Thursday, May 9: Premodern Fortune-Telling, featuring Jean de Meun’s Dodechedron of Fortune Thursday, May 16: Independent Study Thursday, May 23: Text-study of Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World Thursday, May 30: Independent Study Thursday, June 6: End of the Year Film Screening Thursday, June 13: Finals Week (No Independent Study) *Schedule Subject to Change Join our…Continue Reading May/June 2024 Schedule*
This quarter our theme is Cosmic Orders. From planetary movements to the heavenly spheres, how do premodern authors think about non-earthly spaces and the place of our earth in this cosmic system? What does it mean to be human in the face of cosmic, celestial, and divine perspectives? We are interested in exploring how thinking…Continue Reading Spring 2024 Theme: Cosmic Orders
Thursday, April 4: Independent Study Thursday, April 11: Welcome to Spring Quarter: Food and Games Thursday, April 18: Text study of the opening of Book 8 of John Milton’s Paradise Lost Thursday, April 25: A Discussion of Emanuel Swedenborg’s Earths in our Solar System led by Professor Jayne Lewis (selections of the reading will be circulated in…Continue Reading April 2024 Schedule
The Method & Madness Premodern Reading Group is hosting a seminar with visiting scholar William Engel (Sewanee University of the South) on Friday, February 16! All grad students are welcome, and faculty are free to drop by as well. The seminar will follow Professor Engel’s talk, “Living With Death in Shakespeare’s England,” which will take place earlier that day. See below…Continue Reading Friday Feb. 16: William Engel Graduate Seminar
Tuesday, Feb. 6: Independent Study Tuesday, Feb. 13: William Engel Seminar Prep Friday, Feb. 16 (3-5PM in HG 1010): A Graduate Seminar with William Engel on Shakespeare and the Death Arts (Note the room and date change from our regularly scheduled meetings) Tuesday, Feb. 20: Independent Study Monday, Feb 26 (2-4pm) : A Presentation from…Continue Reading February/March 2024 Schedule
We are excited to announce that the general theme for our Winter 2024 sessions will be “Regicide,” or more broadly “Death and Power.” Join us as we read medieval chronicles and early modern plays that dramatize the history of bloody political overthrow. As we move forward in time, we will also be considering the reactions…Continue Reading Winter 2024 Theme: Regicide: or, Death and Power
Week 2: Tuesday, Jan. 16: Formal Text Study of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II Week 3: Tuesday, Jan. 23: Independent Study Week 4: Tuesday, Jan. 30: Text Study of textual accounts of the execution of King Charles I *Schedule Subject to Change Join our mailing list for the most up-to-date announcements…Continue Reading January 2024 Schedule