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WEDNESDAY, December 9: Sarah Kunjummen on Friendship in Browne’s Religio Medici

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
THIS Wednesday, December 9th, when

Sarah Kunjummen
PhD Student
Department of English

presents the paper:

Repossessing Intimacy: Friendship and Self-Production in Thomas Browne’s Religio Medici
WEDNESDAY 9 December
5:00 PM
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list, and is available in the post above with the password “Lucretius.” Light refreshments will be served. Please note that this event does not fall on one of our regular dates.

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).
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Monday, November 23: Christopher Wild on Descartes’ Meditations

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Please join the Renaissance Workshop
THIS Monday, November 23rd, when

Christopher Wild
Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and TAPS
University of Chicago

presents the paper:

“Adversio, Animadversio, and Attentio: Descartes’ Art of Proving God”
MONDAY 23 November
5:00 PM
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list, and is available in the post above with the password “impression.” 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).
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Friday, November 20: Mary Nyquist on Milton and Defoe

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
THIS Friday, November 20th, when

Mary Nyquist
Professor of English
University of Toronto

presents the paper:

Milton and Defoe: Friday as “Fit Help”
FRIDAY 20 November
4:00 PM
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list, and is available for download in the post above. Light refreshments will be served. ** Please note the unusual date and time.**

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).

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Monday, November 9: Abigail Marcus on Donne’s Divine Encounters

by Unknown English artist, oil on panel, circa 1595

 

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

THIS Monday, November 9th, when


Abigail Marcus
PhD Candidate
Department of English
University of Chicago
presents the paper:
Seeking Face Darkly: John Donne’s Divine Encounters
MONDAY 9 November
5:00 PM
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, will distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list, and available for download in the post above with the password “senses.”

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).

Unknown Artist “John Donne” at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Monday, October 26th: David Marno on “The Art of Holy Attention”

Rembrandt Old Woman Praying

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
NEXT Monday, October 26th, when

David Marno
Assistant Professor
Department of English
University of California, Berkeley

presents the paper:

The Art of Holy Attention
MONDAY 26 October
5:00 PM
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list, and is available for download in the post above. 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).

Rembrandt, “Old Woman Praying,” at the Salzburg Residenzgalerie.

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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