Upcoming Center for Renaissance Studies Events

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize

Sep 08, 2025–May 31, 2026

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Gender, Power, Culture

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

Sep 26, 2025–Apr 17, 2026

9:30am–12:30pm

Hybrid

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Public Engagement in the European Middle Ages: Medieval Solutions for a Modern Crisis

Christopher Fletcher (Newberry Library), Elizabeth Hebbard (Indiana University), and Bryan Brazeau (University of Warwick)

Dec 19, 2025

12:00pm–1:00pm

Online

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

The World in Books: 1100-1800

Led by Lia Markey and Christopher Fletcher (Newberry Library)

Jan 13–Mar 19, 2026

1:00pm–2:30pm

Online

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Mohit Manohar, University of Chicago

Jan 16, 2026

3:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

2026 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Premodern Studies at the Newberry Library #NLGrad26

Jan 29–Jan 31, 2026

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

William Cavert, University of St. Thomas

Jan 30, 2026

3:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Jonathan Schlesinger, Indiana University

Mar 06, 2026

3:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Premodern Women and the Digital: A Hands-On Workshop

Led by Kathy Krause (University of Missouri, Kansas City) and Laura Morreale (Independent Scholar)

Apr 10, 2026

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

The Celestial Imagination in Indigenous and Early Modern Worlds

Organized by Tiffany Jo Werth (University of California-Davis), Christopher Fletcher (Newberry Library), Katie Boyce-Jacino (Adler Planetarium) and Jane Kanter (Adler Planetarium)

Apr 17, 2026

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry – The Adler Planetarium and the Newberry Library

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Premodern Fragments: Remnants and Recovery

Organized by Elizabeth Hebbard (Indiana University) and Megan Heffernan (DePaul University)

Apr 23–Apr 24, 2026

At the Newberry