Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you all to the next meeting of the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop for the winter quarter.

On Friday February 17 at noon in Wieboldt 207, Jorge Abril-Sánchez (Ph.D Candidate, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, The University of Chicago and Visiting Instructor of Spanish at Wake Forest University) will present and discuss a paper entitled “Spain’s First Renaissance Demonologist, Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella and his Tratado de la inmortalidad del anima (1503).”

You can find a copy of Jorge’s paper here.

People having any questions or concerns or needing assistance should contact Diana Aramburu at diana1@uchicago.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Best Regards,

Diana Aramburu and James Nemiroff

Graduate Student Coordinators

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you all to the next meeting of the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop for the winter quarter.

On Friday February 3 at noon in Wieboldt 207, Daisy Delogu (Associate Professor of French Literature in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures) will be presenting and discussing a paper entitled: “From douce France to the dame renommée, Metaphors and Allegories of the French Body Politic.”

Rebecca Crisafulli, Ph.D student in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures will act as respondent.

This workshop also counts on the co-sponsorship of the Medieval Studies Workshop.

A copy of Professor Delogu’s paper can be found here.

People having any questions or concerns or needing assistance should contact Diana Aramburu at diana1@uchicago.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Best Regards,

Diana Aramburu and James Nemiroff

Graduate Student Coordinators

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you all to the next meeting of the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop on WEDNESDAY January 25th in Wieboldt 207 at noon.  Marco Ruffini (Associate Professor of Italian Studies and Adjunct Professor of Art History, Northwestern University) will present and discuss a paper entitled: “Leon Battista Alberti on the Surface.”

Niall Atkinson (Assistant Professor of the Department of Art History) will act as respondent.

A copy of Professor Ruffini’s paper can be found here: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3pd1g732

People having any questions or concerns or needing assistance should contact Diana Aramburu at diana1@uchicago.edu.  We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Best Regards,

Diana Aramburu and James Nemiroff
Graduate Student Coordinators
Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop

Dear Colleagues,