# Renaissance Studies ## expand\_more ![nature line drawing](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/mahindra/files/renaissance.jpg?itok=Mh6BByJG) Focused on the early modern period, this seminar explores a range of topics and issues at the intersections of history, literature, music, philosophy, politics, popular culture, history of science, and visual arts. ## Past Events [### Mnemonic Marvels: The Arts of Memory in Early Modern Spain and Latin America ](/event/mnemonic-marvels-arts-memory-early-modern-spain-and-latin-america?occ_id=0)May 15, 2025 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT [### Proteus in Turmoil: Virgil, Alchemy, and the Matter of Poetry ](/event/proteus-turmoil-virgil-alchemy-and-matter-poetry?occ_id=0)March 13, 2025 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT [### A Feminist Theology of Pain: Women’s Imitation of Christ in Medieval and Early Modern Europe ](/event/feminist-theology-pain-women%E2%80%99s-imitation-christ-medieval-and-early-modern-europe?occ_id=0)Dec 12, 2024 | 5:00PM EST [ More past events arrow\_circle\_right ](/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_seminars%3A170386) ## Chairs [### Tom Conley ](/people/tom-conley) ![Tom Conley](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/tom_conley.png?itok=ndHDkzmK) [### Alani Hicks-Bartlett ](/people/alani-hicks-bartlett) [alani\_hicks-bartlett@brown.edu](mailto:alani_hicks-bartlett@brown.edu) ![Alani Hicks-Bartlett headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/img_3965.jpg?itok=N732Dv2z) [### Jennifer Oliver ](/people/jennifer-oliver) [jennifer\_oliver@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:jennifer_oliver@fas.harvard.edu) ![Jennifer Oliver headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/jennifer_oliver_headshot_rll.jpg?itok=T7tilddi) ## Graduate Student Coordinators [### Lisa Kostur ](/people/therese-banks) [### Marie Prunières ](/people/emily-epperson) See also:- [ Seminars ](/page-type/seminars)