Monthly Archives: January 2014

Teofilo Ruiz presents “The Western Mediterranean and the World: From the Western Mediterranean to the Atlantic, Ca. 1300 – 1650″

Friday February 7th at 4:30 in Classics 110–Co-sponsored by the Neubauer Collegium for culture and society and with the Medieval Studies Workshop. Teofilo Ruiz, Professor of Spanish cultural history at UCLA, presents “The Western Mediterranean and the World: From the Western Mediterranean to the Atlantic, Ca. 1300 – 1650″

Quoted from the Neubaur Collegium page: “In this lecture, I would like to explore the complex reasons which led to a shift from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. I contend that the opening of the Atlantic for exploration and the encounter with the New World, although having an impact on Mediterranean societies, was not the sole determinant for the slow demise of the former sea as the center of European civilization.” Light reception to follow.

Please see more information at : http://neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/uc/Ruiz/

Protected: David Craig Recksieck presents “Depicting the Brazilian Engenho: Representations of Race, Religion, and Economic Exchange in the Works of Frans Post”

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Protected: Edward Muir presents: “People Who Believe in Nothing:” Intolerable Thoughts in Late Renaissance Italy

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Winter Quarter Schedule

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of our faculty sponsors, Professors Robert Kendrick and Niall Atkinson, it is our pleasure to announce the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop schedule for the Winter quarter 2013. Most meetings will be held in Wieboldt 207 at the time indicated on the schedule.

Friday January 17th at 12:00 in Wieboldt 207--Edward Muir, Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, presents “‘People Who Believe in Nothing:’ Intolerable Thoughts in Late Renaissance Italy”

Friday January 31st at 12:00 in Wieboldt 207--Co-sponsored with Caribbean Studies Workshop. David Craig Recksieck, Ph. D. student in Art History, presents “Depicting the Brazilian Engenho: Representations of Race, Religion, and Economic Exchange in the Works of Frans Post”

Friday February 7th at 4:30 in Classics 110–Co-sponsored by the Neubauer Collegium for culture and society and with the Medieval Studies Workshop. Teofilo Ruiz, Professor of Spanish cultural history at UCLA, presents “The Western Mediterranean and the World: From the Western Mediterranean to the Atlantic, Ca. 1300 – 1650” Please see more information at http://neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/uc/Ruiz/

Friday February 21st at 12:00 in Wieboldt 207--Ryan Giles, associate professor of Spanish and Core faculty of the Medieval studies Institute at the University of Indiana–Bloomington, presents “Converting the Saracen: The Historia del emperador Carlomagno and the Christianization of Granada”

Friday February 28th at 12:00 in Wieboldt 207--Muhammet Zahit Atcil, Ph D. student in Near Eastern Languages and Culture, presents Ottoman Fiscal Institutions and Economic Policies during the Grand Vizierates of Rustem Pasha (1544-1561)”

We look forward to seeing you at our meetings!

Sincerely,

David Reher, Jose Estrada, and Medardo Rosario

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.