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What's On Now - Autumn 2009
November 18 - “Rare Book Show and Tell” with Curator Philip Palmer.
A new Center event featuring new acquisitions to the Rare Book Collection. Renaissance Wednesday. An informal discussion co-sponsored by the Amherst Woman's club. 4:00. Reading Room. Followed by refreshments.
Upcoming Events - Autumn 2009
November
November 18 - “Rare Book Show and Tell” with Curator Philip Palmer.
A new Center event featuring new acquisitions to the Rare Book Collection. Renaissance Wednesday. An informal discussion co-sponsored by the Amherst Woman's club. 4:00. Reading Room. Followed by refreshments.
Nov. 19: “Erotic Appetites: Art, Food, and Sex in the
Italian Renaissance,” with John Varriano, Mount Holyoke
College, Five College Renaissance Seminar, 4:30
p.m. Reading Room
December
Dec. 2: “The Simian/Human Boundary in Early
Modern Europe,” with Ken Gowens, University of
Connecticut, Five College Renaissance Seminar, 4:30
p.m. Reading Room
Dec. 6: Honest Harmony Madrigals. First Sunday Concert Series.
2 p.m. Reading Room. Free and open to the public.
January
Jan. 30: “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and
Medicine.” High School Teacher’s Institute. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Preregistration
required at 577-3600 or renaissance@english.umass.edu
Jan. 31. Atlanta Fugiens. Choral performance from Michael Meyers’
17th century work. 2:00 p.m. Abbey Chapel. Mt. Holyoke College.
Ongoing Events
Saturdays with Shakespeare
Course for 6-8 year olds introducing them to Shakespeare's plays through storytelling, creative play-making and visual arts. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19, 26 & October 3, 10, 17. Pleace email for renaissance@english.umass.edu for registration.
Community Classes
Informal classes for the community. Free of charge and open to the community; registration is required at 577-3600 or email at renaissance@english.umass.edu
Who is the Merchant and Who is the Machiavell? with Tony
Burton. Tuesdays 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. September 22, 29. October 6,
13, 20 & 27. Marlowe’s Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice.
Please read both plays beforehand.
Love and Marriage in Shakespeare with Rachel Hare Mustin
and Helen Dysinger. Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. October
1, 8, 15 & 22. Exploring love and marriage during the Elizabethan
Age and seeing how the dynamics of relationships play out in the
dramas of Hamlet and Macbeth.
Conversations on Theology with Tom Fisher. Thursdays, 1:00
- 3:00 p.m. October 22, 29. November 5, 12 & 19. A follow-up on
the John Calvin conference with discussion about the historical and
continuing relevance of theology.