Events

Five College Seminar in Book History with Elise Takehana (Fitchburg State)

650 East Pleasant St
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

"The Sentimentalized Book: A Visual Anachronism?"...

Five College Renaissance Seminar with Adam Zucker (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

650 East Pleasant St
3:00 pm

"The Soundscape of The Tempest"...

Book Launch: Ari Friedlander, University of Mississippi

Online (Zoom)
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Rogue Sexuality in Early Modern English Literature: Desire, Status, Biopolitics....

Five College Seminar in Book History with Beth Myers (Smith College)

Smith College Special Collections
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Tour of the new Smith College Library, in particular the Special Collections area, with Beth Myers, Director of Special Collections....

Renaissance Jukebox Concert

650 East Pleasant St.
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

A concert of 16th- and 17th-century lute songs and ballads paired with modern songs of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each pairing illustrates a mood, image, or story common to each song across the centuries. Renaissance Jukebox is comprised of longtime early music performers Donnie Cotter (voice), Meg Pash (viola da gamba, lute, voice) and Chris Stetson (lutes, chitarriglia, mandolin), with guest artist Mitch Nelin (mandocello). 

Berlin Lecture with Evan MacCarthy (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

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

"Orchestrating Shakespeare's Storms"...

Five College Renaissance Seminar with Catherine Infante (Amherst College)

650 East Pleasant St.
4:30 pm

"The Arts of Encounter: Christians, Muslims, and the Power of Images in Early Modern Spain"...

Five College Seminar in Book History with Josh Lambert (Wellesley College)

Online (Zoom)
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

"Jews in American Publishing" ...

Sunday Concert with Elizabeth Hungerford, soprano & Andrew Arceci, viola da gamba

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst
2:00 pm

The Kinney Center will host a concert with Elizabeth Hungerford (soprano) and Arcadia Players’ new Artistic Director, Andrew Arceci (viola da gamba). The program will include works by Tobias Hume ...

Five College Seminar in Book History with Joyce Chaplin (Harvard University)

Online (Zoom)
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Joyce Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University, where she teaches the histories of science, climate, colonialism, and environment. ...

Five College Renaissance Seminar with Douglas Pfeiffer (Stony Brook University)

650 East Pleasant St.
4:30 pm

Douglas Pfeiffer is an Associate Professor of English at Stony Brook University. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University....

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting - San Juan, 2023

12:00 pm

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting  San Juan For more information please see https://www.rsa.org/page/Futuremeetings

Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting - Minneapolis 2023

12:00 pm

Annual Meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota For more information please see: http://www.shakespeareassociation.org/annual-meetings/

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting - Chicago, 2024

12:00 pm

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting  Chicago For more information please see https://www.rsa.org/page/Futuremeetings

Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting - Portland 2024

12:00 pm

Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon For more information please see: http://www.shakespeareassociation.org/annual-meetings/

Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting - Boston 2025

12:00 pm

Annual Meeting Joint conference with the Renaissance Society of America Boston, Massachusetts For more information please see: http://www.shakespeareassociation.org/annual-meetings/

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting - Boston, 2025

12:00 pm

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting...