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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-reasons-and-consequences>
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-london>
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
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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
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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.
<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
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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.
<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
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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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