Tuesday, January 31
4:15 p.m. Room 413 Public Affairs Center
Laurie Nussdorfer, History Department, Wesleyan University
Roman Civic Officials in Action (1623-1644): Patrons and Clients
Thursday, February 23
4:15 p.m. Room 100 Davison Art Center
Sheryl Reiss, Department of Art History, Princeton University
Cardinal Giulio de Medici as a Patron of Art, 1513-1523
Thursday, March 2
4:15 p.m. Room 106 Zilkha Gallery
Jeffrey Knapp, Department of English, Harvard Unniversity
Eliza and Elizium: The Development of National and Literary Identity in 16th Century England
Tuesday, March 7
4:15 p.m. Room 300 Davison Art Center
Nicola Courtright, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Artistic Patronage and Calendar Reform of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585)
Tuesday, March 28
4:15 p.m. Room 413 Public Affairs Center
Gary Spear, English Department, Wesleyan University
Hobbes’ Leviathan: Class, Language and Conflict
Wednesday, April 5
4:15 p.m. Room 421 Public Affairs Center
Susanne Wofford, Yale University
Theatre and the Politics of Carnival in Shakespeare’s Henry IV
Wednesday, April 12
4:15 p.m. Room 106 Zilkha Gallery
Guido Ruggiero, University of Connecticut
Disciplining Sex in 16th Century Italy: some reflections on Andriana Sovrogan, common whore, courtesan, noble wife
Monday May 1
4:15 p.m. Room 300 Davison Arts Center
Celeste Brusati, Yale University