We are pleased to present you with the schedule for the Early Modern Workshop for the Winter quarter. All meetings are held on from 5:00-6:30 in Pick 319 unless otherwise noted. Pizza, wine, cheese, and crackers will be served.

Monday, January 30th

Kyle Gardner (PhD Student, History)

“The Space Between: Trade, Cosmology, and Modes of Seeing in Independent Ladakh”

Discussant: Gerry Siarny

Monday, February 13th

Theo Beers (PhD Student, NELC)

“A Comprehensive Introduction to Taẕkirah-i Tuḥfah-i Sāmī (comp. ca. 957/1550)”

Discussant: Shaahin Pishbin

Monday, February 27th

Benny Bar-Lavi (PhD Student, History)

“Joseph López’s ‘El Mantenedor’: Heresy, Enlightenment, and Interreligious Appropriation in eighteenth-century Sephardi Amsterdam”

Discussant: Colin Rydell

This meeting is co-sponsored with the Jewish Studies Workshop. 

Monday, March 13th

Ryan Burns (PhD Student, History, Northwestern)

“The Kirk’s Catholic Ban: Immigration and Religion in Early Modern Scotland”

Discussant: Lisa Scott