2007-2008 CRBS Calendar of Events

2007 :: Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec
2008 :: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul

2007
August
 
 
September

September 27, 2007
3:30 pm
Renaissance Reckonings Lecture Series
"Two Jesuit Shadows in Shakespeare: William Weston and Henry Garnet"
Robert Miola, Loyala College (Baltimore)
3105 Susquehanna Hall
Sponsored by the Department of English
For additional information, contact Marshall Grossman

 
September 28-29, 2007
Mid-Atlantic Renaissance and Reformation Seminar
For additional information, contact the Program Co-Chairs,
Sabrina Baron and Philip Soergel, Department of History
 
October
October 5, 2007
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Medieval & Renaissance Discussion Group
Machiavelli, The Prince; Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
3109 Susquehanna Hall
Organized by Jasmine Lellock, Department of English
 
October 9, 2007
1:00 pm
Renaissance Revels Reading Group
Volpone, by Ben Jonson
0135 Taliaferro Hall
Organized by Jasmine Lellock and Margaret Rice, Department of English
 

October 18, 2007
4:00 pm
New Voices Colloquium
Elizabeth Bearden, English
Andrea Frisch, French and Italian
Meredith Gill, Art History and Archaeology
Gerard Passannante, English
0135 Taliaferro Hall

 
October 24, 2007
9:00 am
Board Meeting
Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal
 
November
November 3, 2007
Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries
The Portuguese Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Artistic and Cultural Exchange

Follow-Up Session
Sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education
 

November 9-10, 2007
The Marlowe Symposium
The Harmon Center for the Arts in Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Shakespeare Theatre

Tickets for both the symposium and performances are on sale now!
Call the Shakespeare Theatre ~ 202-547-1122

 
December
 
 
2008
January
 
 
February
February 7, 2008
1:00 pm
Shakespeare Monologue Competition for Students Grades 6-9
Sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies, Imagination Stage, the English-Speaking Union, and the Washington Episcopal School
 
February 23, 2008
Shakespeare Fest
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
 
March
March 4, 2008
12:30 pm
Medieval and Renaissance Discussion Group
"Milton's Allegories?"
0135 Taliaferro Hall
With presenter Margaret Rice; organized by Jasmine Lellock , Department of English
 

March 11, 2008
12:30 pm
Renaissance Revels Reading Group
The Revenger's Tragedy , by Thomas Middleton
0135 Taliaferro Hall
Organized by Jasmine Lellock and Margaret Rice, Department of English

 
April

April 8, 2008
3:30 pm
"Unpath'd Waters, Undream'd Shores: Shakespeare in the Correspondence of Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams"
Joseph Roach (Yale University)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Annual Petrou Lecture organized by the Department of English

 
April 9, 2008
10:00 am
"On It and Cities of the Dead"
Joseph Roach (Yale University)
3105 Susquehanna Hall
Annual Petrou Seminar organized by the Department of English
 

April 20, 2008
7:30 pm
"Easter Season Concert"
Performance by the Palestrina Choir
Memorial Chapel, University of Maryland
Contact Rev. Holly Ulmer, 301-405-8450

 
April 26, 2008
Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries
The Portuguese Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Artistic and Cultural Exchange

Follow-up Session

 
April 26, 2008
Maryland Day
 

April 30, 2008
3:30 pm

Renaissance Reckonings Lecture Series
"The Weight of the Past "
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, George Washington University
1119 Susquehanna Hall
Sponsored by the Department of English
For additional information, contact Marshall Grossman

 
May

May 3, 2008
Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Conference
Keynote Speaker: Kristen Poole
Sponsored by the Department of English

 

May 5, 2008
4 - 6:00 pm
"The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative"
Rolena Adorno, Yale University
Juan Ramon Jimenez Room, Stamp Student Union
Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Comparative Literature Program, the Department of History, and the Center for Latin American Studies

 
May 8, 2008
12:30 - 1:45 pm
The Farber Foundry's Yael Farber-Dramaturgy Workshop
Dramaturgy workshop with Yael Farber on adaptations of ancient texts to contemporary productions
Schonboum Room, Theatre 3732,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Limited seating available on first-come, first serve basis.
Reserve your space: 301-405-5974
 

May 8 and 9, 2008
8:00 pm
Performance:
Molora (adapted from the Oresteia trilogy)
Adapted and directed by Yael Farber, The Farber Foundry
Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Tickets $30/ $7 student
Farber confronts our lust for righteous relatiation by melding the Oresteia's family revenge tragedy with the images of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Xhosa singers and musicians of the Ngqoko Cultural Group serve as chorus and conscience in this exploration of the spiral of violence in Molora's U.S. premier at the Center.

Post-performance Talk Back after May 8 performance

May 9, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Shakespeare Masterclass
Shakespeare Masterclass with renowned South African actress Dorothy Ann Gould
Mulitz-Gudelsky Room, Theatre 3730

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Call to reserve your space: 301-405-8172

 
May 9, 2008
6:30 pm

Creative Dialogues: Cultural Fault Lines with Yael Farber and guests

Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall, Room 2200
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis
 
June

June 17, 2008
4:45 - 7:00 pm
Northwood Student-Parent Orientation
Orientation for Northwood students accepted to the dual enrollment program, and their parents
Art-Sociology Building, Room 2203


 
July
July 2008
Shakespeare Summer Camp
For students ages 11 to 14.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Theatre and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George's County, Department of Parks and Recreation
Clarice Smith Center for Performing Arts
 
July 2008
Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries VIII
A multidisciplinary summer institute for arts educators
Sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education
 
August
 
 
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