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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 24th, Kashaf Qureshi and Andres Irigoyen Joint Session

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

MONDAY, May 24th, when

Kashaf Qureshi

PhD Student

University of Chicago

presents the paper:

“Praying in Curses: The Poetics of Imprecation in Mary Sidney’s Psalms”

and

Andres Irigoyen

PhD Student

University of Chicago

presents the paper:

“Messy Agencies: Productive Idleness and New Materialism in Early Modern Academic Drama”

MONDAY, May 24th

5:00-6:30pm

*note the adjusted time for the spring quarter

 

Zoom:

https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/91586682285?pwd=RVQweTNKSm53bWh2c25LQ04vSTJBUT09

Password: 212965

The papers, to be read in advance, have been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and are available on our website with the password “joint”.

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: Anonymous. “Interior of a London Coffee-House,” c.1690

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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, April 19th, Ryan Campagna, “‘I smell the blood of a British man’: Folklore, the Scent of Race, and the Precarious ‘Nothing’ of Whiteness in King Lear”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop

MONDAY, April 19th, when

Ryan Campagna

PhD Candidate, English

University of Chicago

presents the paper

 

“‘I smell the blood of a British man’: Folklore, the Scent of Race, and the Precarious ‘Nothing’ of Whiteness in King Lear”

MONDAY, April 19th

5:00-6:30pm

*note the adjusted time for Spring Quarter

Zoom Information:

https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/96451886240?pwd=aVZkVFVoSGU2eDM4T2YxVEVlaitaUT09

Meeting ID: 964 5188 6240

Passcode: 862610

This paper, to be read in advance, will be distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website with the password “scent”.

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: “Act Three Scene Four of King Lear,” John Yunge Bateman (from Curwen Press Edition of King Lear), 1930.