Friday, June 4, 2004
The Newberry Library
Organized by Nina Rowe, Middlebury College; and David Areford, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Sponsored by the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies and the Department of Art History at Northwestern University
* paper titles subject to change *
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Coffee
10:00 | Welcome, David Areford, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Address from Charles Cullen, President and Librarian, The Newberry Library
10:20 | Introduction to Session I, David Areford, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston
10:30 | Christine Geisler-Andrews, Doctoral Candidate, Northwestern University
"Parisian Illuminators in the American Midwest: Two Unpublished Boucicaut Books of Hours"
11:00 | Sherry Lindquist, Fulbright fellow, Musée des Beaux Arts, Dijon
"Parlant de Moy: Manuscripts of La Coche by Marguerite of Navarre"
11:30 | Stephen Perkinson, Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College
"Authorship and Authority in the Images of the Wavrin Master"
12:00-2:00 pm | Lunch break
2:00 | Introduction to Session II, Nina Rowe, Visiting Assistant Professor, Middlebury College
2:15 | David Areford, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston
"Toward an Archaeology of the Early Printed Image"
2:45 | Ann Roberts, Associate Professor, Lake Forest College
"Mary of Burgundy in the Nineteenth Century: Romantic Heroine and Constitutional Monarch"
3:15 | Nina Rowe, Visiting Assistant Professor, Middlebury College
"Devotional Ivories and the Popularization of Hate"
3:45 | Break
4:00-5:00 | Roundtable discussion on the state of manuscript studies today
5:00-6:00 | Wine reception
While there is no fee to attend this symposium, participants should register in advance. To register, please call the Center for Renaissance Studies at 312.255.3514, or send an e-mail to renaissance@newberry.org.
Funds are available for graduate students and faculty of Consortium institutions to travel to the Newberry Library to attend this symposium. If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies.