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The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting Program and Abstract Book Washington, DC 22–24 March 2012 Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de’ Benci, ca. 1474/78. Alisa Mellon Bruce Fund. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Contents The indexes in this book refer to five-digit panel numbers, not page numbers. Panels on Thursday have panel numbers that begin with the number 1; panels on Friday begin with the number 2; and pan- els on Saturday begin with the number 3. The black tabs on each page of the full program are an additional navigational aid: they pro- vide the date and time of the panels. RSA Executive Board.......................................................................5 Acknowledgments.............................................................................6 Book Exhibition and Registration ...................................................10 Business Meetings...........................................................................11 Plenaries, Awards, and Special Events.............................................12 Program Summary Thursday.................................................................................16 Friday.....................................................................................25 Saturday..................................................................................32 Full program with abstracts Thursday 8:30–10:00.......................................................................41 10:15–11:45.....................................................................74 1:15–2:45.......................................................................109 3:00–4:30.......................................................................144 4:45–6:15.......................................................................179 Friday 8:45–10:15.....................................................................214 10:30–12:00...................................................................249 2:00–3:30.......................................................................284 3:45–5:15.......................................................................318 Saturday 8:45–10:15.....................................................................350 10:30–12:00...................................................................383 2:00–3:30.......................................................................418 3:45–5:15.......................................................................452 Index of Participants....................................................................485 Index of Sponsors .........................................................................504 Index of Panel Titles....................................................................506 Room Charts................................................................................519 Grand Hyatt Floorplan................................................................537 Maps...........................................................................................538 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, Development 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 Nicholas Terpstra, Renaissance Quarterly, Articles Editor Sarah Covington, 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 Pamela Smith, Renaissance Quarterly, Associate Editor Brian Copenhaver, Counselor Janet Cox-Rearick, Counselor David Rosand, Counselor George Labalme, Jr., Honorary Member 5 Acknowledgments Special thanks to the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art; and the Folger Shakespeare Library for their sponsorship of sessions. The Program Committee Elizabeth Cropper Edward Muir Tobias B. Gregory Karen L. Nelson Ann E. Moyer Participating Associate Societies and Centers American Cusanus Society Andrew Marvell Society Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History (ATSAH) Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University 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 Columbia University Seminar in the Renaissance 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) Group for Early Modern Cultural Analysis (GEMCA) 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 6 International Spenser Society Italian Art Society John Donne Society Medici Archive Project, Inc. (MAP) Medieval & Renaissance Studies Association in Israel Medieval-Renaissance Colloquium at Rutgers University New York University Seminar on the Renaissance Prato Consortium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Princeton Renaissance Studies Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Michigan 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 Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Societas Internationalis Studiis Neolatinis Provendis / International Association for Neo-Latin Studies Société Française d’Etude du Seizième Siècle (SFDES) Society for Court Studies Society for Emblem Studies Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (SMRP) Society for Renaissance Studies, United Kingdom Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (EMW) Society of Fellows (SOF) of the American Academy in Rome (AAR) South Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) Southeastern Renaissance Conference Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies (TACMRS) Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies 7 Discipline Representatives, 2009–11 Ricardo Padrón, Americas Marion Wells, Comparative Literature Walter Melion, Emblems Judith Anderson, English Literature Achsah Guibbory, English Literature Natasha Korda, English Literature Kathleen P. Long, French Literature Helmut Puff, Germanic Literature Ilana Y. Zinguer, Hebraica Ronald Surtz, Hispanic Literature P. Renee Baernstein, History Alison Frazier, History John Najemy, History Sarah Blake McHam, History of Art and Architecture John Paoletti, History of Art and Architecture Diane Wolfthal, History of Art and Architecture Arthur Marotti, History of the Book, Paleography, and Manuscript Tradition Timothy Kircher, History of Classical Tradition Thomas Izbicki, History of Legal and Political Thought Deborah Harkness, History of Medicine and Science Philip Benedict, History of Religion Margaret Meserve, Humanism Walter Stephens, Italian Literature Jeanice Brooks, Music Luc Deitz, Neo-Latin Literature Carla Zecher, Performing Arts and Theater Peter Mack, Philosophy Rosemary Kegl, Rhetoric Elissa Weaver, Women and Gender Studies 8 Discipline Representatives, 2012–14 Ricardo Padrón, Americas Jessica Wolfe, Comparative Literature Mara R. Wade, Emblems Robert Miola, English Literature Karen Nelson, English Literature Deborah Shuger, English Literature Tom Conley, French Literature Ann Marie Rasmussen, Germanic Literature Bernard Dov Cooperman, Hebraica Laura R. Bass, Hispanic Literature Peter Arnade, History Kathleen M. Comerford, History Katrina Olds, History Karen-edis Barzman, History of Art and Architecture Tracy E. Cooper, History of Art and Architecture John Paoletti, History of Art and Architecture Andrew Pettegree, History of the Book, Paleography, and Manuscript Tradition Timothy Kircher, History of Classical Tradition Dennis Romano, History of Legal and Political Thought Monica Azzolini, History of Medicine and Science Irena Backus, History of Religion Margaret Meserve, Humanism Walter Stephens, Italian Literature Kate Van Orden, Music Jan Papy, Neo-Latin Literature Linda Phyllis Austern, Performing Arts and Theater Lodi Nauta, Philosophy Peter Mack, Rhetoric Diana Robin, Women and Gender Studies 9 Book Exhibition and Registration Location: Grand Hyatt Washington, Independence Level Badges and program books may be picked up during the following times: Wednesday, March 21, 2:30–5:30 pm Thursday, March 22, 7:45 am–5:00 pm Friday, March 23, 8:30 am–5:00 pm Saturday, March 24, 8:30 am–12:00 noon Walk-in registration can be paid with Visa or Mastercard: member rate $175, student member rate $125, nonmember rate $300. 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