Monthly Archives: April 2011

Katie Chenoweth on Letters and Law

Dear Colleagues,

Please join the Western Mediterranean and Renaissance Workshops for our joint meeting on Wednesday, May 4, at 4:30pm in Wieboldt 207.

Katie Chenoweth (Harper-Schmidt Fellow in the Humanities, University of Chicago) will present a paper titled “From Letters to Law: Instituting the Language of François.”

Light refreshment will be provided. Persons needing assistance in order to attend this event, please contact Erika Tanacs (etanacs@uchicago.edu).

Look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Michelle Hamilton on Dying in the Mediterranean

Dear Colleagues,

Please join us on Wednesday, April 20, at 4:30pm in Wieboldt 207 to welcome our first guest speaker of the quarter.

Michelle Hamilton (Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota) will present a paper titled “Dying in the Mediterranean: An Arabized Vernacular Dance of Death in Hebrew Romance.”

Light refreshment will be provided. Persons needing assistance in order to attend this event, please contact Erika Tanacs (etanacs@uchicago.edu).

Look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Eduardo Ruiz on Western Science and Native Voice in Colonial Mexico

Dear Colleagues,

Please join us on Wednesday, April 13, at 4:30pm in Wieboldt 207 for our first meeting of the quarter.

Eduardo Ruiz (2010 Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago) will present a paper titled “ ‘How does the Moon Die?’ The Negotiation between Western Science and Native Voice in Sixteenth-Century Mexico.”

Light refreshment will be provided. Persons needing assistance in order to attend this event, please contact Erika Tanacs (etanacs@uchicago.edu).

Look forward to seeing you at the meeting!