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

Mayra A. Cortes, University of California, Los Angeles & Raphael Magarik, University of Illinois, Chicago

Lieb Newberry Milton Seminar

May 29, 2026

10:00am–3:15pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

2026 Summer Institute in Italian Paleography

Directed by Maddalena Signorini, The Armando Petrucci and Franca Petrucci Nardelli Professor of Paleography at the Newberry Library

Jun 15–Jun 26, 2026

At the Newberry – Newberry Library

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Recovering Hidden Histories in Archival Collections

Directed by Lia Markey (Newberry Library) and Christopher Fletcher (Newberry Library). 

Aug 10–Aug 14, 2026

At the Newberry

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

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

New Perspectives on Premodern Mobilities

Organized by Natalya Din-Kiriuki (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