Special event: Roundtable conversation

Dear Colleagues,

Please join the Early Modern, Renaissance, and Western Mediterranean Workshops for a special roundtable conversation on Monday, February 14, at 5:00 in Classics 110.

Prof. Julius Kirshner (Professor Emeritus of Medieval and Renaissance History, University of Chicago) will be presenting on “Jews as Citizens in Renaissance Italy.”

Prof. David Nirenberg (Deborah R. and Edgar D Jannotta Professor, Committee on Social Thought, Department of History, University of Chicago) will be presenting on “Massacre or Miracle? Sovereign Indecision and the Forced Conversion of the Jews in 1391.”

Respondent: Prof. Richard Strier (Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor, Department of English, Divinity School, University of Chicago).

Light refreshment will be provided. Persons needing assistance in order to attend this event, please contact Erika Tanacs (etanacs@uchicago.edu).

Look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

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