Month: May 2015

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Monday, May 18th: Ingrid Greenfield, Conspicuous Collecting on the Guinea Coast, 1450-1650

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The Renaissance and Western Mediterranean Workshops
invite you to join us
THIS Monday, May 18, when
 
Ingrid Greenfield
PhD Candidate
Department of Art History
University of Chicago
 
presents her work in progress:
 
“There is no other law than the king’s appetites”: 
Conspicuous Collecting on the Guinea Coast, 1450-1650
Monday 18 May
5:00 PM
Rosenwald 405
 
Please note that there is no pre-circulated paper for this workshop. Light refreshments will be served.
 
If you would like to join our e-mail list, please visit https://lists.uchicago.edu/web/subscribe/renshop/. 
We are committed to making our workshop fully accessible to persons with disabilities. Questions, requests, or concerns may be directed to  Katia Fowler (kfowler@uchicago.edu) or Sarah Kunjummen (kunjummen@uchicago.edu).
Image from the Cantino Planisphere, 1502
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Wednesday, May 13th: Ellen MacKay on Cleopatra’s Barge and Theatrical Absorption versus Critical Distance Taking

Please join the Renaissance and Theater & Performance Studies Workshops
Wednesday, May 13, when

Ellen MacKay
Associate Professor
Department of English
Indiana University – Bloomington

presents the paper:

Absorption, Uncontainment, and Cleopatra’s Barge
Wednesday 13 May
4:30 PM
Rosenwald 405
**Please note the location has changed**

The paper, to be read in advance, was distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list, and is available in the above post. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

This event is generously supported by The Center for Theater and Performance Studies.

Illustration by Byam Shaw. Source: Folger Shakespeare Library

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Friday, May 8th: Beatrice Bradley on Classical Sources in Thomas Cogan’s Haven of Health

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
THIS Friday, May 8th, when
Beatrice Bradley
PhD Student, English
University of Chicago

presents her paper:

Bad Latin: The Evolution of Classical Sources in Thomas Cogan’s The Haven of Health 

FRIDAY 8 MAY

11AM
Rosenwald 405
(Refreshments will be served.) 

Please note that there is no precirculated paper for this workshop.