# EMWorkshop Program 2023 to 2024 ## expand\_more ## **Fall Semester 2023** Tuesday, September 12, 5 pm EDT **Early Modern World Aperitivo**, featuring four flash talks: **Shawon Kinew** (History of Art and Architecture), “St. Paul’s Earth and Sacred Sculpture” **Greg Given** (Expository Writing Program), “Fixing the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch in 17th Century England” **Alison Simmons** (Philosophy), "Our Bodies, Ourselves, Cartesian Style" **Tom Kelly** (East Asian Languages and Civilizations), "The Ink-Maker's Mark in Early Modern China" Followed by a reception Location: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room Sponsored by the Early Modern World Initiative, Harvard Monday, September 18, 4:30 pm EDT Annual Parry Lecture at Harvard **Cátia Antunes** (Leiden University), “De-nationalizing empire: Dutch involvement in the Early Modern British, French, and Spanish empires” Location: Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room, CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St Sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard Tuesday, October 3, 5 pm EDT **Yves Coativy** (Université de Bretagne Occidentale), "Contemporary interpretations of the Breton Middle Ages, from nationalism to the far left (1923–2023)" Location: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room Co-sponsored by Medieval History Workshop (History Department) and by Medieval Studies, Harvard Tuesday, October 10, 4:30 pm EDT Peer Seminar **Konrad Boeschenstein** (G5, History), "The Refutation of Aristotle in Petrarch's De Ignorantia: Its Humanism and Anti-Scholasticism Reconsidered" Location: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room Please RSVP to receive the pre-circulated paper and Zoom information for this hybrid event. Tuesday, November 14, 5 pm EST Book launch and discussion featuring **Joshua Ehrlich** (University of Macau), author of *The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge* (CUP 2023) in conversation with **Alex Csiszar** (History of Science, Harvard) and **Rishad Choudhury** (Oberlin College) Location: Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South S020, 1730 Cambridge St Please register to receive the Zoom information for this hybrid event. Co-sponsored by the Asia Center, Harvard Tuesday, November 28, 4:30 pm EST Peer Seminar **Miriam Campopiano** (University of Padua), "Images from a New World. The idea of America and the communicative landscape in 18th century Europe" Location: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room Please RSVP to receive the pre-circulated paper and Zoom information for this hybrid event. ## **Spring Semester 2024** Thursday, February 8, 5:15 pm EST **Nicholas Popper** (College of William and Mary), Discussing his new book: *The Specter of the Archive. Political Practice and the Nation State in Early Modern Britain* (University of Chicago Press) Location: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room Friday, February 9–Saturday, February 10 **17th Annual Harvard-Princeton Graduate Conference in Early Modern History** Location: Robinson Hall, Department Conference Room Program here: Tuesday, February 13, 4:30 pm EST Peer Seminar **Sergio Leos** (History), "Caravans of New World Silver between Portugal and Spain, 1580–1616" Location: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room Please RSVP to receive the pre-circulated paper and Zoom information for this hybrid event. Tuesday, February 20, 5 pm EST **Sally Hayes** (University of Wisconsin and John Carter Brown Library), "Slavery and Civic Leadership in Lima's Black Confraternities," followed by a comment by **Kevin Blacutt** (History, Harvard). Location: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room See also:- [ Just Pages ](/news-and-announcements/just-pages)