Center for Renaissance Studies

Funding for the Center is provided in part by the Bernard P. McElroy Fund in Renaissance Studies.

2008-09 Academic Year Calendar of Events

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Lectures and Seminars

• 2008-2009 Graduate Seminars
• Enrollment Form for Graduate Seminars
• Dante Lecture ~ September 12, 2008
  
• History of the Book Lecture ~ NOTE: November 7, 2008 lecture has been cancelled
  
• Lecture in Early Modern History ~ September 25, 2008
• Medieval Intellectual History Seminar ~ November 8, 2008
• Milton Seminar ~ November 8, 2008
  
• Romance and Epic Seminar ~October 11, 2008
• Seminar in Festive Culture

Symposia and Conferences

• Cervantes Symposium ~ April 24, 2009
• Graduate Student Conference ~ January 23, 2009
• Montaigne Symposium ~ February 28, 2009
• New Worlds, New Publics Symposium ~ September 25-27, 2008
• Shakespeare and the History of Philosophy Symposium ~ March 6, 2009
• Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History ~ April 3, 2009
• Recent Conferences

Paleography

• Mellon Summer Institutes in Vernacular Paleography, 2005-2008 ~ July 7 - July 31, 2008
• Mellon Summer Institutes in Vernacular Paleography, 2009-2012
• Paleography Resources
• Recent Institutes in Paleography

NEH Summer Seminar

• Music Books in Early Modern Europe: Materiality, Performance, and Social Expression

University of Warwick Programs

• Mellon Visiting Research Fellowships in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the University of Warwick, 2006-2008
  
• Mellon Workshop in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the University of Warwick, 2006-2008
  

Center for Renaissance Studies Publications

• List of Publications
• Graduate Student Conference Proceedings

The Newberry Consort

• Early-Music, Original-Instrument Chamber Ensemble

Founded in 1979 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies serves scholars through the use of the library’s internationally renowned collections in the late medieval and early modern periods. The Center is organized as an international consortium of 47 universities that contribute to its administration and oversee the planning of programs through representatives on the Executive Committee. Our Mission Statement.

Image from Ars Oratoria, Newberry MS Inc 1886

Consortium Information

• Consortium Institutions and Executive Committee Members
  
• Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grants and Travel Expense Reimbursement Form
• Consortium Institution Class Visits
• Teaching a Graduate Seminar
• The Folger Institute
• Affiliated Research Centers

Visiting the Newberry

• Map of the Newberry Neighborhood
• Neighborhood Apartments and Hotels
  
• Public Transportation
• Airport Shuttle Service
• Parking at the Newberry

Research at the Newberry

• Reference Services
• Newberry Photoduplication Services
• Reading Room Camera Policy

Resources and Online Exhibits

• Bibliography: Renaissance Resources at the Newberry
• Online Exhibition: "Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend"
• Online Exhibition: "Mapping the French Empire in North America"
• Online Exhibition: "Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629)"
• Newberry Library Collection Descriptions
• New Acquisitions at the Newberry Library: A Visual Sampling

Fellowships

• École des Chartes Fellowship
• Other Newberry Library Fellowships