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MONDAY, November 8th, Katherine Schaap Williams, “As Able Actors”: Disability and Early Modern Performance

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
Monday, November 8th, when

Katherine Schaap Williams

Assistant Professor, English
University of Toronto
presents the paper:
“As Able Actors”: Disability and Early Modern Performance
MONDAY, November 8th
5:00-6:30pm
Rosenwald 405*co-sponsored by and with thanks due to the Nicholson Center for British Studies and the TAPS CommitteeThe paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website here under the password “able”. 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 Sarah-Gray Lesley (sglesley@uchicago.edu).

Image: Frontispiece for The Wits, (probably) Francis Kirkman (London, 1662).

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MONDAY October 25th, John Harpham, “The Causes of Complexion”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

MONDAY, October 25th, when

John Harpham
Harper-Schmidt Fellow
University of Chicago

presents the paper:

“The Causes of Complexion”

*chapter five of book MS titled The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery
MONDAY, October 25th
5:00pm-6:30pm
Rosenwald 405
*This event is co-sponsored with the Early Modern and Mediterranean Worlds Workshop
The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop and is available under the password “complexion”  on our website. 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 Sarah-Gray Lesley (sglesley@uchicago.edu).
Image: “Africa,” in Abraham Ortelius, Abraham Ortelius His Epitome of the Theater of the Worlde (London, 1603), A4. STC 18856, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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MONDAY September 27th, Beatrice Bradley, “Cavendish, in the Flesh”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, September 27th, when
Beatrice Bradley
Humanities Teaching Fellow
University of Chicago
presents the paper:

“Cavendish, in the Flesh”

MONDAY, September 27th
5:00-6:30pm
Rosenwald 405

There is no paper to be read in advance, but there are excerpts of text that the presenter would like to include for reference during the oral presentation. They will be available on our website with the password “flesh”.

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 Sarah-Gray Lesley (sglesley@uchicago.edu).

Image Source: Margaret Cavendish (née Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne, Pieter Louis van Schuppen, Print by A. Maxwell, 1668.

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MONDAY, May 3rd, Timothy Harrison, Ellen MacKay, Noémie Ndiaye, Joshua Scodel, and Richard Strier Faculty Roundtable

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, May 3rd for
A Faculty Roundtable Discussion on “Research Practices in Early Modern English Literary Studies” featuring
Timothy Harrison
Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Assistant Professor, of Renaissance and Early Modern English Literature, University of Chicago
Ellen MacKay
Associate Professor, English and TAPS, University of Chicago

Noémie Ndiaye
Assistant Professor, English, University of Chicago

Joshua Scodel
Helen A. Regenstein Professor, English, University of Chicago

Richard Strier
Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, English, University of Chicago

MONDAY, May 3rd
5:00pm-6:30pm
*note the adjusted time for Spring Quarter
Zoom Information
Meeting ID: 983 1306 2134
 Passcode: 040645

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 Sarah-Gray Lesley (sglesley@uchicago.edu).

Image: “The Wedding Feast,” Franz Verbeek, c. 16th century
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MONDAY, March 29th, Sarah-Gray Lesley, “Curing Eden: Reproductive Futures, Potentiality, and Eve’s Body in Paradise Lost”


Please join the Renaissance Workshop
Monday, March 29th when
Sarah-Gray Lesley
PhD student, English
University of Chicago

presents the paper

“Curing Eden: Reproductive Futures, Potentiality, and Eve’s Body in Paradise Lost“
MONDAY, March 29th
5:00-6:30pm*
*note the adjusted time for Spring Quarter
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 “futures”
Zooming Meeting Information:


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 Sarah-Gray Lesley (sglesley@uchicago.edu).

Image: “Eve’s Reflection” from The Paradise Lost of Milton, with illustrations designed and engraved by John Martin, John Martin (courtesy of the British Library).