Upcoming Center for Renaissance Studies Events

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Beyond the Academy: A Professional Development Workshop

Led by Nedda Mehdizadeh (University of California Los Angeles)

Sep 05, 2025

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Center for Renaissance Studies Virtual Open House

Sep 12–Dec 05, 2025

Online

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Medieval Italian Paleography Intensive

Led by Maddalena Signorini (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

Sep 16–Sep 17, 2025

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Boccaccio 650: 1375-2025

Organized by the American Boccaccio Association

Sep 18–Sep 20, 2025

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

Discovery, Exploration, and Legacy: The Shifting Influence of Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America

Led by Emmanuel Ortega (University of Illinois Chicago).

Oct 01–Dec 03, 2025

12:00pm–3:00pm

Hybrid

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Medieval + Monsters

Organized by Mickey Sweeney (Dominican University)

Oct 17–Oct 18, 2025

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Philippine Lives under Early Spanish Rule

Organized by Christina Lee (Princeton University), Miguel Martínez (University of Chicago), Ricardo Padrón (University of Virginia), and Nicholas Sy (University of the Philippines)
Symposium Coordinator: Isabelle Villanueva (University of California-Davis)

Oct 23–Oct 24, 2025

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Indigenous Narrations of the Sacred and Premodern Studies

Led by Blaire Morseau (Michigan State University)

Nov 07, 2025

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words

Nov 20, 2025

6:00pm–7:30pm

At the Newberry – Ruggles Hall

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Global Enlightenment

Led by Karin Friedrich and Michael Brown (University of Aberdeen).

Dec 05, 2025

9:30am–4:30pm

At the Newberry