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Early Modern Studies from Sept 26, 2017

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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. * indicates a newly announced event ** indicates an updated or corrected event EARLYMOD THIS WEEK *Tuesday, September 26, at 4:30 PM MEMHS Brown University Tara Nummedal: “Courting Hedwig and Julius” Pavilion room of the History department, Brown University, Providence RI The precirculated paper is posted on the website. It is password protected. As in the years past the password remains the same "Sharpe". Here's the link: https://blogs.brown.edu/memhs/2017/09/05/september-26-2017-tara-nummedal-br…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.brown.edu_memhs_…> Tuesday, Sept. 26 4:00 p.m. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies 2017 Normand Berlin Lecture Sharon Seelig – Smith College Roe/Straut Professor Emerita in the Humanities (English Language & Literature) presenting, "Married in Eden: Lucy Hutchinson & John Milton." Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst Refreshments will be served after the lecture. *Wednesday, Sept 27, 2017 6-7:30pm Harvard Arts Museums Artist's Talk Simon Starling will discuss his own practice in light of the range of objects, voices, and ideas that animated Harvard's 18th century Philosophy Chamber. Following his presentation, Starling will be joined in conversation by Ethan Lasser, head of the Division of European and American Art, and Jennifer L. Roberts, the Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities (both Harvard University). Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Doors open at 5pm. Open galleries and reception after the talk 7:30-9pm. Free admission, but tickets are required, Tickets will be distributed beginning at 5pm, outside the lecture hall. *Thursday, Sept 28, 4pm Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar Science, Religion and Culture Hannah Marcus (Harvard University): Creating an Index of expurgations: The Censors at Work Registration required; location sent in registration confirmation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc18oi9kFoCVTvqM_2xFP588WjXnSQyh5j… Thursday, Sept 28, 5:15 pm HDS Dean's Office and Andover-Harvard Theological Library: Dudleian Lecture. "Reformation and Racial Taxonomies: An Underexplored Narrative of Modernity." Dr. Paul C.H. Lim, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Associate Faculty of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge MA Friday Sept 29, 2017 12 pm–2 pm HDS Dean's Office and Andover-Harvard Theological Library Workshop: Reformation Dialogue and Identity Workshop Panel to include: Michelle Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Theology; David Hall, Bartlett Professor of New England Church History Emeritus; and Paul C.H. Lim, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Associate Faculty of Religious Studies (Vanderbilt University) Center for the Study of World Religion COMMON ROOM, 42 Francis Ave, Cambridge MA *Friday, September 29, 4:00-5:30pm Harvard History of Philosophy Worshop Julia Borcherding: "Moral Knowledge in Leibniz's New Essays." For the precirculated paper please write to Jeff McDonough: jkmcdon at fas.harvard.edu Robbins Library, second floor of Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard A reception will follow Friday, September 29 8:30 – 4:00. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Early Modern Iberian Studies Symposium A full day event concluding with the Keynote: Enrique Garcia Santa-Tomas, “Colgados de la boca”: Incest and the Rise of Novel in Early Modern Spain. All day. Refreshments provided. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst Monday, October 2, 2017, 5:15 PM – 7:00 PM. Sponsors: Center for the Study of World Religions; Center for Jewish Studies, Harry Elson Lecture and Publication Fund; Medieval Studies Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities Center, Jewish Societies and Cultures Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities Center. Adam Afterman (University of Tel Aviv): "The Rise of the ‘Holy Spirit’ in 13th–16th c. Kabbalah." Barker 133, Harvard, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge Contact: CSWR: 617.495.4495. Early Kabbalah revived and reintroduced the rabbinic term “Ruah Ha-Qodesh," possibly translated as “holy spirit," with all its implications for the development of pneumatic mysticism in Judaism. The complex and diverse meanings the term has in rabbinic sources and its later reception and modification into the heart of medieval Jewish Neoplatonic, Neo-Aristotelian and Hermetic systems, all serve as important background for the Kabbalistic interpretations that reintroduced the term as a key term for the dynamic essence of the Godhead that embodies, incarnates, and sanctifies the mystic following and completing a dialectical process of mystical fusion of God and man. Professor Adam Afterman serves as chair of The Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud at Tel Aviv University and as a Senior Research Fellow at The Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. UPCOMING EVENTS *Tuesday, October 3, 6pm Eighteenth-Century Studies, Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar Anna Berman (McGill University): "The Family Novel: england to Russia" Room 114, Barker Center, Harvard, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA October 3-5, 2017 University of Connecticut Conference: "Re-Reading the Revolution": A Conference Launching Léamh: Learn Early Modern Irish (Leamh.org) UConn Humanities Center, 4th Floor, Homer Babbidge Library, 369 Fairfield Way, Storrs Conference Registration, program, and additional information may be found at www.regonline.com/leamhlaunchconference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.regonline.com_leamh…> The “Re-Reading the Revolution” conference marks the launch of the website, Léamh: Learn Early Modern Irish, a web-based tutorial and resource for learning how to read and translate Early Modern Irish. This is a “working” launch consisting of three complementary sections: a workshop to produce a new text selection for the website www.leamh.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.leamh.org&d=DwMFaQ&…>, research panels consisting of leading scholars in Celtic languages speaking to recent research on the "revolutionary" years 1630-1660, and roundtables that explore the ways by which the Celtic languages can be used to reorient our thinking about major historical events. Contact: brendan.kane(a)uconn.edu<mailto:brendan.kane@uconn.edu> *Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies Lecture, Feore Family Lecture Series John W. O'Malley, S.J.: “Past, Present, and Future of Jesuit Studies: Historiographical Thoughts" Corcoran Commons, Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA. John O’Malley, S.J., University Professor in the theology department at Georgetown University, will deliver the third annual Feore Family Lecture on Jesuit Studies. Website URL: www.bc.edu/iajs<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bc.edu_iajs&d=DwMFa…> RSVP Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeD67gQ-B6pQEWlWCgvHxuKde72rc_Km7H…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_forms_…> Wed Oct 4, 1–2:30 PM Harvard Divinity School David Hall, Bartlett Professor of New England Church History Emeritus (Harvard): Re-Visiting the Origins of the Puritan Movement in Early Modern Britain and its later life in New England (Lecture) Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Rabinowitz Room, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge MA Thursday, October 5th at 4 pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Five College Renaissance Seminar Amanda Henrichs, a new postdoc at Amherst College presents “Visualizing Absence: Broken (hyper)Links between Mary Wroth and Mary Sidney Herbert” Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst *October 11, 4pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Bridgett Marshall (UMass Lowell): "Witch Trials in Western MA". Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman's Club *Thursday, October 12, 2017, 5:30-7:00 pm Women and Culture in the Early Modern World, Mahindra Humanities Seminar, co-chairs Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Mary C. Fuller, Literature, MIT, "Looking for the Women in Early Modern Travel Literature” Room 133, Barker Center,12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA *Friday October 13, 5:30 Reception, 6:00 Seminar Shakespearean Studies Seminar “Macbeth’s Burning Issue” Anston Bosman (Amherst College) Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies *Tuesday October 17, 5:00 Seminar Shakespearean Studies Seminar co-sponsored with “Rethinking Translation” Seminar “Shakespeare and Translation: A Transnational Culture, Literary Histories and Theatre Practice” Pavel Drabek (Hull University) Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies **October 18, 4pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Jane Bernstein, Tufts University on "The New Way:" Engraving and Music Books in Sixteenth-Century Rome. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst *Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 5:30PM Wellesley College Departments of History and Religion Lecture: "Commemorating Martin Luther After 500 Years: A First Assessment" Hartmut Lehmann (University of Kiel) with commentary by Harvey Cox (Harvard University) Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library Lecture Room, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 http://www.wellesley.edu/event/node/124161<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wellesley.edu_event…> Wednesday, October 18, 12:30-1:00 pm Gallery Talk Danielle Carrabino, Harvard Art Museums Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 This talk will explore a selection of prints and drawings from the collection that imitate, copy or are variations of the art of Leonardo da Vinci. Website URL – http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/gallery-talk-after-leonardo… Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk. Tues Oct 24, 4–6pm Early Modern Workshop, Harvard, co-sponsored with the Early Sciences Working Group. Edna Bonhomme (Max Planck Institute for History of Science, Berlin) "Ports, Risk, and Death: Mapping the Rise and Fall of Epidemics in Tunisia, 1705-1820." Science Center 469, Harvard, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge October 25, 4 pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Karen Cook, University of Hartford presents “Twenty-First-Century Renaissance: Representations of the Past in Modern Media," Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst No reservations. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored. Thurs Oct 26 5–7pm – Fri Oct 27 9–6pm Early Modern Workshop, Harvard Conference: Invention of Byzantine Studies in Early Modern Europe 110, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge Conference Registration, program, and additional information at https://inventionofbyzantium.com/ October 28, 9:00 a.m. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Graduate Conference Keynote: Jennifer Waldron - University of Pittsburgh. Director of the Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies author of “Reformations of the Body: Idolatry, Sacrifice, and Early Modern Theater" 2013 & 2nd book project, “Shakespeare and the Senses,” charts Shakespeare’s diverse experiments with cross-modal sensory and linguistic effects in relation to recent developments in historical phenomenology and current research in cognitive neuroscience. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst Tuesday, October 31, 3:00-3:30 pm Gallery Talk Danielle Carrabino, Harvard Art Museums Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 On the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 theses, this talk will feature works from the collection related to the Protestant Reformation. Website URL - http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/gallery-talk-the-500th-anni… Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk. Wed Nov 1, 4 pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series Rachel Young will present “Paintings of Boticelli” Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst No reservations. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman’s Club *Tuesday Nov 7, 12-1:30pm Early Science Working Group, Harvard Maryam Patton (Harvard, History & CMES): "Copernicus in Istanbul: Transmission and Translation in the 17th Century" Room TBA Thurs Nov 9, 4pm Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, the Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center and the Early Modern History Workshop Elisheva Carlebach (Columbia University) "Archive Envy: An Early Modern Jewish Community and its Records." Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge The formation of archives has become the object of critical historical inquiry. This lecture explores dimensions of Jewish communal archives from the early modern period with particular emphasis on the rich archive of the Hamburg-Altona community and its fate. *Thursday, November 9, 2017, 5:30-7:00 pm Women and Culture in the Early Modern World, Mahindra Humanities Seminar, co-chairs Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Erin Murphy, Department of English, Boston University "The Soldier’s Two Bodies: Margaret Cavendish, Singularity, and Wartime Violence” Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA Thursday Nov 9, 4 pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Five College Renaissance Seminar Steven Mentz, from St Johns University TOPIC: TBD. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst Friday Nov 10, 4 pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Classical Legacy Lecture Jessica Wolfe (UNC- Chapel Hill) presents, “Homer and Milton”. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst No reservations. Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman’s Club. *Friday November 10, 5:30 Reception, 6:00 Seminar Shakespearean Studies Seminar “Literature and Carnival, New Orleans Style” Richard Rambuss (Brown University) Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies *Tuesday Nov 14, 12-1:30pm Early Science Working Group, Harvard Joshua Ehrlich (Harvard, History): "Between Corporation and State: The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge in the Early Nineteenth Century." Room TBA Thursday Nov 16, 4:30 pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Five College Renaissance Seminar in Book History Doctoral Candidate Amy Sopcak-Joseph (UCONN) presents, "Combating Swindlers and Borrowers: Buying and Selling Godey's Lady's Book in the Nineteenth Century" Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst Free and open to the public. No reservations. Saturday, Nov 18, 6-9 pm Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Italian Renaissance Harvest Banquet, Tickets are $75 per person, $125 per couple, *Student Discount* $35 per person at the Great Hall on the, 2nd Floor of the Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Come for an evening of juggling, music, food, theater, door prizes, and more! Call the Renaissance Center Program Director at 577-3603 for more information. Ticket purchase required prior to event. Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst Mon Nov 20, 4–6 pm Early Modern Workshop, Harvard Conference "New Approaches to Early Modern Political Economy," featuring Sophus Reinert (Harvard Business School) "Political Economy and the Medici," and Doohwan Ahn (Seoul National University) "Bringing International Relations Back In: Anglo-French Relations and the Financial Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Britain." Robinson Hall Basement Conference Room, Harvard Yard, Cambridge Mon Nov 27, 6-8 pm History of Medicine Working Group "The Utility of Medicine: Medicine and the Printed Book in Early Modern Europe." Hannah Marcus, Harvard University Science Center 469, Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge Thursday, November 30, 2017, 4:30-6:15pm Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar Seminar, “What is an author? Rabelaisian avatars” Virginia Krause, Professor of French Studies, Brown University Boger Hall 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 email at emmoran(a)wesleyan.edu<mailto:emmoran@wesleyan.edu> http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/ *Friday December 1, 5:30 Reception, 6:00 Seminar Shakespearean Studies Seminar “New Work in Early Modern Drama: A Graduate Symposium” Dianne E. Berg (Tufts University) Deanna Malvesti (Boston College) Bailey Sincox (Harvard University) Mahindra Humanities Center, Barker Center 12 Quincy Street, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/shakespearean-studies *Thursday, December 14, 2017, 5:30 -7:00 pm Women and Culture in the Early Modern World, Mahindra Humanities Seminar, co-chairs Diana Henderson and Marina Leslie Emily Fine, Department of English, University of Alabama, ‘“The Law of Thy Mother’: Women and Inheritance in 17th-Century Mother’s Legacy Texts” Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA Exhibition: May 19, 2017–December 31, 2017 The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums Between 1766 and 1820, Harvard College assembled an extraordinary collection of paintings, portraits, and prints; mineral, plant, and animal specimens; scientific instruments; Native American artifacts; and relics from the ancient world. http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/exhibitions/4916/the-philosophy-cham… Sept 6-Dec 15, 2017 Exhibit: Reformation: Dialogue and Identity, Opening Reception Andover-Harvard Theological Library (2nd floor), 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA Focusing on the exchange of ideas between Luther, his contemporaries, and subsequent generations of reformers, on display are foundational texts, popular printed images, and objects that reflect the connection between texts and their readers. The exhibit also highlights examples of how books and images influenced and reflected religious and social identity in early Protestant communities. Michelle C. Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Theology, will offer brief introductory remarks at the reception. Watch for other Reformation-themed events in October, sponsored by Andover-Harvard Theological Library as part of Theological Libraries Month. More Information: ncarlson(a)hds.harvard.edu September 19 - December 17, 2017 The Davis Museum at Wellesley College Exhibit: "Martin Luther: Protest in Print" Morelle Lasky Levine '56 Works on Paper Gallery Wellesley College, Davis Museum, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 http://www.wellesley.edu/davismuseum/whats-on/upcoming/node/118061<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wellesley.edu_davis…> *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. 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