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“Not but by the Spirit understood” - Feisal Mohamed

Sat, 16 May 2009 10:47:26 -0500

The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies Milton Seminar:

"'Not but by the Spirit understood': Milton's Plain Style and Present-day Messianism"

Feisal Mohamed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/seminars/miltsem.html

When: Saturday, May 16, 2009 ~ 1 pm
Where: The Newberry Library, Chicago, Towner Fellows' Lounge

The Milton Seminar is sponsored by DePaul University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

*If you have registered for the May 16th Milton Seminar, and have not received a copy of Professor Mohamed's precirculated paper, please notify the Center for Renaissance Studies at renaissance@newberry.org*

While there is no fee to attend this program, participants must register in advance. To register, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies at 312.255.3514, or at renaissance@newberry.org.

Funds may be available for graduate students and faculty of Consortium institutions to travel to the Newberry Library to attend this program. If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies

The Ninth Annual Cervantes Symposium

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:58:13 -0500

The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies presents

The Ninth Annual Cervantes Symposium.

Friday, April 24, 2009 ~ 9 am - 5 pm
The Newberry Library, Chicago

We are pleased to welcome Edward Friedman of Vanderbilt University as the 2009 Cervantes Symposium Keynote Speaker. He will give the lecture entitled, "Poetics at Play: Don Quixote and the Illusions of Theory," at 3:15 on Friday afternoon. The Cervantes Symposium is sponsored by the University of Chicago, DePaul University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Miami University, and the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.

While there is no fee to attend this program, participants must register in advance. To register, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies at 312.255.3514, or at renaissance@newberry.org.

Funds may be available for graduate students and faculty of Consortium institutions to travel to the Newberry Library to attend this program. If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies.

Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Cromwellian Ireland, 1641-1660

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:10:20 -0500

John Morrill, Selwyn College, Cambridge University will give the lecture. If interested, please visit
http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/seminars/morrill for more details. While there is no fee to attend this program, participants must register in advance. To register, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies at 312.255.3514, or at renaissance@newberry.org.

Funds may be available for graduate students and faculty of Consortium institutions to travel to the Newberry Library to attend this program. If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies.