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Programs and Events

The Newberry offers programming in the humanities for scholars, teachers, and the general public. Unless otherwise noted, events are free, and no reservations are required. Many of our programs are recorded, and you can listen to them on our website.

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E.g., 10/19/2019
E.g., 10/19/2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019 – Thursday, December 5, 2019
Reading Catalan for Research Purposes
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
This fast-paced course prepares students from a variety of fields in medieval and early modern studies to read and do research using texts in Catalan. Students will work on reading comprehension skills, grammar, and vocabulary, and will also be introduced to translation strategies. Students will use texts in their own disciplines in project-based activities using the Newberry’s collections.
Friday, October 4, 2019 – Friday, May 1, 2020
2019-2020 Dissertation Seminar for Scholars of Religion and Politics
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
Meeting four times over the year, this seminar aims to form an interdisciplinary community of graduate students in the early stages of writing their dissertations, with an eye toward examining
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Early Modern Recipes Online Collective Transcribathon
Free and open to the public; no registration required
Try your hand at transcribing early modern recipes!
Thursday, November 14, 2019
The Art of Images in Premodern Books
This collaborative symposium will bring to life the stories behind how artists, printers, and scribes placed illuminations, prints, and engravings in premodern books.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Library Services and Premodern Studies: An Introduction
Classical, medieval, and early modern studies have always relied on the work of library professionals. This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the contributions catalogers, archivists, curators, and conservators have made to our understanding of the premodern world, which go well beyond the practical work necessary to make primary and secondary sources accessible for scholars.
Thursday, January 16, 2020 – Thursday, April 2, 2020
Exposed to the Elements: Matter and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
This seminar examines early modern European modes of knowledge-production by zeroing in on the idea of the “elemental.” From geometry to medicine and alchemy, almanacs and handbooks of prognostication to natural history (including colonial natural history), the Newberry’s collection includes books that deploy the notion of an “element” (and the “elemental” or even the “elementary”) in many diff