A CAMPUSWIDE SPECIAL EXHIBIT W. E. B. DU BOIS LIBRARY & THE KINNEY CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RENAISSANCE STUDIES SEPTEMBER 2023 – MAY 2024
Shakespeare Unbound FALL 2023
OCTOBER
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THE TRUE STORY OF FICTIONALITY: THE CASE OF OTHELLO A Lecture with Benedict Robinson, Stony Brook University 5:00pm
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PLAY ON A Concert inspired by Shakespeare’s works with Renaissance Jukebox 2:00pm
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FIGURING RACE IN EARLY MODERN DRAMA Normand Berlin Lecture with Debapriya Sarkar, UConn 5:00pm
NOVEMBER
2
THE MAKING OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS
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SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO UNLEARNED
A Workshop with Joseph Black, UMass 4:30pm
A Workshop with Adam Zucker, UMass 4:30pm
All events will be held at: Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst
Shakespeare Unbound SPRING 2024
MARCH
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SHAKESPEARE & MASS INCARCERATION A Symposium 4:00pm
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WATER-WORLDS: RIPPLE EFFECTS OR SEA CHANGE? An Exhibit curated by Marjorie Rubright, Evan MacCarthy, & Steve Mentz
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ICE-BLUE: TOWARD A POETICS OF SOLID WATER
A Lecture with Steve Mentz, St. John’s University in conjunction with Elements & Renaissance of the Earth 4:00pm
APRIL
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EDITING PERICLES: WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT A BAD TEXT? A Workshop with Jane Degenhardt, UMass & Cyrus Mulready, SUNY New Paltz 4:30pm BEYOND THE BOOK: RECYCLING PRINT IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND Dan S. Collins Lecture with Adam Smyth, University of Oxford 4:30pm | Old Chapel IN SPRINGTIME A Concert with Renaissance Jukebox 2:00pm
Unless otherwise noted, all events will be held at: Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst
KINNEY CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RENAISSANCE STUDIES
SHAKESPEARE & MASS INCARCERATION SYMPOSIUM
VED PRICE ALLIANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON MATTHEW RITGER DARTMOUTH COLLEGE STEPHEN KIM CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIZ FOX UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
MARCH 7 2024 650 East Pleasant Street Amherst
Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
WATER-WORLDS: RIPPLE EFFECTS OR SEA CHANGE? A transhistorical exhibit exploring how representation of the element of water—in literature, visual art, poetry, science, and music— evolves by way of ripple effects and with more sudden sea change. Curators: Marjorie Rubright Evan MacCarthy & Steve Mentz
OPENS MARCH 11, 2024 MARCH 12, 2024 | 4:00PM A multimodal workshop on sonic and poetic icescapes with Steve Mentz, an early modern scholar and pioneer of the Blue Humanities.
STEVE MENTZ PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY
ICE-BLUE: TOWARD A POETICS OF SOLID WATER
For details visit: renaissanceoftheearth.com
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