Illustration, Edward Topsell’s Historie of Foure-footed Beastes, Folger Collection

Please join the Renaissance Workshop and the Animal Studies Workshop next Monday, November 3rd, when Joanna Picciotto, Associate Professor of English Literature at UC Berkeley, will present a paper entitled “Implicit Faith, ‘Avante-Garde Conformity,’ and the Religious Life of Animals. ” The workshop will take place at 4:30 pm in the Social Science Tea Room (SS 201). (Note unusual time and location).

The paper, to be read in advance, will be sent out to the Renaissance mailing list and is available above. To be added to the Renaissance e-mail list or to request copies of the paper directly, please contact Katia Fowler (kfowler@uchicago.edu) or Sarah Kunjummen (kunjummen@uchicago.edu).

This event is supported by generous funding from the Nicholson Center for British Studies, and is free and open to the public. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance to attend should contact Katia Fowler or Sarah Kunjummen.

Hans Holbein, The Ambassadors

Please join the Renaissance Workshop next Monday, October 20th, when Rana Choi, recent University of Chicago Ph.D. and Post-doctoral Scholar in Comparative Literature, will present a paper entitled “Infinity and Perspectivism in Hamlet.” The workshop will take place at 5:00 pm in Rosenwald 405.

The paper, to be read in advance, will be sent out to the Renaissance mailing list and is available above. To be added to the Renaissance e-mail list or to request copies of the paper directly, please contact Katia Fowler (kfowler@uchicago.edu) or Sarah Kunjummen (kunjummen@uchicago.edu).

Please join the Renaissance Workshop and the Political Theory Workshop next Monday, October 13th, when Amanda Maher, a Ph.D. student in Political Science will present her dissertation chapter entitled “Machiavelli’s Corrupt Republic: Inequality, Patronage, and the Allure of a Kingly Power” The workshop will take place at 12:00 pm in Pick Hall 506. (Lunch will not be provided)

Note the unusual date and location.

The paper, to be read in advance, will be sent out to the Renaissance mailing list and is available above. To be added to the Renaissance e-mail list or to request copies of the paper directly, please contact Katia Fowler (kfowler@uchicago.edu) or Sarah Kunjummen (kunjummen@uchicago.edu).