Events

“Bodgeries: Tudor Composition Pedagogy, Poetics, and George Gascoigne’s ‘Patched Coat,’” a talk by Adhaar Noor Desai, Literature Department, Bard College

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

Five College Renaissance Seminar...

“‘Hearts more proof than shields’: City Walls and Shakespeare’s Politic Feelings,” a talk by Greg Sargent, PhD Candidate, English Department, UMass Amherst

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

Renaissance Wednesday...

First Sunday Concert

650 East Pleasant St. Amherst, MA
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

An afternoon of music. Medieval songs and dance tunes, with a theme of the return of winter - "When I See Winter Returning," featuring a soprano, a tenor, and four instrumentalists. Followed by a...

"Grottoes, Mazes and Labyrinths in the Renaissance Garden ," a talk by Ellen Kosmer, retired Professor of Art History, Worcester State University

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

Renaissance Wednesday The talk is free of charge and open to the public. Refreshments to follow, provided by the Amherst Woman's Club. For more information please contact renaissance@english.umass.edu

"'Healing-place for the Soul': Diodorus, Egyptian Libraries, and Renaissance Reception," a talk by Mark Roblee, PhD Candidate, History Department, UMass Amherst

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

In his 3rd-century BCE account of ancient Egypt, Bibliotheca Historica, Diodorus of Sicily describes a section of the Theban mortuary temple complex known as the Ramesseum: “Next comes the sacred...

"Agency in the Margins: Readers and Book-collectors in Late Imperial China," a talk by Fan Wang, Comparative Literature Department, UMass Amherst.

650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA
4:00 pm

Five College Seminar in Book History...

Five College Renaissance Seminar

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

Five College Renaissance Seminar Speaker and Title TBA

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...