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James Kuzner (Brown University): Talk Title TBA

Nov 18, 2016

5:30PM EST

Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA

In Person

Sponsor: SHAKESPEAREAN STUDIES

New Eyes VIII Dinner Symposium

Nov 17, 2016

6:00PM EST

Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA

In Person

Megan Gallagher (Brown University), Jess Keiser (Tufts University), Rebecca Mitsein (Boston College), and Jenny Reed (Brandeis University) Sponsor: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES

Catherine Abou-Nemeh (Victoria University of Wellington, History) “Cartesian Medicine at Leiden University in the Late 17th Century”

November 15, 2016

5:00PM - 7:00PM EST

Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

In Person

Sponsor: Harvard Early Modern Sciences Working Group

Alastair Bellany (Rutgers University), “The Many Bodies of King James VI and I”

Nov 15, 2016

4:30PM EST

Pavilion Room, Department of History, Brown University, 79 Brown St., Providence, RI, 02912

In Person

Sponsor: Brown University Medieval & Early Modern History Seminar

Adam Zucker (UMass Amherst): “Antihonorificabilitudinitatibus: Love's Labour's Lost and the Pedantic Text.”

Nov 10, 2016

4:30PM EST

Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002

In Person

Sponsor: The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Lecture, Five College Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required.

Peter Blayney (University of Toronto): "Book-Piracy in the Reign of Mary Tudor" (Lecture & Seminar, Yale University)

Nov 9, 2016

5:00PM EST

Yale University

In Person

Sponsor: Yale Program in the History of the Book Lecture, Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 5-6 PM (Yale, Beinecke Library mezzanine); Seminar, Thursday, November 10, 2016, 4:30–5:45 PM (Yale, Beinecke Library, room 9 on lower level) https://yalebookhistory...

Efe Balıkçıoğlu (Harvard, History and CMES) “Determinism and Causation in the 15th Century Ottoman Madrasas in Constantinople”

November 8, 2016

5:00PM - 7:00PM EST

Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

In Person

Sponsor: Harvard Early Sciences Working Group

The Harper and The Minstrel: “When I See Wynter Coming.” (First Sunday Concert)

Nov 6, 2016

2:00PM EST

Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002

In Person

Sponsor: The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Refreshments will be available after the concert. Free and open to the public. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required. Please arrive on time as space is limited...

Florin Morar (Harvard, History of Science) “Translation and Treason: The Demarcation Controversy and Abraham Ortelius’ Map of China from 1584”

November 1, 2016

5:00PM - 7:00PM EDT

Science Center, Room 469, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

In Person

Sponsor: Early Sciences Working Group Refreshments will be served.

Aysha Pollnitz (Rice University): "Humanism in New Spain and the huehuehtlahtolli (speech of the ancients)" (Lecture)

November 1, 2016

12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT

Robinson Hall, Lower Library, Harvard University,  35 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA

In Person

Sponsor: The Early Modern Studies Group at Harvard University

Michael Breen (Reed College), “Priests of the Law” or “Vipers of the Commonwealth”: Legal Professionals, Legal Knowledge, and Litigiousness in Early Modern Europe (Lecture)

October 31, 2016

5:00PM - 7:00PM EDT

Wasserstein Hall, WCC 3034, Harvard Law School

In Person

Sponsor: The Early Modern Studies Group at Harvard University Co-sponsored by the European Legal History Workshop

Jeff Goodhind, "Rare Book Show and Tell" (Lecture)

Oct 26, 2016

4:00PM EDT

Renaissance Center, Reading Room, UMass Amherst, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01002

In Person

Sponsor: The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Free and open to the public. Refreshments co-sponsored by The Amherst Woman’s Club. www.umass.edu/renaissance No reservations required.