Winter 2025 Schedule

January 24, 11:30am-1:00pm (Rosenwald 405) | Noel Blanco Mourelle
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Romance Languages and Literatures
“The Geometry of Thought. On Ramon Llull and the Cubic Figure”
*Cosponsored Session with the Medieval Studies Workshop

January 28 | Maureen McCord
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago, History
“Building Bombay’s Church: Religion, Governance, and Infrastructure”

 February 4 | Richard Strier
Emeritus Professor, University of Chicago, English Language and Literature
“George Herbert and Renaissance Poetry” (accompanied by poetry selections)
*Cosponsored Session with the Renaissance Workshop

February 18 | Baz Bowdler
PhD Candidate, University of St. Andrews, School of History
“The Nine Years’ War and News Culture in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere, 1688-1697”

February 25, 2:30-4:00pm (SSRB 224) | Olivia Young
PhD Student, University of Chicago, History
“‘A Religion of Trade’: The Jew Bill of 1753 Reassessed”

March 4 | Tingfeng Yan
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago, History
“Administration and Constitution in Early Modern Anglo-American Political Thought”