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the early modern period ca. 1450-1750, in any discipline and with any regional
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
UPCOMING EVENTS
* Wednesday 11/29 at 5:15
Harvard Renaissance Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Romance Languages and Literatures
Department
Hélio J. S. Alves (University of Évora)
Lecture, “Cervantes’s Portuguese Painter”
Barker Center, room 114 (Kresge), Harvard University, 12 Quincy 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@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
Saturday, Dec 2, 2017, 11am and 1pm
Museum of Printing, Haverhill
Lectures and Exhibition: "Gutenberg and the History of the Printed Bible"
Frank Romano (Rochester Institute of Technology)
The Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill, MA
http://www.museumofprinting.org
*Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 2:00–4:00 pm.
Colloquium: Censoring Scientific Books in Early Modern Europe
Hannah Marcus (Harvard University): "Material Practices of Censorship in Early Modern
Europe" and Francisco Malta Romeiras (Boston College): "Censoring Medicine and
Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Portugal."
Burns Library, Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Website URL:
www.bc.edu/iajs<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.…
Free and open to the public. No reservations.
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
Call for Papers:
April 6-8, 2018
Conference: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Healing Charms and Medicine
Harvard, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA
Website:
https://harvardcharmsandmedicine.wordpress.com<https://urldefense.proofp…
Save the Dates:
*Friday to Saturday, Feb 9-10, 2018
Harvard-Princeton Graduate Workshop (taking place at Harvard)
April 23, 25, 27, 2018 4-6pm
The Robert P Benedict Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
"Thomas Hobbes on History, Politics, and Philosophy"
Kinch Hoekstra (UC Berkeley)
Boston University, Barrister's Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Exhibitions:
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
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…
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