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Raphael Magarik, “A Failure to Communicate: Miltonic Accommodation and Narration”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, November 4, when

Raphael Magarik
Assistant Professor of English
University of Illinois at Chicago
presents the paper:

“A Failure to Communicate: Miltonic Accommodation and Narration”
MONDAY, November 4
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).

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Owen Joyce-Coughlan, “On the Relationship between Philosophy of Nature and Mysticism in Meister Eckhart, Nicolaus Cusanus and Giordano Bruno”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, October 7, when

Owen Joyce-Coughlan
PhD Student
Divinity
University of Chicago
presents the paper:

“On the Relationship between Philosophy of Nature and Mysticism in Meister Eckhart, Nicolaus Cusanus and Giordano Bruno”
MONDAY, October 7
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: Frederik de Wit, Planisphærium cœleste. 1670.

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Beatrice Bradley on “Residue in Tasso, Spenser, Shakespeare”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, May 20, when

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

“Residue in Tasso, Spenser, Shakespeare”
MONDAY, May 20
5:00-6:30
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 Jo Nixon (ejnixon@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Images: John Melhuish Strudwick, Acrasia. c. 1888. Leicester Galleries.

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Ryan Campagna on “Early Modern Imaginings of Skin and Soul: Margaret Cavendish’s Fictional Experimentation with Henry More”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, April 22, when

Ryan Campagna
PhD Student
Department of English
University of Chicago
presents the paper:

“Early Modern Imaginings of Skin and Soul: Margaret Cavendish’s Fictional Experimentation with Henry More”
MONDAY, April 22
5:00-6:30
Rosenwald 405

For this workshop, there is no pre-circulated paper. 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 Jo Nixon (ejnixon@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Image: Detail from Michaelangelo, The Last Judgment. 1536-41.

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Joshua Scodel on “‘Care’ and Generic Innovation in Ben Jonson and John Milton”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, April 8, when

Joshua Scodel
Helen A. Regenstein Professor
English and Comparative Literature
University of Chicago
presents the paper:

“‘Care’ and Generic Innovation in Ben Jonson and John Milton”
MONDAY, April 8
5:00-6:30
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 Jo Nixon (ejnixon@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Images: Abraham van Blijenberch, Ben Jonson. c. 1617, and Anonymous, Portrait of Milton. c. 1629.

 

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Maggie Kilgour on “Milton’s Macbeths, OR, The Low Road to Shakespeare”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
THURSDAY, March 14, when

Maggie Kilgour
Molson Professor of English Language and Literature
McGill University
presents the paper:

“Milton’s Macbeths, OR, The Low Road to Shakespeare”

THURSDAY, March 14
5:00-6:30
Rosenwald 405

Please note the unusual day

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 fully accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and/or concerns may be directed to Jo Nixon (ejnixon@uchicago.edu) or Michal Zechariah (michalz@uchicago.edu).

Image: Detail from Henry Fuseli, “Macbeth, Banquo and the Witches.” 1794.