We are delighted to announce the schedule for Fall 2026, designed to deepen and contextualize our understanding of the Renaissance. We hope you will be able to join us for lively discussion of issues that invigorate our various fields.
As is our custom, the seminar meetings are entirely devoted to discussion of previously circulated papers. Please email in advance for the paper(s) if you are not already on our campus distribution list and would like to attend (contact information below).
Papers can only be made available by pdf with the express permission of the author. We ask that participants exercise the utmost discretion and confidentiality with the speaker’s work. Please refrain from circulation of any form. Many thanks.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
4:30 p.m., Boger Hall, Room 315
Samet Budak (Hannah Seeger Davis Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University)
“Intertwined Patterns of Book Collecting and Prestige between Quattrocento Italy and the Ottoman Empire”
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
4:30 p.m., Boger Hall, Room 315
Stacey Murrell (Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Amherst College)
“Ruling Women and their Concubines, 1109-1435”
For a copy of the seminar paper(s), please contact the Renaissance Seminar coordinator, Joseph Ackley at jackley@wesleyan.edu.