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Renaissance Workshop Winter Quarter Schedule

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce the Renaissance Workshop’s Winter 2026 schedule, which can be found in full below. The workshop meets on Mondays from 12:30-2pm in Wieboldt Hall 408, unless otherwise specified. Should you like to join a meeting via Zoom, please email Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu) for accommodation.

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. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, January 26th when Alyssa Mulé (PhD Candidate, Department of English) will give the talk “Comic Camilla: The Epic Weight of Moral Choice in The Faerie Queene.”

Best,

Alyssa

 

WINTER 2026

January 26th | Alyssa Mulé

PhD Candidate, Department of English

University of Chicago

“Comic Camilla: The Epic Weight of Moral Choice in The Faerie Queene” (oral presentation)

 

February 9th | Hanu Shahdadpuri

PhD Student​, Department of English

University of Chicago

“The Bodies of John Bulwer” (oral presentation)

 

Tuesday, February 10, 5-6:30pm*

Co-sponsored event with the Department of Italian. More details to follow.

 

Thursday, February 26th, 3:30-5pm* | Kathryn Crim

Harper-Schmidt Fellow​, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts

University of Chicago

“Nature’s Superfluous Hand: Milton and the Fabrication of Nature”

 

March 9th | Sarah-Gray Lesley

Teaching Fellow, Department of English

University of Chicago

“The Edible Beloved in Late-Sixteenth-Century Lyric”

 

*Note the unusual days/times of these workshops.

 

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 Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu).

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THURSDAY, December 4th, Leah Whittington, “Writing in the Blanks”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
THURSDAY, December 4th, when
Leah Whittington
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
will give a talk entitled
“Writing in the Blanks,”
followed by a Q&A and discussion.
 
THURSDAY, December 4th
5:00-6:30pm
Cobb 202
 
Leah Whittington is Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Affiliate Faculty in Classics at Harvard University.  She specializes in Renaissance literature and culture, with a focus on the survival, transmission, and reception of antiquity. She is the author of two books: Renaissance Suppliants: Poetry, Antiquity, Reconciliation (Oxford UP, 2016), and Antiquity Made Whole: Supplements, Continuations, and the Recreation of the Classical Past in Renaissance Literary Culture (Johns Hopkins UP, forthcoming in 2026). She is the recipient of fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, among others. In 2027, she will join Shane Butler as co-General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library.
 
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).
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MONDAY, December 1st, Noémie Ndiaye, “Marlowe and the Imperi(a)led Futures of Racial Whiteness”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, December 1st, when
Noémie Ndiaye
Associate Professor of Renaissance and Early Modern English Literature, University of Chicago
will present the paper
“Marlowe and the Imperi(a)led Futures of Racial Whiteness”
 
MONDAY, December 1st
12:30-2:00pm
Cobb 402
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 “Marlowe.” 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 Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu).
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MONDAY, October 27th, Alyssa Mulé, “Ghosts and Mirrors, Hecuba and Hamlet”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, October 27th, when
Alyssa Mulé
PhD Candidate in the English Department, University of Chicago
will present the paper
“Ghosts and Mirrors, Hecuba and Hamlet“
 
MONDAY, October 27th
12:30-2:00pm
Cobb 402
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 “reflection.” 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 Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu).
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MONDAY, October 6th, Edgar Garcia and Timothy Harrison, “The Dead Before Creation: Underworlds in the Popol Vuh and Paradise Lost”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

MONDAY, October 6th, when
Edgar Garcia and Timothy Harrison
Associate Professors in the English Department, University of Chicago
will present the paper
“The Dead Before Creation: Underworlds in the Popol Vuh and Paradise Lost”
 
MONDAY, October 6th
12:30-2:00pm
Cobb 402
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 “underworld.” 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 Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu).
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Renaissance Workshop Fall Quarter Schedule

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce the Renaissance Workshop’s Autumn 2025 schedule, which can be found in full below. The workshop meets on Mondays from 12:30-2pm unless otherwise specified (room details forthcoming). Should you like to join a meeting via Zoom, please email Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu) for accommodation.

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. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, October 6th when Timothy Harrison and Edgar Garcia (Associate Professors of English, University of Chicago) will present the paper “The Dead Before Creation: Underworlds in the Popol Vuh and Paradise Lost.”

Best,

Alyssa

 

AUTUMN 2025

October 6th | Timothy Harrison and Edgar Garcia

Associate Professors, Department of English

University of Chicago

“The Dead Before Creation: Underworlds in the Popol Vuh and Paradise Lost”

 

October 27th | Alyssa Mulé

PhD Student, Department of English

University of Chicago

Title TBD

December 1st | Noémie Ndiaye

Associate Professor​, Department of English

University of Chicago

“Marlowe and the Imperial Futures of Racial Whitenesss”

 

*Thursday, December 4th | Leah Whittington

Professor​, Department of English

Harvard University

“Writing in the Blanks”