Upcoming Center for Renaissance Studies Events

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Nahua World

Led by Edward Anthony Polanco (Virginia Tech)

Sep 24–Dec 03, 2026

1:00pm–3:50pm

Hybrid

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Early Modern Trans Studies

Led by Simone Chess (Wayne State University), Colby Gordon (Bryn Mawr College), and Sawyer Kemp (Queens College CUNY)

Sep 25, 2026–May 07, 2027

9:30am–12:30pm

Hybrid

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Mid-Career Writers’ Workshop

Facilitated by Jean E. Howard, Emerita (Columbia University) and Valerie Traub, Emerita (University of Michigan)

Oct 02–Dec 04, 2026

Hybrid

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Ecologies of Premodern Books

Led by Elizabeth Hebbard (Indiana University)

Oct 09, 2026

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Cervantes, escritor alegre; regocijo de las musas

Organized by the Cervantes Society of America

Oct 15–Oct 17, 2026

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Bringing Premodern Studies to K-12 Classrooms: Reflecting on America 250

Led by Bradley Phillis (Appalachian State University)

Oct 23, 2026

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Early Modern Trans Archives 2.0

Organized by Simone Chess (Wayne State University), Colby Gordon (Bryn Mawr University), and Sawyer Kemp (Queens College CUNY)

Nov 13–Nov 14, 2026

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Pablo García Piñar, University of Chicago

Nov 20, 2026

3:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Rettinger Hall

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

J. Michelle Molina, Northwestern University

Eighteenth-Century Studies Seminar

Nov 20, 2026

3:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

New Perspectives on Premodern Mobilities

Organized by Natalya Din-Kariuki (University of Warwick), William Rupp (University of Warwick), Christopher Fletcher (Newberry Library), and Lia Markey (Newberry Library)

Dec 18–Dec 19, 2026

Off-site – University of Warwick Venice Centre

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Digital Humanities and Premodern Studies: An Introduction

Led by Christopher D. Fletcher (Newberry Library)

Weekly on Thursdays, Jan 14–Mar 18, 2027

1:00pm–4:00pm

Online

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Representing Textiles in Renaissance Culture

Led by Sophie Pitman (University of Wisconsin Madison) and Timothy McCall (Villanova University)

Jan 22, 2027

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry