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of the early modern period ca. 1450-1750, in any discipline and with any
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UPCOMING EVENTS (a star indicates a newly listed item)
*Friday, September 11, 2015, 4:15pm-6:00pm
Sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Talk, Beijing-Moscow-Amsterdam-Arkhangelsk: Nikolai Spafarii's 1678
'Description of China' and the Circulation of Muscovite Manuscripts
Gregory Afinogenov, Harvard University
CGIS South Building, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
For more information, please call 617-495-4037
*Friday, September 18, 2015 - Sunday, September 20, 2015, 8:30pm - 9:30pm
Sponsored by UMass Amherst and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
International Shakespeare Conference
Integrated Science Bldg., 661 N. Pleasant St., University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA
Reception on Friday evening. Registration is Saturday and Sunday from 8:30
to 9:30 at the door, or online at
http://www.umass.edu/shakespeare/index.html. Open to the public. This
conference is located at the Integrated Science Building on the campus of
UMass Amherst, NOT at the Renaissance Center. For more information contact:
(413) 577-3600 or at renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
RSVP at the door or at
http://www.umass.edu/shakespeare/index.html
*Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 4:00pm
Sponsored by the Harvard International & Global History Seminar
Talk, The Nomos of the Island: Law and Geography in the Anglo-Portuguese
Transfer of Bombay in the Late Seventeenth Century
Philip J. Stern, Duke University
Lower Library, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA
Please read the pre-circulated paper for this meeting, available one week
before from:
http://earlymod.fas.harvard.edu.
*Thursday, September 24, 2015, 4:15pm
Sponsored by Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar
Seminar, If Aristotle Were Alive: Scientific and Religious Debates in the
Late Renaissance"
Eva del Soldato, University of Pennsylvania
(Squash) Rm. 113, Wesleyan University, 41 Wyllys Ave, Middletown, CT
The seminars are entirely devoted to discussion of previously circulated
papers. For a copy of this paper please contact Kristine Schiavi by phone:
(860) 685-2830, or e-mail: kschiavi(a)wesleyan.edu
http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/
*Thursday, September 24, 2015 Thursday, October 1, 2015
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Scholar in Residence
Harry Berger, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Please call the Center at (413) 577-3600 to arrange for a time slot during
his office hours. Free and open to the public.
*Saturday, September 26, 2015, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Celebrating Shakespeare Conference
Harry Berger, University of California, Santa Cruz; Jane Degenhardt,
University of Massachusetts Amherst; William Oram, Smith College; Naomi
Miller, Smith College; and many more.
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. Lunch is provided.
Register by September 25th at 413-577-3600 or renaissance(a)english.umass.edu.
*Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 4:00pm
Talk, A Wholly Other Face of the Mohammedan Religion: Europeans Reinterpret
Islam, 1650-1734
Alexander Bevilacqua, Harvard Society of Fellows
Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
Please read the pre-circulated paper for this meeting, available one week
before from:
http://earlymod.fas.harvard.edu.
*Tuesdays beginning September 29, 2015, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Community Class, Shakespeare with Tony Burton: Measure for Measure and
The Tempest
Lecturer TBA
Location: TBA
Pious rulers let the reins slip away, with a variety of unexpected results.
Please read the texts first, and have questions and biases ready to discuss.
Free and open to the public. Runs 9 weeks.
Pre-registration required at 413-577-3600 by September 18th.
*Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Talk, Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series: Reflections on Don Quixote.
Harry Berger, University of California, Santa Cruz
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
*Sunday, October 4, 2015, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Concert, The Springfield Mandolin Orchestra
Adam R. Sweet, Springfield Mandolin Orchestra
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
The orchestra will present a program of an Anthony Holborne Suite, Vivaldi's
"La Folia," and Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Free and open to the
public. No reservations required. Please arrive on time as space is very
limited. Donations are welcome.
*Mondays October 5, 19, 26, and November 2, 2015, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sponsored by The UMass Renaissance Center
Community Class, The Hand-Press Book
Jeff Goodhind, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, 650 East
Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
An introduction to early printed books including paper, typesetting,
printing, illustration, and binding. No knowledge of book history required.
Class will take place in the upstairs classroom. Free event, handicapped
Accessible. Contact: Jeff Goodhind 413-577-3600
Pre-register by October 4th at 413-577-3600 or at
renaissance(a)english.umass.edu.
*Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Talk, Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca:
American Trailblazer.
Robin Varnum, American International College
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
*Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:15pm
Sponsored by Wesleyan Renaissance Seminar
Seminar, "The Humanist Anthropocene. Part 1: The Exterranean Renaissance"
Phillip Usher, New York University
(Squash) Rm. 113, Wesleyan University, 41 Wyllys Ave, Middletown, CT
The seminars are entirely devoted to discussion of previously circulated
papers. For a copy of this paper please contact Kristine Schiavi by phone:
(860) 685-2830, or e-mail: kschiavi(a)wesleyan.edu
http://rensem.site.wesleyan.edu/
*Saturday, October 10, 2015, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Conference, Graduate Conference
Anne Lake Prescott, Barnard College.
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
$10.00 includes admission to all sessions, breakfast, lunch, and afternoon
coffee.
Advance registration is required.
http://renaissanceconference.wordpress.com
*Sunday, October 11, 2015
Sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Exhibition, Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and
Vermeer
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ann and Graham Gund Gallery (Gallery LG31)
465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA
Featuring 75 masterpieces by artists including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Jan
Steen, and Frans Hals from European and North American public and private
collections, this exhibition is the first to consider 17th-century Dutch
painting through the lens of the social classes.
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/class-distinctions
*Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Talk, Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series: Muse of the Dance: Instrumental
Music of the High Renaissance.
David Gruender, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
*Mondays, October 19, 26, and November 2, 9, 2015, 3:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Community Class, The Madrigal
Emiliano Ricciardi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Location: TBA
The goal of this class is to develop a musical and historical understanding
of the madrigal, one of the most important genres of vocal music in the late
Renaissance. In the class we will examine select works by prominent
practitioners of this genre, such as Willaert and Marenzio, placing them in
the context of larger musical and cultural trends. No musical background is
required.
Pre-registration is required at 413-577-3600 or
renaissance(a)english.umass.edu.
*Tuesday, October 20, 2015 4:00pm
Brown University Medieval and Early Modern History Seminar
The 36th William F. Church Memorial Lecture
Speaker TBA
Location TBA
*Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 12:00pm
Talk, Historical Expertise and the Production of Almanacs in the Age of
Enlightenment
Jennifer C. Blanke, University of Göttingen
Lower Library, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA
*Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Talk, Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, The Impact of Natural History
on Renaissance Art and Literature.
Marion Copeland, Dakin Humane Society
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
*Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Talk, Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, "Fake It Till You Make It: A
Modern Medievalist Meets Renaissance Pseudo-hieroglyphs."
Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
*Sunday, November 1, 2015, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Concert, First Sunday Concert Series, AyreCraft
Donnie Cotter, Robert Castellano and Meg Pash
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required. Please arrive on time
as space is very limited. Donations welcome.
*Monday, November 2, 2015, 5:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Early Modern History Workshop, the Afro-Latin American
Research Institute at the Hutchins Center, the Department of Romance
Languages, and the Brazil Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center
for Latin American Studies.
Talk, Slave Trade, Ethnicity and Ethnonym: Southeastern Brazil and the
African West Coast
Aldair Rodrigues, Yale University
Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
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*Wednesday, November 4, 2015, 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Talk, Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, Rare Book Show and Tell.
Jeff Goodhind, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
*Saturday, November 7, 2015, 6:00pm 9:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Festival, French Renaissance Harvest Banquet
Marriott Center, 11th Floor, Campus Center (UMass Amherst, main campus)
Join us for a festive evening celebrating Renaissance France! Enjoy
authentic Renaissance food prepared using produce and herbs from the
Renaissance Centers own kitchen garden. Revel in the sounds of Renaissance
France brought to you through lutes, sackbuts, singing, harps and more. With
entertainment ranging from juggling to theater to door prizes, you are bound
to have an evening of excitement and fun! Costumes encouraged!
Reservations must be made by November 2nd. Call 413-577-3600 to reserve your
tickets. $75/each or $125/couple. *New* Student Discount: $35/person
*Wednesday, November 11 Friday, November 13, 2015
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Scholar in Residence
Leah Whittington, Harvard University.
Please call the Center at 413-577-3600 to arrange for a time slot during her
office hours. Free and open to the public.
*Thursday, November 12, 2015 4:00pm
Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies
Talk, Classical Legacy Lecture, "Performing the Past: Shakespeare and
Classical Literature from Humanist Schoolroom to Early Modern Stage."
Leah Whittington, Harvard University
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
*Friday, November 13, 2015, 7:00pm 9:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Renaissance Centers Reading Group and The Massachusetts
Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Festival, Renaissance Games Night
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Join us for an evening of Renaissance-era board games, door prizes,
refreshments, and more! Families and kids are welcome! Free and open to the
public. No reservations required.
*Saturday, November 21, 2015, 9:00am 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Conference, Early America Conference
Alden Vaughan, Columbia University; Abby Chandler, University of
Massachusetts, Lowell, and more.
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
Free and open to the public. Lunch is provided.
Register by November 20th at 413-577-3600 or renaissance(a)english.umass.edu
*Sunday, December 6, 2015, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by The Amherst Womans Club and The Massachusetts Center for
Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Concert, First Sunday Concert Series, The Amherst Recorder Consort
Bob Leitch
Reading Room, The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance
Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
The Amherst Recorder Consort will perform a program of Byrd, Verdelot,
Tallis, Crecquillon, Josquin and more! Free and open to the public. No
reservations required. Please arrive on time as space is very limited.
Donations welcome.
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