Curatorship changes hands
Dr. Joseph Black, Curator of the Centre (93-97) has received a two-year,
SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship tenable at the Dept. of English, University
of Edinburgh (Scotland). The Fellowship will enable Dr. Black to pursue
further research on 17th-century British book culture. Dr. Black will also
be a Fellow at the Northrop Frye Centre (Victoria U.). Dr. Michael Milway,
Visiting Graduate Fellow (95-96), and recent PhD under Heiko A. Oberman
(U. of Arizona, Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies), joins
the Centre as our new Curator. His work focuses on the relationship between
apocalypticism, criticism of the church, and ecclesiastical reform in early
modern Germany and Austria. Everyone involved with the Centre wishes the
best to Dr. Black in his research and thanks him for his years of devoted
service. We also welcome Dr. Milway and look forward to working with him.
CRRS Senior Distinguished Fellow
James Estes (University of Toronto), professor of history and past
director of the CRRS, was honoured on the occasion of his retirement as
the first Senior Distinguished Fellow. He is working on Phillip Melanchthon
and annotations for the Collected Works of Erasmus in English. In
Atlanta, on 23 October, he will deliver a keynote address at the opening
plenary session of the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference.
CRRS Fellows for 1997-98
Once again we welcome a number of local scholars as fellows for the academic
year 1997-98: William Lundell (PhD Toronto), Carthusian conciliarist
and reform writings. Michael McClintock (PhD Toronto), Rhetoric and
Reformation in mid-sixteenth-century England. Chris Nighman(PhD Toronto),
the English nation at the council of Constance. John Parsons (PhD
Toronto), the careers of medieval English queens through to Margaret of
Valois (d. 1482). Dylan Reid (MPhil Oxford), 16th-century French
social history. Rebekah Smick (PhD Toronto), the reception of Michelangelo's
Vatican pietà.
CRRS Visiting Fellows for 1997-98
From further away, we welcome the following scholars, who will make the
CRRS their academic home for one or more academic terms: David Carnegie
(English, Victoria U. of Wellington, NZ), English Renaissance drama (Sept.-Dec.
1997). James Carley (English, York U.), John Leland (Sept. 1997-May
1998). Anne Russell (English, Wilfrid Laurier U.), the plays of Aphra
Behn (Sept. 1997-June 1998). Ken Simpson (English, University College
of the Cariboo), Milton (Feb.-March 1998).
Some Visiting Fellows have already come and gone. This past summer, the CRRS was home to: Ken Borris (English, McGill U.), Spenser, Sidney, and Milton (May-Aug. 1997). William Dean (English, U. of Otago, NZ), the comedies of George Chapman (June-Aug. 1997). Leslie Korrick (Music, U. of Manitoba), comparison of art and music theory in 16th-century Europe (June-Aug. 1997). Margaret Owens (English, St. Thomas U.) dismemberment and decapitation on the English Renaissance stage (May-Aug. 1997). Arlette Sancery (History, Maître de Conference, Paris IV), 17th-century English dissenters, especially Matthew Mead (June, 1997). Paul White (English, Purdue U.), Christopher Marlowe and Renaissance patronage (July-Aug. 1997).
CRRS Graduate Fellows for 1997-98
Returning for the second year are: Laura Hunt, writing on Anglo-Tuscan
relations during the reign of Cosimo I de' Medici in Florence, and Stephen
Pender, investigating the relationship between literature and science,
especially medicine and natural philosophy, in the work of Donne and his
contemporaries. Appointed this year is Mary Watt, whose dissertation
studies autobiographical elements in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
CRRS Visiting Graduate Fellows for 1997-98
There are also two PhD candidates from afar, carrying out their research
at the CRRS: Andrew King (Oxford U.), Middle English Romance and
Spenser. Victor Thiessen (Queen's U.), German nobles in Reformation
pamphlets.
Career Moves
Congratulations are extended to the following: Paul Murphy (Graduate
Fellow, 92-94), for his appointment as Assistant Professor of History, U.
of San Francisco; Victor Thiessen (Visiting Graduate Fellow, 97-98),
who will interrupt his CRRS appointment to accept a four-month fellowship
at the Institut für Europäische Geschichte in Mainz, Germany;
Robert Buranello (Graduate Fellow, 94), who has received a tenure
stream appointment in the department of Italian at the U. of Cape Town (South
Africa); and Antonio Ricci (Graduate Fellow, 96-97), who has received
a SSHRCC Post-Doctoral Fellowship which he will use to carry out research
at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City on reading practices in
the 16th century.
Gifts
The Centre has received several significant gifts. Prof. Harry Secor donated
two early books to our rare book collection: Diomedes, De arte grammatica
(Venice, 1522); and Mathieu de Chalvet (trans.), Sénèque
le Philosophe (Paris, 1604). Professors James Estes (Toronto) and Diego
Bastianutti (Queen's U.) both donated large portions of their libraries
after their respective retirements. Special thanks are owed to David Hoeniger,
Konrad Eisenbichler and Jacqueline Murray for their financial generosity,
the latter two for establishing a fund to buy books on sex and sexuality
in the Renaissance.
Publications
The number of Centre publications is growing. Our Translations Series
now has seven titles. The most recent additions are Jean Bodin's On
the Demon-Mania of Witches, trans. and ed. by R.A. Scott and J.L.
Pearl, the most frequently published Renaissance work on the subject
of witches and demons; and J.M. Estes' translation of five documents
on freedom of worship which he has gathered under the title Whether
Secular Government Has the Right to Wield the Sword in Matters of Faith.
A Controversy in Nürnberg in 1530. The CRRS Tudor and Stuart
Texts Series was launched with an edition of King James I's The True
Law of Free Monarchies and Basilikon Doron, edited by D. Fischlin
and M. Fortier. These two significant texts illuminate Renaissance English
notions of kingship and the nature and uses of power. Several other
works are currently being prepared for publication in both series. The
CRRS volumes are to be important scholarly contributions to the field
and teaching texts suitable for senior undergraduate or graduate level
courses. Some, such as Valla's treatise on the donation of Constantine,
or Della Casa's treatise on manners, not to mention the three texts
on iconoclasm composed by Karlstadt, Emser and Eck in 1520, have proven
successful for classroom use and have reappeared in second (and third!)
editions. The updated version of our International Directory of Renaissance
and Reformation Associations and Institutes, now in its third edition,
has been published electronically and is now available on the CRRS's
web page. Compiled by Chris Nighman (Graduate Fellow, 94-96), the new
version will be updated regularly. For paper copies of the second edition,
please contact the CRRS Publications Distribution Manager at (416) 585-4468
on Monday mornings.
ITER update
ITER, the electronic gateway for study of the Renaissance, is growing
by leaps and bounds. As of the end of August more than 70,000 records
were available in the bibliography of articles. In the near future bibliographies
of book reviews and books (from the extensive collection at the University
of Toronto) will also be available. Access to ITER is, for the moment,
still free and open to the public. Check it out, either through the
CRRS home page at citd.scar.utoronto.ca/crrs or through its own web
site. In the near future, however, full access will be limited to those
individuals who have subscribed to ITER (for a nominal fee of US$10,
payable through the Renaissance Society of America). Guests will be
able to use a sample of the resources. For further information on ITER
please email iter_bibliography@library.utoronto.ca.
Call for Papers: History and Literature Conference
"History is the Register and Explanation of particular affairs, undertaken
to the end that the memory of them may be preserved, and so Universals may
be the more evidently confirmed, by which we may be instructed how to live
well and Happily" (Degory Wheare, De ratione et methodo legendi historias
dissertatio,1623). The relationship between history and literature is
particularly vexed in the current academic climate. What constitutes, or
indeed frustrates, that relationship? What is the status of literary evidence
in historical studies? How do literary scholars accommodate history? A conference
addressing these and other issues related to the intersections of literary
studies and history is planned for March 1998. Please send papers (10-12
pages), detailed abstracts (2 pages), or panel proposals before 1 November
to Stephen Pender, Graduate
Fellow, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 71 Queen's Park
Crescent East, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1K7. Graduate student participation
is encouraged.
Erasmus Lecture
On 12 November Prof. Germaine Warkentin will be the Erasmus Lecturer
for 1997 with a public lecture on "Petrarch and the Borders of the Book".
Professor Warkentin has been associated with the CRRS since its founding
in 1964. Starting off as a graduate assistant in the 1960s and early '70s,
she then became a member of its Managing Committee, and eventually its Director
(1985-90). A noted scholar of Renaissance English literature, as well as
a Petrarch specialist, she has also worked on exploration literature especially
as it applies to the 16th and 17th-century European encounter with Canada
and its native populations.
Exhibition: Giovanni Caboto
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the landing of Giovanni Caboto
in Canada (24 June 1497), the CRRS has mounted an exhibition in the foyer
and reading room of the Pratt Library at Victoria College. The display,
aimed to attract the interest of new and returning students, will be up
for the entire month of September. Among the items on view, there is an
edition of Macrobius' commentary on the Somnium Scipionis (Florence,
1515), and another of Wm. Cunningham's The Cosmographical Glass (London,
1559) and a life of King Henry VII of England by Sir Francis Bacon (London,
1629). The exhibition includes a number of modern books on the sixteenth-century
English voyages to Canada, several reproductions of 16th-17th century maps
that illustrate early cartography of Canada, and even a few non-scholarly
items such as Cabot commemorative stamps, a modern wood sculpture of an
early explorer, and a humorous cartoon.
Upcoming lectures
The CRRS is once again co-operating with the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation
Colloquium in organizing a series of public lectures for 1997-98. Please
see the calendar for this fall's series.
Chapter Reading Seminars
Graduate students in the final stages of their thesis research are meeting
bi-weekly with Michael Milway, the new CRRS Curator, to critique
and improve each other's work in preparation for successful defences. The
students bring together in a collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere the
worlds of late-medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation studies, while drawing
on training learned in departments of history and literature. Included in
the seminars are: Megan Armstrong (history, dir. Jane Abray, UoT)
"Franciscans in sixteenth-century Paris"; Victor Thiessen (history,
dir. James Stayer, Queen's U.) "The noble's reformation: patronage and church
reform"; Stephen Pender (English, dir. D.D.C. Chambers, UoT) "If
I were punctuall in this Anatomy: Donne, epistemology and embodiment"; Dr.
Chris Nighman (history, instructor at Wilfrid Laurier U.) "Reform and
humanism in the sermons of Richard Fleming at the council of Constance;
Margaret McGlynn (med. studies, dir. Kenneth Bartlett, UoT) "The
king and the law: Prerogotiva regis in early Tudor England"; Dylan
Reid (history, MPhil Oxford) "Urban culture in Rouen, 1485-1640." Laura
Hunt (med. studies, dir. Kenneth Bartlett, UoT) "Tudor politics, Tuscan
ambition: A Florentine intelligencer in sixteenth-century England."
Friday Workshops
The CRRS has organized a series of Friday afternoon workshops at which fellows
and faculty present their current research projects for open discussion
and advice in advance of final publication: Leslie Korrick will discuss
her work on links between art and music theory in sixteenth-century Italy;
Michael Milway will present his research on apocalyptic fear and
the jaws of hell. Germaine Warkentin will discuss the history of
the book in early Canada and the problem of sign systems. All workshops
take place in Pratt Library, room 323, from 2 to 4 pm. Everyone is invited
to attend.
Wed. 24 Sept. Welcoming reception for graduate students and faculty in Renaissance and Reformation courses at the Univ. of Toronto. Hosted by the CRRS and the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium. Senior Common Room, Victoria College (rear of 91 Charles St. W.), 4-6 pm.
Thrs. 25-Fri. 26 Sept. Conference "Sleep, Dream, and Vision in the Renaissance" 9 am-5 pm, Massey College (see note above). Info: (416) 978-3348 or 585-4468
Fri. 26-Sat. 27 Sept. Conference "Scholarly Publishing and Communication in the Electronic Environment." Ctr for Instructional Technology Development at Bladen Library, Scarborough College, UoT. Info: Leslie Chan or William Barek at (416) 287-7505; email: citd@scar.utoronto.ca.
Thrs. 16 Oct. Concert, The Faculty of Music's "Music and Poetry Series" presents "In Michelangelo's Mirror" a concert of Michelangelo's poetry set to music by Hugo Wolf and Dmitri Shostakovich. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, UoT. Info: (416) 978-3750
Fri. 17 Oct. Friday Workshop. Leslie Korrick "Links by analogy between art and music theory in 16th-century Italy." Pratt Library, Rm. 323
Wed. 22 Oct. CRRS/TRRC Public Lecture. Konrad Eisenbichler (Dir., CRRS) "The many faces of a long-lost woman: Laudomia Forteguerri (1515-1555) poet, muse, mother, lover, and warrior." 4 pm Senior Common Rm, Victoria Coll.
Fri. 7-Sun. 9 Nov. 1997. Conference "Computing the Edition: Problems in Editing for the Electronic Medium" 33rd Annual Conference on Editorial Problems. University College, U of Toronto. Invited speakers: Julia Flanders (Brown U), John Lavagnino (Brown U), Jerome McGann (Virginia), Peter Robinson (De Montfort), Peter Shillingsburg (Mississippi), Michael Sperberg-McQueen (U of Illinois, Chicago), Katheryn Sutherland (Oxford). For further information email cep1997@chass.utoronto.ca or visit http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cep/
Wed. 12 Nov. The 33rd Annual Erasmus Lecture. Germaine Warkentin (Univ. of Toronto) "Petrarch and the borders of the book." Alumni Hall, Victoria College.
18 Nov. TRRC/CRRS Public Lecture. James M. Estes"Erasmus, Melanchthon and the Office of Christian Magistrate." 4 pm Senior Common Room, Victoria College.
Fri. 28 Nov. Friday Workshop. Michael Milway "Apocalyptic fear and the jaws of hell." Pratt Library, Rm. 323
Fri. 12 Dec. Friday Workshop. Germaine Warkentin "The history of the book in early Canada: the problem of sign systems." Pratt Library, Rm. 323
22 Dec.-4 Jan. The CRRS will be closed for Christmas and New Year's Holidays
Jan. TRRC/CRRS Public Lecture. Michael Keefer (English, Univ. of Guelph), TBA
23-26 Feb. The CRRS 16th Annual Distinguished Visiting Scholar will be Richard McCoy (Queen's College, CUNY, NY). Public lectures are scheduled for Tues. 24 ("The real presence and royal absence in Hamlet") and Wed. 25 Feb. ("Enduring civil idolatry: Charles I and the regicides") at 4 pm in Alumni Hall, Victoria College. Info: 585-4468
19-21 June 1998. York Cycle Plays and Symposium organized by the Poculi Ludique Societas. Victoria College, University of Toronto. Fri. 19th, Academic Symposium; Sat. 20th, Performance; Sun. 21 Discussion of the performance. Info: phone the PLS at (416) 978-5096 or visit their web site.
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