Author: airigoyen

by

TUESDAY, March 5th, Esther Sin-Ching Yu, “On the Novel as Practice: The Conscience-Consciousness Nexus and A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
TUESDAY, March 5th, when
Esther Sin-Ching Yu
Assistant Professor of English, Stanford University
presents the paper
“On the Novel as Practice: The Conscience-Consciousness Nexus and A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)”
TUESDAY, March 5th
5:00-6:30pm
Cobb Hall 430
*please note the different room*
The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website under the password “repetition.” Light refreshments will be served.
If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here. We are committed to making our workshop accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and concerns should be directed to Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu).
by

MONDAY, February 5th, Sarah-Gray Lesley, “Behn and Pulter’s Transatlantic Fictions: Writing White Femininity after 1650”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

MONDAY, February 5th, when

Sarah-Gray Lesley

PhD Candidate, University of Chicago

presents the paper

“Pulter and Behn’s Global Fictions: Writing White Womanhood after 1650”

MONDAY, February 5th

5:00-6:30pm

Cobb Hall 430
*please note the different room*

The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website under the password “whitefemininity.” Light refreshments will be served.

If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here. We are committed to making our workshop accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and concerns should be directed to Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu).

by

MONDAY, November 6th, Elizabeth Hines, “Anglo-Dutch Imperial Experiments”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, November 6th, when
Elizabeth Hines
Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Chicago
presents the paper:
“Anglo-Dutch Imperial Experiments”
MONDAY, November 6th
5:00-6:30pm
Rosenwald 301 (note the different room)
The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website here under the password “palatinate.” Light refreshments will be served.
If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here. We are committed to making our workshop accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and concerns should be directed to Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mule (amule@uchicago.edu).
Image: William II, Prince of Orange, and his Bride, Mary Stuart, 1641, by Anthony van Dyck
by

MONDAY, Oct. 9th, Richard Strier, “Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

MONDAY, October 9th, when

Richard Strier 

Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago

presents the paper:

“Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear”

MONDAY, October 9th 

5:00-6:30pm 

Rosenwald 301 (note the different room)

 

The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website here under the password “twofer.” Light refreshments will be served.

If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here. We are committed to making our workshop accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and concerns should be directed to Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mule (amule@uchicago.edu).

by

Renaissance Workshop Autumn 2023 Schedule

Dear Colleagues, 

 

We are happy to announce the Renaissance Workshop’s Autumn 2023 schedule, which can be found in full below. The workshop meets on Mondays from 5:00-6:30pm in Rosenwald 301 (note the room change) unless otherwise specified. Should you like to join a meeting via Zoom, please email either Alyssa Mule (amule@uchicago.edu) or Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) for accommodation. In the event that the meeting switches to a virtual setting, we will notify you in the announcement a week in advance of the event. 

 

Materials for the workshop, as well as the schedule and any updates, are available on our website. The Renaissance Workshop is free and open to the public, and we encourage those new to the workshop to attend. 

 

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, October 9th when Richard Strier (Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus) will present the paper “Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear.“

 

Best, 

 

Andrés and Alyssa

 

AUTUMN 2023 

 

October 9th | Richard Strier

Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

University of Chicago

“Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear.“

 

October 23rd | Jennifer Thorup Birkett 

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Notre Dame 

Title TBD 

 

November 6th | Elizabeth Hines 

PhD Candidate, University of Chicago 

“Imperial Experiments” 

 

November 27th | Elisha Hamlin 

MAPH Student, University of Chicago 

“‘Cruel, Irreligious Piety:’ Eucharistic Tropes and Witnessing Whiteness in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus”