Please join the Renaissance Workshop

Monday, October 23rd, when

Jenny Birkett

Postdoctoral Fellow with Shakespeare, University of Notre Dame
presents the paper

“Shakespeare’s Possessive Pet Names”
MONDAY, October 23rd

5:00-6:30pm

Rosenwald 301
*please note the different room*

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 “endearment.” Light refreshments will be served.

Abstract:

In this paper, I contest the claim that Shakespeare’s most used form of endearment is animal terminology (such as duck), by highlighting that the most common affectionate vocative construction in Shakespeare’s plays is actually the combination of a genitive possessive (such as my, thy, your, our) with either a proper name (such as “my Hermia”), a title (such as “my lord”), or an endearing term (such as “my love”, or “my sweet”). Using A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a case study, I analyze the ways in which possessive endearments enact early modern marriage by portraying a relationship tangled in issues of dominance, submission, and mutual affection. This paper acts as the first of five chapters in my current book project on terms of endearment in early modern drama.

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).

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

MONDAY, October 9th, when

Richard Strier 

Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago

presents the paper:

“Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear”

MONDAY, October 9th 

5:00-6:30pm 

Rosenwald 301 (note the different room)

The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website here under the password “twofer.” 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 Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mule (amule@uchicago.edu).

Dear Colleagues, 

We are happy to announce the Renaissance Workshop’s Autumn 2023 schedule, which can be found in full below. The workshop meets on Mondays from 5:00-6:30pm in Rosenwald 301 (note the room change) unless otherwise specified. Should you like to join a meeting via Zoom, please email either Alyssa Mule (amule@uchicago.edu) or Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) for accommodation. In the event that the meeting switches to a virtual setting, we will notify you in the announcement a week in advance of the event. 

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. 

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, October 9th when Richard Strier (Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus) will present the paper “Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear.“

Best, 

Andrés and Alyssa

AUTUMN 2023 

October 9th | Richard Strier

Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

University of Chicago

“Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear.“

October 23rd | Jennifer Thorup Birkett 

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Notre Dame 

Title TBD 

November 6th | Elizabeth Hines 

PhD Candidate, University of Chicago 

“Imperial Experiments” 

November 27th | Elisha Hamlin 

MAPH Student, University of Chicago 

“‘Cruel, Irreligious Piety:’ Eucharistic Tropes and Witnessing Whiteness in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

TUESDAY, May 23^rd, when

Justin Shaw 

Assistant Professor of English

Clark University

presents

“The Complexion of the Church”: Witnessing Whiteness and Melancholy in Donne’s Sonnets and Sermons

TUESDAY, May 23^rd

(note the day change) 

5:00-6:30pm 

Rosenwald 301 

*This event is co-sponsored by the Nicholson Center and the Black Baroque Project.*

The paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and will be available on our website here under the password “melancholy.” 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 Andrés Irigoyen  (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Sarah-Gray Lesley (sglesley@uchicago.edu). 

Image: John Donne’s effigy in St. Paul’s London, taken by Justin Shaw.