Contemporary Grammar
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Woodrow Wilson Room
(LJ-113), Jefferson Building, Library
of Congress. View the WAGPCS
website or e-mail Sabrina Baron,
Eric Lindquist, and Eleanor Shevlin for more information.
11 September 2000: The American Association of University Women, College Park Branch meeting.
presentation by Erin Kelly on "17th Century Religious Conversions."
7:30 p.m., at 4711 Knox Road (Old Parish Hall / Woman's Club)
contact Esther Simpson for more information
18 September 2000: The Nation and Beyond
Seminar on Rethinking Europe: The View From the Balkans.
4:00-6:00 p.m. Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshments available at 3:30.
presented by Mark Mazower, Birkbeck College, University of London and John Lampe, University of Maryland.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
19 September 2000: The Nation and Beyond
Public Lecture on The Roots of War and Peace in the Balkans: An Historical Perspective.
4:30 p.m. in Tydings Hall, Room 0117
presented by Mark Mazower, Birkbeck College, University of London
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
26 September 2000: Works-in-Progress Colloquium
Title: "Is the Epic from Mars or from
Venus: Transatlantic Readings of the Canary Islands"
presented by Professor Eyda Merediz,
Spanish and Portugese
12:30 pm in the Conference room of
the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies
27 September 2000: Texts and Textualities
Title: "The Print of Goodness," the meaning of race in Shakespeare--specifically the place of Caliban in The Tempest
Presented by Professor Jonathan Goldberg, John Hopkins University
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in 1117 Susquehanna Hall
Reception following in the Main English Office
Contact William Sherman for more information.
Seminar on Public Vows: Historical Perspectives on Marriage and the Nation in the United States. presented by Nancy Cott, Yale University.
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshments are available at 3:30.
Papers are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
16 October 2000: Texts and Textualities, Scholar-in-
Residence
Title: Queen Elizabeth as Public and Private Poet
presented by Leah Marcus, Vanderbilt University
Room 1213 in the Art & Sociology Building
Contact William Sherman for more information.
16 October 2000: Lecture
Title: "Love Lyrics From the Bible: Translation and Interpretation of the Book of Canticles In Renaissance Spain."
presented by Dr. Daniel Nahson, Oxford College of Emory University
2:00 p.m. Multipurpose Room, St. Mary's Hall
sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies, and The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies
17 October 2000: Texts and Textualities, Scholar-in-Residence
Workshop on The Trials and Tribulations of Editing
Leah Marcus, Vanderbilt University
Contact William Sherman for more information.
19 October: The Nation and Beyond
Departmental Lecture on Hollywood and the Making of America.
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshment are available at 3:30.
Presented by Lary May, University of Minnesota. Readings are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
21 October: Baltimore City Public School System Staff Development
26 October 2000: Talk About Teaching: The Bluest Eye
informal secondary-university conversations. Bring a dozen copies of a lesson plan to share.3:30 pm to 5:00 p.m. in the Conference room of the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
Discussion of Dekker and Middleton's The Roaring Girl (circa 1610).
6:00 p.m. in College Park
Contact Angelique Wheelock for more information.
6 November 2000: Senior University Reading Group
Discussion of Early Modern Women
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
9-11 November 2000: Attending to Early Modern Women Symposia:
13 November 2000: The Nation and Beyond
Seminar on Masculinity, Race, and Internationalism on the Marseilles Docks, 1940-1956
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshment are available at 3:30.
Presented by Yael Simpson Fletcher, University of the South.
Readings are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
13 November 2000: Senior University Reading Group
Discussion of Early Modern Women
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
16 November 2000: Cyber Cafe
Internet discussion for teachers and administrators involved in the Northwestern High School partnership. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
27 November 2000: Senior University Reading Group
Discussion of Early Modern Women writers
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
30 November 2000: Talk About Teaching: Twelfth Night
informal secondary-university conversations. Bring a dozen copies of a lesson plan to share.3:30 pm to 5:00 p.m. in the Conference room of the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
30 November 2000: Texts and Textualities
Title: Pre-Modern Intellectual Biographies
Rita Copeland, University of Pennsylvania
4:00 p.m. in Susquehanna, Room 1117
Contact William Sherman for more information.
Reading Strategies for Secondary English: Implementation II
4 December 2000: The Nation and Beyond
Seminar on Hyphen Nation: The Ethnic
Revival and The Politics of Diversity Since 1965.
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room
1102. Refreshment are available at 3:30.
Presented by Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University.
Readings are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
4 December 2000: Senior University Reading Group
Discussion of Early Modern Women
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
11 December 2000: Senior University Reading Group
Discussion of Early Modern Women
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
December 14 2000: Cyber Cafe
Internet discussion for teachers and administrators involved in the Northwestern High School partnership. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
informal secondary-university conversations. Bring a dozen copies of a lesson plan to share.3:30 pm to 5:00 p.m. in the Conference room of the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
31 January 2001: Cyber Cafe
Internet discussion for teachers and administrators involved in the Northwestern High School partnership. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
4 February 2001: Early Modern Drama Reading Group
Open discussion of The Honoroable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bongay by Robert Green
6:00 p.m. in College Park
Food will be provided
Contact Angelique Wheelock for more information.
12 February 2001: The Nation and Beyond
Seminar on Modern International systems theory and Ancient History: The Case of Rome
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshment are available at 3:30.
Presented by Art Eckstein, University of Maryland. Readings are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
14 February 2001: Texts and Textualities
Title: Calvinist Aesthetics and Protestant Pedagogy in Early Modern England
Lori Anne Ferrell, Claremont Graduate School
4:00 p.m. in Susquehanna, Room 1117
Contact William Sherman for more information.
20 February 2001: Cyber Cafe
Internet discussion for teachers and administrators involved in the Northwestern High School partnership. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
22 February 2001: Talk About Teaching: Harlem Renaissance
informal secondary-university conversations. Bring a dozen copies of a lesson plan to share.3:30 pm to 5:00 p.m. in the Conference room of the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
27 February 2001: Works-in-Progress Colloquium
Seminar on Economic Development and Nationalism, 16th-20th Century.
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshment are available at 3:30.
Presented by Liah Greenfield, Boston University. Readings are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
8 March 2001: Texts and Textualities, Scholar-in-Residence
Title: Textualizing Revolutions
Nigel Smith, Princeton University
Art and Sociology Building, Room 1213
Contact William Sherman for more information.
Workshop on Editing Marvell
Nigel Smith, Princeton University
Contact William Sherman for more information.
14 March 2001: Cyber Cafe
Internet discussion for teachers and administrators involved in the Northwestern High School partnership. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
23-24 March 2001: Comus: A Workshop
28 March 2001: Lecture
Title: Shakespeare and the Printed Word
Lukas Earne, University of Geneva, Switzerland
3:30 to 5:00 pm in 0135 Taliaferro Hall
29 March 2001: Talk About Teaching: Wife of Bath and Her Sisters
informal secondary-university conversations. Bring a dozen copies of a lesson plan to share.3:30 pm to 5:00 p.m. in the Conference room of the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
Title: The Inner Edges and the Outer Limits: Some Thoughts on Illustrations and Marginalia
Stephen Orgel, Stanford University
Contact William Sherman for more information.
Location and Time To Be Announced
Seminar on The Rise of Nations.
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshment are available at 3:30.
Presented by Anthony Bartlett, University of Edinburgh. Readings are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
4 April 2001: Renaissance Reckonings
Title: Mary Queen of Scots and the Baptism of Prince James
presented by Alan Stewart
16 April 2001: Texts and Textualities
Title: Court, Artists and Poets in the Age of Van Dyck
Malcolm Smuts, Boston University
4:00 p.m. in Susquehanna Hall, Room 1117
Contact William Sherman for more information.
Internet discussion for teachers and administrators involved in the Northwestern High School partnership. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Seminar on Frontiers and Borders.
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall, Room 1102. Refreshment are available at 3:30.
Presented by Jose David Saldivar, University of California, Berkeley.
Readings are available in the History Department Office.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies.
24 April 2001: Works-in-Progress Colloquium
12:30 pm in the Conference room of the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
27 April 2001: Talk About Teaching: Writing
informal secondary-university conversations.
Bring a dozen copies of a lesson plan to share.
3:30 PM to 5:00 p.m. in the
Conference room of the Center
for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
Public Conference: National
Identities in the Americas
Participants include: John Chasteen, Eric Foner, Claudio Lomnitz,
Florencia Mallon, Karin Resemblatt, Hilda Sabato, Rogers Smith,
Laura Wexler, and Richard White.
Sponsored by the Center for Historical Studies
6 May 2001: Maryland Handel Festival
Performance of Jephtha,
Oratorio
3:00 p.m.
For tickets, contact the School
of Music
12 May 2001: Collegium Musicum
Performance of the Music of Renaissance
Poland
8:00 p.m. at the Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Center
for the Performing Arts
For information, contact the School
of Music
21 June 2001 - 3 July 2001: Pursuit of the American Dream
Summer institute for Northwestern High School teachers
Immigration and Ethnicity
Contact Nancy Traubitz, Program Director of CAST at CRBS for more information.