Autumn 2024 Schedule
October 8 | Nell Klinger
PhD Student, University of Chicago, History
“Of Petitioning Parliaments”: the Glorious Revolution, Empire, and Patterns of Petitioning, 1660-1725
October 22 (4:30-6:00 pm, Classics 110) | Paolo Cherchi
Emeritus Professor, University of Chicago, Italian and Spanish
Why so much love poetry? From the Troubadours to Marino (Percé tanta poesia d’amore: Dai Trovatori a Marino)
*Cosponsored Event with the Department of Romance Language and Literature
October 29 | Zackery Gostisha
PhD Student, University of Chicago, History
Building the British Empire in Jamaica
November 19 | Miguel Martinez
Professor, University of Chicago, Romance Language and Literature
Lyric and Migration: The Poetry of the Morisco Diaspora
December 3 | Rachel Tils
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago, History
Title Forthcoming
Spring 2024 Schedule
April 10 | Wassem Ahmed
PhD Student, UCL, History
“Negotiating loyalty in Revolutionary England, 1649-1660: The Case of Thomas Violet”
April 17 | Julia Tomasson
PhD Candidate, Columbia University, History
“Visions of Geometry and Knowledge in Post-classical Islamic Manuscript Culture”
April 24 | Boone Ayala
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago, History
“A Scourge for Our Miscarriages: Local Support for the London Quo Warranto, 1681-1683”
May 1| Hannah Marcus
John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University, History of Science
TBD
May 22| Kate Randazzo
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago, History
“They Fell into the Hands of the Arabs: Narrativizing Violence Against Morisco Refugees in Northwestern Algeria”