Greetings!
This list announces talks in the greater Boston area pertaining to the study of the early
modern period ca. 1350-1800, in any discipline and with any regional specialization. This
year we are announcing in person and online events and activities relevant to the Boston
area. Please forward announcements of events, including exhibits and application deadlines
for future conferences in our region. We're planning a mailing roughly every two
weeks-please therefore send notices of events at least two weeks in advance. Please
forward announcements, in the format requested at the end of this message, and e-mail
addresses to: earlymod@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu>.
For security reasons the list will not disseminate zoom links directly, but we can list an
email contact to which to write for further details about attending. Alternatively, we can
circulate registration information for events. All times are EDT (prior to 11/7/21) and
EST (on/after 11/7/21).
Upcoming Events
Friday, September 10, 2021 4:00PM EDT
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
David Karmon (Holy Cross), Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The
Varieties of Architectural Experience
Location: Online, More Information & Zoom Link
<https://www.umass.edu/renaissance/event/david-karmon-holy-cross-book-launch>Please
join us for a talk by David Karmon on his new book, Architecture and the Senses in the
Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural
Experience<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.camb…
(Cambridge University Press, 2021), followed by a conversation with Nicola Courtright,
chair of Art and the History of Art at Amherst College. This event is free and open to the
public, with no registration required. Welcome!
Wednesday September 22, 2021 4:30PM EDT
Harvard Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar in Book History
Opening event featuring three flashtalks:
Neil Safier (History, Brown), "The Colonial Encyclopedia"
Hannah Marcus (History of Science, Harvard), "Contagion and the Collections at
Harvard"
Priyasha Mukhopadhyay (English, Yale), "Required Reading"
Followed by "choose your own breakout rooms."
Location: Online, Registration
Link<https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApcuqsrTIjE9Gi_TXBLivKCT8CnbyXi9Ky>.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the meeting.
Monday, September 27, 2021 5:30PM EDT
Boston College
The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, English Department, and the
Institute for the Liberal Arts
"Domestic Georgic: Labors of Preservation from Rabelais to Milton"
Katie Kadue, Cornell University
Location: In-person, This event will be held in person at Boston College (Stokes Hall
S195). Kindly note that masks are required for unvaccinated guests in BC buildings.
Please join us for a talk by Katie Kadue on her new book, Domestic Georgic: Labors of
Preservation from Rabelais to
Milton<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__press.uchica…
(U Chicago Press, 2021). This event is free and open to the public, with no registration
required. Welcome!
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:30PM EDT
Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar
Seminar with pre-circulated paper, "The Politics of Non-normativity in L'Isle
des hermaphrodites."
Kathleen Perry Long, Professor of French, Department of Romance Studies, Cornell
University
Location: In-person, Boger Hall, Rm. 110, Wesleyan University, 41 Wyllys Avenue,
Middletown, CT 06459
RSVP: For a copy of the paper email Esther Moran at
emmoran@wesleyan.edu<mailto:emmoran@wesleyan.edu>.
More Information<https://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu>
Friday, October 29, 2021 5:00PM EDT
Boston College
The Annual Josephine Von Henneberg Lecture in Italian Art
Virtual Lecture: "Binding the Globe: Race and Empire in Luxury Atlases from the
Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World"
Dr. Lia Markey, Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies, Newberry Library
Location: Online, Registration Link
<https://bccte.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwofuupqD0iHt0-ygn5hSDb4dA2gJHKoGhf>Please
register in advance for this lecture. After registering, you will receive information
about joining the lecture.
NERC has been cancelled for 2021
Friday, October 29, 2021 5-7PM
Saturday, October 30, 2021 9AM-5PM EDT
Boston College
The Annual New England Renaissance Conference
Call for Papers and Invitation to Conference
Location: In-person, Boston College Conference Center, 2101 Commonwealth Ave, Brighton,
MA
Free and open to public, but registration is required. Registration
Link.<https://www.new-england-renaissance-conference.org/?page_id=241>
For further info: Franco Mormando (mormando@bc.edu<mailto:mormando@bc.edu>).
Thursday, November 11, 2021 4:30PM EST
Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar
Seminar with pre-circulated paper
William Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Rochester
Location: In-person, Boger Hall, Rm. 113, Wesleyan University, 41 Wyllys Avenue,
Middletown, CT 06459
RSVP: For a copy of the paper email Esther Moran at
emmoran@wesleyan.edu<mailto:emmoran@wesleyan.edu>.
More Information<https://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu>
Friday, November 12, 2021 12-1:30pm EST
Early Modern Workshop of the Department of History at Harvard
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (Rektorin, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), "Rituals and
procedures of decision-making: Early Modern Assemblies of Estates."
Location: Online, Registration Link
<https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpdemsqzwpE9ChPdx9CeYorWszUhdH0xaz>After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining
the meeting.
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please send your event details to:
earlymod@fas.harvard.edu<mailto:earlymod@fas.harvard.edu>
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online events) be relevant to the greater Boston area. Announcements are posted at the
discretion of the Early Mod Listserv administrator. It would be a great help if you could
follow this format:
Day, date, time
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Person giving talk (in bold), their home institution (if applicable)
Location: in-person or virtual
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contact email with the announcement. If your event is being held in-person, please specify
this and include location details.
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