Christine de Pisan, Book of Prayers and Moral Lessons, 1537. Case MS 5326.
The Center for Renaissance Studies hosts a wide variety of afternoon or evening lectures and seminars, full-day symposia, multi-day conferences, and multi-week summer seminars and institutes.
Some programs are open to all, while some have limited enrollment. Please check the individual program listings below for registration information.
Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Past Other Renaissance Programs
Upcoming Programs
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Center for Renaissance Studies Programs
Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Free and open to the public; registration recommended.
“Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.”
A theatrical reading by professional actors from The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, directed by J. R. Sullivan.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Center for Renaissance Studies Programs
Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Free and open to the public; registration recommended.
“O, why should nature build so foul a den, Unless the gods delight in tragedies?”
A theatrical reading by professional actors from The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, directed by Michelle Shupe.
Saturday, February 16, 2019
Center for Renaissance Studies Programs
Shakespeare Project of Chicago
This performance will be held at Fourth Presbyterian Church
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Nor hath love’s mind of any judgement taste;
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
And therefore is love said to be a child
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Center for Renaissance Studies Programs
Shakespeare Project of Chicago
Free and open to the public; registration recommended.
That disease
Of which all old men sicken,—avarice.
A theatrical reading by professional actors from The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, directed by Peter Garino.