Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of our faculty sponsors, Professors Miguel Martínez and Rocco Rubini, it is our pleasure to announce the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop schedule for the spring quarter 2013. All meetings will be held in Wieboldt 207 at the time indicated on the schedule.
Tuesday April 16th at 4:30 PM--Neringa Pukelis, Ph.D Candidate in Spanish presents a chapter from “Modes of Creation: Mimesis, Inventio, and the Chronicling of History in La saga/fuga de J.B.
Thursday April 25th at 4:30 PM in Harper 103–Bruce Burningham, Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Professor of Hispanic Studies and Theatre at Illinois State University presents: “Intertextuality and Ekphrasis in Los Barracos de Federico’s Caballero de Olmedo.
Friday May 10th at 12:00 PM–David Allison Orsbon, Ph. D Student in Comparative Literature presents, “‘The Universe as Book: Dante’s Commedia as an Imprint of the Divine Mind.’”
Friday May 17th at 12:00 PM-–Armando Maggi, Professor of Italian Literature and the Committee on the History of Culture, presents an overview on his current book project, “For a History of Renaissance Love Treatises: From Ficino to Tasso and Cervantes”
We look forward to seeing you at our meetings!
Best Regards,
James Nemiroff and David Reher
Graduate Student Coordinators
Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop
PS: Those requiring assistance to attend these events should contact the Graduate Student Coordinator David Reher at dmreher@uchicago.edu. or James Nemiroff at jnemiroff@uchicago.edu.