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The following may be of interest to Ficinians:
Below is the CUNY Renaissance Studies Schedule of Events for Spring 1998.
Admission for all events is free and open to the public. All are welcome.
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
33 West 42 Street
NY, NY 10036
RENAISSANCE STUDIES PROGRAM
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/renai/
Thursday
February 26
Sheila ffolliott(George Mason University), "Muted Poetry: Raphael's Galatea
and Leonardo's Ginevra de'Benci," 7:00 p.m., Room TBA (Sponsored by Society
for the Study of Women in the Renaissance. For information, contact Betty
Travitsky<[log in to unmask]> or Susan O'Malley <[log in to unmask]>)
Friday
March 6
Renaissance Studies Colloquium Series
Renaissance and Early Modern Cultural Geography: The Places of Identity,
1500-1700: II. Regions of Identity: Venice and Mexico City
Guido Ruggiero, Josephine Berry Weiss Chair in the Humanities (Pennsylvania
State University), "Of Birds, Figs, and Needles: Rethinking Sexual Identity in
Renaissance Venice"; Richard Kagan(Johns Hopkins University), "Creole
Cartography in Spanish America" (Co-sponsored by NYU Seminar in the
Renaissance), 4:00- 6:00 p.m., CUNY Graduate School, 3rd-Floor Studio.
Reception to follow program. Summaries of papers will be available on
colloquium website.
Thursday
March 26
Ann Hurley(Wagner College), "Introducing Elizabeth Polwhele,"7:00 p.m., Room
TBA (Sponsored by SSWR)
Thursday
March 26
Renaissance Studies Panel: Renaissance Society of America Conference,
University of Maryland, College Park
Renaissance and Early Modern Cultural Geography: The Places of Identity,
1500-1700: III. Localizing Britain: England, Ireland, and Scotland
Moderator and Organizer: Claire Carroll(CUNY Graduate School and Queens
College); Willy Maley (University of Glasgow), "Macboth? Scotland, Ireland,
and the British Problem"; Andrew Hadfield (University of Wales), "Rethinking
the Black Legend: English Identity in the 1580's and 1590's and the
Anti-Christ"; Vincent Carey (SUNY-Plattsburgh), "`Neither good English, nor
good Irish': Gaelicisation and Identity Formation in Sixteenth-Century
Ireland." 2:45 p. m. See Conference program for room.
Friday
April 24
English Program Shakespeare Lecture
Gail Kern Paster (George Washington University), "Anthony's Happy Horse: Or,
Cleopatra's Passions and the Boundaries of Species"), 4:00-6:00 p.m., CUNY
Graduate School, 3rd-Floor Studio. Reception to follow program. This program
will be part of a teleconference jointly held with the CUNY Graduate School,
the University of Pennsylvania, and Brooklyn College, CUNY. Paper summaries
and voice clips of discussion will be available on teleconference website
(address to be announced).
Thursday
April 30
Margaret Hannay (Siena College) "'Bearing the liverie of your name': The
Countess of Pembroke's Agency in Print and Scribal Publication," 7:00 p.m.,
Room TBA (Sponsored by SSWR)
For information, please contact Professor Martin Elsky, Coordinator,
Renaissance Studies Program, Room 40-09, Grace Building (Phone:
212-642-2346; Fax: 212- 642-2205; email: [log in to unmask]).
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