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Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Gender, Power, Culture

—2025-2026 Dissertation Seminar

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Application deadline: May 15, 2025

Led by Linda Austern (Northwestern University) and Carole Levin (University of Nebraska).

Sep 26, 2025–Apr 17, 2026

9:30am–12:30pm

Four meetings across the academic year on Fridays: Sept. 26, 2025 (Zoom); Nov. 21, 2025 (In-person); Feb. 13, 2026 (Zoom); April 17, 2026 (In-person)

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This yearlong seminar examines how gender affected understanding, displaying, and experiencing modes of power between c. 1100-1700.

Europe depicted in the form of a queen, from Sebastian Münster, Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt. Basel, 1628 (Case folio G 117 .602)

Description

This seminar provides an interdisciplinary, supportive community for graduate students in the early stages of dissertation preparation. Gender plays a critical role in understanding, displaying, and experiencing modes of power across a wide range of cultural activities ca. 1100-1700. We will analyze these from multiple disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches, examining many different sources to develop a range of research strategies.

Learn more about the instructors: Carole Levin and Linda Austern.

Eligibility and Application Instructions

This seminar is free and open to all, but space is limited. Priority will be given to applicants from CRS Consortium institutions. Consortium members may also be eligible to receive Consortium Grants to help defray travel costs. For more details, consult your local consortium representative.

To apply, click below. The application deadline is Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm Central Time.

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