Renaissance Studies is a multi-disciplinary program for faculty and graduate students who work on Renaissance and early modern materials from the 14th to the 17th century. The mission of the program is to foster dialogue and collaboration across disciplines, languages and traditions. Renaissance Studies organizes a vast range of events, including conferences, lecture series, symposia and roundtables. A Ph.D. minor or an area certificate in Renaissance Studies provides the multi-disciplinary education necessary to equip students for research on Renaissance and early modern topics, drawing on a wide selection of courses with a Renaissance / early modern focus.
Upcoming Events
- “Transatlantic Touching in the Early Modern World,” a lecture by Whitney Sperrazza (Texas A&M University), (poster)
Friday, January 31, 2025, 4pm
Gayle Karch Cook Center at Maxwell Hall, Grand Hall
Join us for a lecture by Whitney Sperrazza in the series “New Approaches to the Senses in the Renaissance.” Assistant Professor of English at Texas A&M University, Sperrazza’s work sits at the intersections of early modern literary studies, histories of science, book history, and intersectional feminist theory. Her forthcoming book, Anatomical Forms (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025), argues for poetry as a tool for scientific work, wielded by early modern women writers to explore and challenge rapid developments in anatomy and physiology.
Sperrazza’s visit has received generous support from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English, the Department of Gender Studies, and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.