Medieval/Renaissance Studies
The Med/Ren Working Group is coordinated and funded by the Department of English.
The University of Pennsylvania English department's Med/Ren working group 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 English 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.
Our listserv address is SAS-ENGL-MEDREN [@] LISTS.UPENN.EDU. You may contact one of this year's co-coordinators, Kathleen Tizon (ktizon [@] sas.upenn.edu) or Lily Weeks (lilweeks [@] sas.upenn.edu) to be subscribed to the listserv 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 Premodern Studies Listserv:
https://lists.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=SAS-ENGL-MEDREN
Upcoming Events
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Manuscript workshop
February 25, 2026 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm -
Professor Ruth Nisse (Wesleyan University) WIP
March 25, 2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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

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