Med/Ren
The University of Pennsylvania English department's Medieval-Reniassance seminar (Med/Ren) fosters lively conversations about the literary, historical, and cultural materials of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, and the theoretical frameworks, critical perspectives, and methodologies we bring to bear upon those materials. Scholars – Penn graduate students and faculty, as well as visiting academics – share drafts of article-length works-in-progress, offering participants a chance to make significant scholarly contributions in a relaxed environment. Our meetings foster an atmosphere of shared intellectual vigor, with conversations ranging in form and tone from Q&As and brainstorm sessions, to rigorous, constructive critiques of the papers within their broader critical contexts.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, unless stated otherwise, all meetings will be at 4:30PM on Wednesdays in the Graduate Student Lounge (Fisher-Bennett Hall Room 330).
Our listserv address is english-medren [at] groups.sas.upenn.edu. You may contact one of this year's co-coordinators, Noa Nikolsky (noanik [at] sas.upenn.edu) or Estevan Aleman (alemane [@] sas.upenn.edu) to be subscribed to the list or to request more information. You may also subscribe to the list directly through the link at the bottom of this page.
How to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the Med/Ren Listserv:
https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/english-medren
Upcoming Events
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Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania)
March 10, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Maaike van der Lugt (Paris-Saclay)
March 19, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm -
Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London) and Samantha Seal (University of New Hampshire)
April 2, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm -
Heide Estes (Monmouth University)
April 14, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Dennis Britton (University of New Hampshire)
April 28, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Past Events
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Phyllis Rackin Lecture: Kimberly Anne Coles (University of Maryland) - "'Undisciplined:' Early Modern Women's Writing and the Urgency of Scholarly Activism"
February 17, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz)
February 3, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Dániel Margócsy (University of Cambridge)
January 20, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
[Rescheduled] Alicia Meyer (University of Pennsylvania)
December 15, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Piers Plowman Reading Group - Prologue and Passus 1
November 27, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm -
Jane Degenhardt (UMass Amherst) and Henry Turner (Rutgers University)
November 18, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
George Younge WIP
November 13, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm -
Kara Gaston
October 21, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Simone Chess (Wayne State University) Work in Progress Lecture - POSTPONED
April 1, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Drew Daniel (Johns Hopkins University) Work in Progress Lecture
March 4, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm