvard University, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
**Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm (new date)
Sponsored by the Early Sciences Working Group
Talk, “Renaissance Surgery and The Moral Economy of Pain”
Paolo Savoia, Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
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 <mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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.
We’ll 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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for updates on times.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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.
<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> www.umass.edu/renaissance
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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> www.umass.edu/renaissance for more information on registration night and tuition.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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 system’s summer acting program will present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare Company’s main stage.
Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards! Free and open to the public.
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> 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:
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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
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<mailto:earlymod@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
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2016 - 5:15 pm
Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium
Talk, "Real Places in Imaginary Spaces"
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-mod…
Monday, Apr. 11, 2016 – 6:00-8:00pm
Sponsored by the History of Medicine/Early Sciences Working Groups
Talk, “Sex in the Kitchen: Aphrodisiacs in Tenth-Century Medicine and Cuisine,”
Shireen Hamza, Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Monday, Apr. 11, 2016 – 6:00pm
Eighteenth-Century Studies<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Seminar Series
Chairs: Susan Lanser, Yoon Sun Lee, Ruth Perry
Seminar, "A Natural History of Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics"
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<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…>
No reservations required.
Monday, Apr. 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<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…>
Please pre-register by calling 413-577-3600 or email renaissance(a)english.umass.edu<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu> by April 3rd.
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<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…>
Please pre-register by April 11th at 413-577-3600 or at renaissance(a)english.umass.edu<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu>
UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item)
Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 – 4:00pm
Renaissance Studies Seminar Series<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>
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
*Thursday, Apr. 14, 2016 – 5:15pm
Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Renaissance Colloquium and the Race and Ethnicity Colloquium
Talk, "Bandello's Othello: Constructing Race in the Early Modern Novella Collection"
David Nee, Harvard University
Barker Center, Room 403, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 16 & 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.
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Tickets can be purchased at the door for the concerts.
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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
Tuesday, Apr.19, 2016 – 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Interpretation of the Word of God: Hobbes and Spinoza
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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 – 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by the Early Sciences Working Group
Talk, “Renaissance Surgery and The Moral Economy of Pain”
Paolo Savoia, Harvard University
Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: The Flood and the making of Gentile society: G.B. Vico
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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
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Chairs: William Carroll, Coppélia Kahn
Seminar, “Shakespeare’s Daughters”
Lena Cowen Orlin, Georgetown University
Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 5:00-7:00pm
Sponsored by Boston University Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lecture Series: “The Sacred and the Social 1650-1790"
Lecture Title: Conjectural histories, religion and society: from J-J Rousseau to F.M. Pagano
John Robertson, University of Cambridge
Colloquium Room of the Photonics Building, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Fl. Boston, MA 02215
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<mailto:emmoran@wesleyan.edu>
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 – 5:00pm
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Chairs: Robin Kelsey, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
Seminar, "Imagining China in Eighteenth-Century France"
Kristel Smentek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sackler Museum, Room 515, Harvard University, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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<mailto:renaissance@english.umass.edu>
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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.
We’ll 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.
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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.
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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.
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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<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissan…> for updates on times.
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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.
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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.
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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 system’s summer acting program will present scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the Hampshire Shakespeare Company’s main stage.
Stay for a light picnic lunch afterwards! Free and open to the public.
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No reservations.
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