Torment and Apotheosis of Cuauhtémoc by David Alfaro Siqueiros, Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Organized by the Early Modern Research Workshop Henry Berlin (RLL) and Erik Seeman (HIS), Coordinators This symposium examines what was distinct about early modern violence. The growth of state power, dramatic religious changes, and the […]
Marissa Rhodes, “‘Other women, nay brutes’: Wet-Nurse Inspections and Economies of Violence” Wed. Oct. 17, 3:00 - 4:30pm, Park Hall 545 Rhodes, an advanced PhD candidate in History, will precirculate her paper for this works-in-progress presentation. Abstract to follow soon.
4:00 PM | Introductory Presentation, “Performing Feminism in Renaissance Venice” Sarah G. Ross | Professor and Chair, History Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 5:00 PM | Performance Seven women debate gender equality, the true worth of women and the responsibility of husbands, fathers, sons and lovers. From a 1600 book written by a Venetian […]
UB Humanities Institute Director David Castillo will give a work-in-progress talk on “Not Your Father’s Classroom! Looking Back at the Spanish Golden Age Through the Lens of the #Metoo Movement.”
LOCATION CHANGE: Now 930 Clemens Danielle Rosvally, Ph.D., Department of Theatre and Dance “Roman Violence, Contemporary Voices: A Look at Julius Caesar In Progress” Rosvally is serving as both director and fight director for UB’s MainStage production of Julius Caesar (Feb. 28 to March 2). In this talk, she will give insight into both her contemporary production vision for […]
The resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. are unparalleled not only in many of the fields of early modern study, but also in the field of performance studies. In this work-in-progress/workshop session, UB Associate Professor Barbara Bono of the Departments of English and of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, and UB Associate […]
The Early Modern Research Workshop presents: Howard G. Brown, Binghamton University (SUNY) 2:00-3:00pm | Park 545: Conversation with Graduate Students 3:30-5:00pm | Park 280: “Mass Violence and New Media: Psychological Responses in France, 1550-1880” Abstract: New visual and textual media, ranging from pamphlets and woodblock prints in the sixteenth century to illustrated newspapers and collodion […]
Educator Dr. Peggy O’Brien and actor/director Michael Tolaydo have for many years collaborated in the public humanities mission of making Shakespeare accessible to students nationwide. In this workshop they will describe their work and show us how it is done. In addition to being the long-term Director of the Education Division of the Folger Shakespeare […]
The Early Modern Research Workshop is inaugurating a “New Books in Dialogue” series, which brings together UB faculty and colleagues at other institutions who have newly published or soon-to-be-published books to discuss their works. Please join us (on Zoom) on Friday, April 16 at 12:00pm for a conversation with Joseph Gamble (University of Toledo) and […]
The Early Modern Research Workshop presents New Books in Dialogue featuring: The Epic Mirror: Poetry, Conflict Ethics and Political Community in Colonial Peru, by Imogen Choi, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Oxford The Melancholy Void: Lyric and Masculinity in the Age of Góngora, Felipe Valencia Associate Professor of Spanish, Utah State University Alone Together: […]
