The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available with a password in the post below.

“Does Portia Cheat? and other questions about the casket trial in The Merchant of Venice“

MONDAY, April 27
4:30-6:00pm
Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/97346504113

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available with a password in the post below.

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/or concerns should be directed to Ryan Campagna (rcampagna@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Image: The Virgin with the Scales. Master of the Virgin with the Scales, 1510.

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, February 17th, when

Beatrice Bradley
PhD Candidate, English
University of Chicago
presents the paper:

 “‘For here’s a young and sweating devil, here’: Touching Hands in Othello”
MONDAY, February 17th
4:30-6pm
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available with a password in the post below. 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/or concerns should be directed to Ryan Campagna (rcampagna@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Image: Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, cast after 1853, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, February 3rd, when

Noémie Ndiaye
Assistant Professor, English
University of Chicago
presents the paper:

 ” Accenting Race: Blackspeak in Early Modern Europe”
MONDAY, February 3rd
4:30-6pm
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available with a password in the post below. 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/or concerns should be directed to Ryan Campagna (rcampagna@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Image: Unknown artist, Allegory of the Sense of Smell. c. 17th century.

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, December 2, when

Michal Zechariah
PhD Candidate, English
University of Chicago
presents the paper:

“Miltonic Gratitude”
MONDAY, December 2
4:30-6pm
Rosenwald 405

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available with a password in the post below. 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/or concerns should be directed to Ryan Campagna (rcampagna@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Image: Salvador Dalí, La Coupe Offerte. 1974.