Center for Renaissance Studies

28th Annual Graduate Student Conference

Thursday, January 21 – Saturday, January 23, 2010

Organized and run by graduate students, the conference is a premier opportunity for maturing scholars to present papers, participate in discussions, and develop collaborations across the field of medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies. Participants find a supportive and collegial forum for their work, meet future colleagues from other institutions and disciplines, and become familiar with the Newberry Library and its resources. Selected papers will be published in a peer-edited online conference proceedings. In celebration of the Center’s thirtieth anniversary, this year’s conference is expanded to three days

Keynote Address

Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago

The Political Fortunes of Robin Hood on the Late Elizabethan Stage

Jean Howard, Columbia University

Schedule

8:30 a.m. each morning: coffee service and continental breakfast

Thursday, January 21, concurrent sessions:

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Keynote address:

5:30 p.m. Thursday, January 21
Followed by a reception

Friday, January 22, concurrent sessions:

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 23, concurrent sessions:

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Organizers and Session Chairs

Laura Estill, Wayne State University
Julie Grissom, University of Oklahoma
David Hahn, University of Chicago
Megan Heffernan, University of Chicago
Denna Iammarino, Marquette University
April Morris, University of Texas at Austin
Dana Schumacher, University of Minnesota
Amrita Sen, Michigan State University
Beth Zold, Illinois State University

A complete program will be posted later.

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Registration

This conference will include a continental breakfast each day. While there is no fee to attend this program, participants must register in advance by contacting the Center for Renaissance Studies at 312.255.3514 or e-mailing renaissance [at] newberry.org. Please specify which days you plan to attend.

Funds may be available for graduate students and faculty of Consortium institutions to travel to the Newberry Library to attend this program. Contact your Representative Council member or the Center for Renaissance Studies.

Accommodations

If you are traveling to this conference from out of town, see the Newberry's Neighborhood Accommodations and Restaurants web page.

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