6.0652 Renaissance Conference: Oct '93 (1/34)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 7 Apr 1993 15:45:23 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0652. Wednesday, 7 Apr 1993.
Date: 07 Apr 1993 12:29:52 -0500
From: GZIEGLER@amherst.edu
Subject: 17th-century Conference
The Renaissance Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
is hosting the following conference -- October 28-31, 1993.
Europe and Whitehall: Society, Culture,
and Politics, 1603-1685
This multidisciplinary conference examines the multiple connections
existing between the English royal court and continental Europe
during the seventeenth century. Topics will include: politics,
literature, music, the performing arts, social networks, visual
culture, diplomacy, and international relations.
Workshop leaders include:
Jonathan Brown, "Visual Culture"
Robert D. Hume, "Theatre Production and Music"
Arthur F. Kinney, "The Court seen through Literature"
Gordon Schochet, "Political Thought"
Lois G. Schwoerer, "Print Culture, Law and Ideology in
the Restoration"
Charles K. Smith, "Epicurean Discourse and Royalism"
Speakers include: Martin Butler, Caroline Hibbard, Nancy Klein
Maguire, Richard McCoy, Annabel Patterson, Jonathan Scott,
R. Malcolm Smuts, J.P. Sommerville, James A. Winn
For more information write to:
Nancy Klein Maguire, The Folger Shakespeare Library,
201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 - or
R. Malcolm Smuts, Dept. of History, University of Massachusetts,
Boston, 100 Morrisey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
Phone: (617)287-6860
Phone: (617)287-6860