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Business Meetings The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting Montreal, Canada 24–26 March 2011 PROGRAM AND ABSTRACT BOOK Archives of the City of Montreal. BM7, S2, D27, P001 (Canadienne, Canadien). Courtesy of the City of Montreal. Printed in Canada Contents In order to coordinate the online and the printed versions of the program, the indexes in this book refer to five-digit panel numbers, and not to page numbers. Panels on Thursday have panel numbers beginning with the number 2; those on Friday have panel numbers beginning with the number 3; and those on Saturday have panel numbers beginning with the number 4. Panel numbers run consecutively: panel 40203 is followed by panel 40204, for example. (Occasionally a number is skipped; in such cases, a panel room does not have a scheduled panel in that time slot.) The black tabs on each page of the full program are an additional navigational aid: they provide the date and time for the panels. Page numbers have been supplied in order to help you find the different parts of the program book: the special events, program summary, full program with abstracts, indexes, and room charts. RSA Executive Board.......................................................................5 Acknowledgments.............................................................................6 Book Exhibition and Registration .....................................................9 Business Meetings...........................................................................10 Plenaries, Awards, and Special Events ............................................11 Program Summary Thursday.................................................................................15 Friday .....................................................................................22 Saturday .................................................................................28 Full program with abstracts Thursday 8:45–10:15.......................................................................37 10:30–12:00.....................................................................69 2:00–3:30.......................................................................102 3:45–5:15.......................................................................136 Friday 8:45–10:15.....................................................................167 10:30–12:00...................................................................201 2:00–3:30.......................................................................232 3:45–5:15.......................................................................265 Saturday 8:45–10:15.....................................................................295 10:30–12:00...................................................................330 2:00–3:30.......................................................................366 3:45–5:15.......................................................................399 Index of Participants....................................................................431 Index of Sponsors .........................................................................448 Index of Panel Titles....................................................................450 Room Charts ...............................................................................462 The Renaissance Society of America, Executive Board Elizabeth Cropper, President Edward Muir, Vice President William J. Kennedy, Past President James S. Grubb, Treasurer Ann E. Moyer, Executive Director Sheila J. Rabin, Chair, Associate Organizations and International Cooperation William J. Kennedy, Chair, Capital Endowment Michael J. B. Allen, ACLS Delegate Clare Carroll, Chair, Membership Monique E. O’Connell, Chair, Electronic Media Alison Frazier, Chair, Constitution Craig Kallendorf, Chair, Publications Martin Elsky, Renaissance Quarterly, Articles Editor William Stenhouse, Renaissance Quarterly, Book Reviews Editor Megan C. Armstrong, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor George L. Gorse, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Patrick Macey, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Andrew Morrall, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Deborah W. Parker, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Lia Schwartz-Lerner, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Pamela Smith, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Nicholas Terpstra, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Brian Copenhaver, Counselor Janet Cox-Rearick, Counselor David Rosand, Counselor George Labalme, Jr., Honorary Member 5 Acknowledgments THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Clare Carroll Andrew Morrall William J. Kennedy John Monfasani Torrance Kirby Ann E. Moyer Angela Vanhaelen PARTICIPATING ASSOCIATE SOCIETIES AND CENTERS American Cusanus Society Amici Thomae Mori Andrew Marvell Society Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History (ATSAH) Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto Cervantes Society of America Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe Chemical Heritage Foundation Early Modern Image and Text Society (EMIT Society) Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Fédération internationale des sociétés et des instituts pour l’étude de la Renaissance (FISIER) Historians of Netherlandish Art Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions International Association for Thomas More Scholarship International Medieval Sermon Studies Society International Sidney Society International Spenser Society Italian Art Society John Donne Society Medieval-Renaissance Colloquium at Rutgers University New York University Seminar on the Renaissance 6 Prato Consortium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Princeton Renaissance Studies Renaissance English Text Society (RETS) Renaissance Studies Certificate Program, City University of New York, The Graduate Center Renaissances: Early Modern Literary Studies at Stanford University Societas Internationalis Studiis Neolatinis Provendis / International Association for Neo-Latin Society for Court Studies Society for Emblem Studies Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (SMRP) Society for Renaissance Studies, United Kingdom Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (EMW) South Central Renaissance Conference Southeastern Renaissance Conference Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (TACMRS) Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies DISCIPLINE REPRESENTATIVES, 2009–12 Judith Anderson, English Literature P. Renee Baernstein, History Philip Benedict, History of Religion Jeanice Brooks, Music Luc Deitz, Neo-Latin Literature Alison Frazier, History Achsah Guibbory, English Literature Deborah Harkness, History of Medicine and Science Thomas Izbicki, History of Legal and Political Thought Rosemary Kegl, Rhetoric 7 Timothy Kircher, History of Classical Tradition Natasha Korda, English Literature Kathleen P. Long, French Literature Peter Mack, Philosophy Arthur Marotti, History of the Book, Paleography, and Manuscript Tradition Sarah Blake McHam, History of Art and Architecture Walter Melion, Emblems Margaret Meserve, Humanism John Najemy, History Ricardo Padrón, Americas John Paoletti, History of Art and Architecture Helmut Puff, Germanic Literature Walter Stephens, Italian Literature Ronald Surtz, Hispanic Literature Elissa Weaver, Women and Gender Studies Marion Wells, Comparative Literature Diane Wolfthal, History of Art and Architecture Carla Zecher, Performing Arts and Theater Ilana Y. Zinguer, Hebraica 8 Book Exhibition and Registration Location: HILTON MONTREAL BONAVENTURE Badges and program books may be picked up during the following times: Wednesday, 23 March, 1:00–5:00 PM Thursday, 24 March, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM Friday, 25 March, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM Saturday, 26 March, 8:30 AM–2:00 PM Walk-in registration is cash or a check drawn on a U.S. bank: student member rate $125, regular member rate $175, non-member rate $300. Additional programs may be purchased at the registration desk for $75 cash or check drawn on a U.S. bank. BOOK EXHIBITORS AND ADVERTISERS Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) ARTStor Ashgate Publishing Company Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA) Brepols Publishers Brill Academic Publishers Cambridge University Press Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto Cornell University Press The David Brown Book Co. Hackett Publishing Co. Harvard University Press John Wiley and Sons The Johns Hopkins University Press Penn State University Press Scholarly Book Services, Inc. Scholar’s Choice UBC Press – Manchester University Press UK University of Chicago Press University of Toronto Press – Journals 9 Business Meetings Wednesday, 23 March RSA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING 1:00 pm AND LUNCHEON Location: MARRIOTT CHATEAU CHAMPLAIN, NEUFCHATEL RESTAURANT, LOBBY LEVEL Executive Board Members Thursday, 24 March RSA COUNCIL MEETING AND 12:15–2:00 pm LUNCHEON Location: MARRIOTT CHATEAU CHAMPLAIN, LE CAF CONC, LEVEL A, LOWER LOBBY Associate Group Representatives, Discipline Representatives, Executive Board Members Friday, 25 March MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 3:45–5:15 pm ASSOCIATE ORGANIZATIONS Location: HILTON MONTREAL BONAVENTURE, OUTREMONT Associate Group Representatives 10 Plenaries, Awards, and Special Events Wednesday, 23 March OPENING RECEPTION 6:30–8:30 pm Co-Sponsors: BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS; COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS (PROVINCE DU CANADA FRANÇAIS DET D’HAITI); M. RAYMOND BACHAND, MINISTRE RESPONSABLE DE LA RÉGION DE MONTRÉAL Location: BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS COLLÈGE JEAN-DE-BRÉBEUF ANCIENNE
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