We are delighted to announce the schedule for Spring 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, February 10, 2026
4:30 p.m., Boger Hall, Room 315
Tyler Kynn (Assistant Professor of History, Central Connecticut State University)
“Prayers for the Sultan: Subjecthood, Categorization, and Networks of Power in the Early Modern Hejaz”
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
4:30 p.m., Boger Hall, Room 315
Janie Cole (Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Connecticut)
For a copy of the seminar paper(s), please contact Renaissance Seminar coordinator, Valeria Lopez Fadul, vlopezfadul@wesleyan.edu