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modern period ca. 1450-1750, in any discipline and with any regional specialization.
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EARLYMOD THIS WEEK
*Saturday, Nov 4, 10am-4pm
Harvard Art Museums
Symposium: Dutch Drawings on the Horizon: A Day of Talks in Honor of George S. Abrams
Harvard, Menschel Hall, Lower Level
Program
Link<https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/calendar/dutch-drawings-on-…
**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"
Harvard, Science Center, Room 359
https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/eswg
Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 6-7:30 pm
The Early Americas Seminar, Boston College
Lecture: "The Alchemy of Conversion: From Ramón Llull to José de Acosta"
Ralph Bauer, University of Maryland
Higgins Hall, Room 225
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02446
Free and open to the public
Thursday, November 9, 2017, 12-1:30 pm
Seminar discussion and lunch with Ralph Bauer
Sponsored by the Early Americas Seminar, Boston College
10 Stone Ave
Institute for the Liberal Arts
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
RSVP -- register online for lunch:
http://www.bc.edu/centers/ila/events/early-americas.html<https://urldefe…
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
"Hostile Environments in Hamlet: Nutshells, Bodies, Oceans"
Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass Amherst,
650 East Pleasant St., Amherst
UPCOMING EVENTS
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, November 16, 2017, 4:30 pm
Wellesley College Music Department
Lecture: “Italian Songs from the Time of Christopher Columbus”
Anne MacNeil, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Pendleton West Room 101, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02482
For further information call Claire Fontijn at 781-283-2072
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.
*Thursday Nov 16, 2017, 5:00pm to 6:30pm
CMES Director's Series
"Krikor Beledian's Dazzling Journey from Medieval Mystical Poets to Postmodern
Fiction"
Hagop Kouloujian (Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, UCLA)
CMES, Room 102, Harvard, 38 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138
*Thursday Nov 16, 2017, 6pm
Cartography, Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar
Elizabeth Mellyn (University of New Hampshire), Talk Title TBA
Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA
*Friday, Nov 17, 4:30pm
Celtic Literature and Culture, Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar
"Pastoral for Warriors: 18th-Century Scottish Enlightenment in Gaelic Poetry"
Sim Innes (University of Glasgow)
Room 201, Warren House, Harvard
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@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
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:
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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