http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:49:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For our fifth meeting of the quarter, Maggie Fritz-Morkin, PhD Candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago, presents on excrement and water politics in Boccaccio's Decameron in her paper: "Andreuccio at the Well"*    Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:00pm in Wieboldt 207. *A more comical look at the subject is available ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2009/11/21/maggie-fritz-morkin/ Intellectual Exchange and Networks in Europe, 1500-1660:   Approaches from the Humanities and Social Sciences May 7-8 2010   A conference hosted by the Early Modern, Renaissance, and Western Mediterranean Workshops of the University of Chicago     For More Information, visit the Conference Site: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/ren/intellectualexchange.html  http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2009/11/12/upcoming-conference-submit-abstracts-now/ For our next meeting, we are pleased to welcome David Arbesú, Assistant Professor of Medieval and Golden Age Peninsular Studies at Augustana College, who will speak on: "Towards a Reconstruction of Spain's Lost Epic Poems" Friday, 11/6/2009, 12:00-1:30pm in Wieboldt 207. http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2009/11/03/david-arbesu-on-spains-lost-epic-poems/ For our third meeting, which will be held on a Monday, the Workshop is excited to feature a presentation by María José Álvarez Faedo, Professor of Comparative Literature at the Universidad de Oviedo, who will speak on: “Don Quixote's Voyage to Perfidious Albion: The Translation of Humour and Satire in 18th-Century English Versions of ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2009/10/12/maria-jose-alvarez-faedo-on-the-translation-of-don-quixotes-humor/ Our second meeting will feature a presentation by renowned Renaissance scholar Lina Bolzoni, Professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and at NYU, who will share her recent work on the intersection of word and image in a talk on: "A Window into the Heart: Double-sided Portraits and Literary Models" As ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2009/10/12/lina-bolzoni-on-art-and-literature/ For our first workshop meeting of the year, Katie Chenoweth, Harper-Schmidt Fellow in the Humanities, offers a look into the complexities of language and the development of Montaigne's language. As always, light refreshments to follow, along with stimulating discussion. 10/9/2009: Wieboldt 207, 12:00pm-1:20pm http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2009/10/12/katie-chenoweth-on-montaignes-language/ The new quarter is here, and the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop is gearing up for an exciting roster of presentations and workshop events.  Below is the schedule for this fall, 2009.   Friday, October 9 (WB 207, 12:00-1:20pm) Katie Chenoweth, Harper and Schmidt Fellow in the Humanities at The University of Chicago, will be ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2009/10/01/fall-2009-schedule/ Erik Thomson is a Harper Fellow, Co-chair of Social Sciences, and Assistant Professor of Social Sciences.  His presentation is titled "Early Modern Elite Culture and the roots of Cosmopolitanism." http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2008/05/11/erik-thomson-may-23/ Wed Apr 2 in CWAC 157 at 4:30 (reception to follow).  Cristelle Baskins, Associate Professor of Art & Art History at Tufts University, will present her paper, "The Renaissance as Montage in Luis Trenker's Condotierre (1937). http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2008/03/21/cristelle-baskins/ April 2. Cristelle Baskins (Art History, University of Chicago) April 7. Lia Markey (Art History, University of Chicago) April 11. Josiah Blackmore (Portuguese, University of Toronto), “Reading the World in Renaissance Portugal.” Co-sponsored by the Lusophone World Project, the Renaissance Workshop, Comparative Literature. April 25. Felipe Rojas ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/workshops/westmedcult/2008/03/07/download-the-spring-08-schedule/