Events

"Capturing and Eroding the Self: From Self-Portraiture to the Selfie," a talk by John Garton, Associate Professor of Art History, Clark University

South College E245, University of Massachusetts Amherst
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

What is new about a "selfie?" Does this digital form expand one's perception of self or shrink it?  This talk will examine how the tradition of self-portraiture pioneered in the Renaissance and...

Holiday Party for Friends

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst, MA
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Our way of saying thank you for another wonderful year. Musical performance by AyreCraft and holiday reception.

'Thou Art Changed': Using Theatre Practice in the Literature Classroom, a talk with Noah Tuleja, Director of Rooke Theatre; Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Mount Holyoke College

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Five College Renaissance Seminar...

The Refinery

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The Refinery is a forum for advanced graduate students to share work-in-progress with an invited scholar whose work is currently shaping their thinking.  Both authors precirculate works-in-progress...

Five College Renaissance Seminar

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Five College Renaissance Seminar Speaker and title TBA

Graduate Conference: Eco Entanglements

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Graduate Conference...

Talk on the global Renaissance with Liz Horodowich, Professor of History, New Mexico State University

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst, MA
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Professor Horodowich's current research project – a monograph and website entitled Amerasia: A European Discovery in the First Global Age (co-authored with Alexander Nagel) – explores the myriad...

Five College Renaissance Seminar

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Five College Renaissance Seminar Speaker and title TBA