The Renaissance Workshop invites proposals for the 2017-18 academic year. The focus of the workshop is to discuss the work-in-progress of both graduate students and faculty in early modern and Renaissance studies. The workshop’s faculty sponsors are Ellen MacKay and David Simon from the Department of English, and participants attend from across the University. This past year included presentations on the subject of Renaissance humanism, slapstick in Shakespeare, economic metaphors in early modern drama, and network analysis of seventeenth-century citation. Papers may be in a range of academic genres, such as dissertation chapters, article drafts, and conference papers.

We encourage proposals both from regular attendees and from those new to the workshop. Past schedules are available under the “Archive” tab. If you have a work-in-progress that you would like to present for discussion and feedback at this year’s workshop, please submit a brief proposal to Beatrice Bradley (bbradley@uchicago.edu) or Jo Nixon (ejnixon@uchicago.edu) by September 1st. We ask that proposals be no more than 250 words.

The Renaissance Workshop meets on alternating Mondays in Rosenwald 405 from 5:00-6:30 pm. Please join us for our first meeting of the year on Monday, September 25.