[earlymod-list] Early Mod Events, 12 April 2016

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 ** Updated listing ***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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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.edu_&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=lnGtONUG4DwIsmSAOH5nFumF2RjptGBbHOGlwfncwn8&e=> 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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> www.umass.edu/renaissance for updates on times. <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> www.umass.edu/renaissance for more information on registration night and tuition. <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.umass.edu_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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_renaissance&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=mhBY8Zq9x48r1ht199sy4TSVN8hKYimbG0XnVk_1OE4&m=pIrgBln546A7uPcg8tCvzcmo-SeNm2I_1MVoW1MK9Ro&s=qRYXVUM7pHsk2smndiFtIeRDz5KC3VwWz0C23SUeUIA&e=> 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: <mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu> 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. 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