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The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting CHICAGO 30 March–1 April 2017 RSA 2017 Annual Meeting, Chicago, 30 March–1 April Photograph © 2017 The Art Institute of Chicago. Institute The Art © 2017 Photograph of Chicago. Institute The Art © 2017 Photograph The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting Program Chicago 30 March–1 April 2017 Front and back covers: Jacob Halder and Workshop, English, Greenwich, active 1576–1608. Portions of a Field Armor, ca. 1590. Steel, etched and gilded, iron, brass, and leather. George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2241a-h. Art Institute of Chicago. Contents RSA Executive Board .......................................................................5 RSA Staff ........................................................................................6 RSA Donors in 2016 .......................................................................7 RSA Life Members ...........................................................................8 RSA Patron Members....................................................................... 9 Sponsors ........................................................................................ 10 Program Committee .......................................................................10 Discipline Representatives, 2015–17 ...............................................10 Participating Associate Organizations ............................................. 11 Registration and Book Exhibition ...................................................14 Policy on Recording and Live Broadcasting...................................... 16 Business Meetings........................................................................... 17 Plenaries, Awards, and Special Events .............................................18 Full Program Thursday 8:30–10:00....................................................................... 21 10:30–12:00..................................................................... 37 1:30–3:00......................................................................... 53 3:30–5:00......................................................................... 70 5:30–7:00......................................................................... 86 Friday 8:30–10:00..................................................................... 102 10:30–12:00................................................................... 119 1:30–3:00....................................................................... 135 3:30–5:00....................................................................... 152 5:30–7:00....................................................................... 169 Saturday 8:30–10:00..................................................................... 186 10:30–12:00................................................................... 203 1:30–3:00....................................................................... 220 3:30–5:00....................................................................... 237 Index of Participants ....................................................................255 Index of Sponsors .........................................................................280 Index of Session Titles .................................................................. 283 Floor Plans ..................................................................................301 Renaissance Society of America Executive Board Pamela H. Smith, President Clare Carroll, Vice President Joseph Connors, Past President James S. Grubb, Treasurer Carla Zecher, Executive Director Mary Quinlan-McGrath, Chair, Associate Organizations and International Cooperation Michael Ullyot, Chair, Electronic Media Susan Forscher Weiss, Chair, Membership Ingrid A. R. De Smet, Chair, Publications Christopher Carlsmith, Chair, Research Grants Nicholas Terpstra, Renaissance Quarterly, Articles Editor Sarah Covington, Renaissance Quarterly, Book Reviews Editor Martin Elsky, Counselor Debora Shuger, Counselor James L. Shulman, Counselor Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Counselor 5 Renaissance Society of America Staff Carla Zecher, Executive Director Tracy E. Robey, Assistant Director Evan Carmouche, Administrative Assistant Colin S. Macdonald, Managing Editor, Renaissance Quarterly Joseph Bowling, Production Editor, Renaissance Quarterly Maura Kenny, Book Reviews Manager, Renaissance Quarterly Stephen Spencer, Editorial Assistant, Renaissance Quarterly Tod Hedrick, Editorial Assistant, Renaissance Quarterly 6 Renaissance Society of America Fund Donors in 2016 Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes Bridget Gellert Lyons Teodolinda Barolini Robert Macdonald Susannah F. Baxendale Frederick J. McGinness Mirka M. Benes Tamara Morgenstern JoAnne G. Bernstein Lucy Munro Angelika Bönker-Vallon Brian W. Ogilvie Elena M. Calvillo Alejandra B. Osorio C. Jean Campbell Luciano Piffanelli Clare Carroll Maria Teresa M. Prendergast Raz D. Chen-Morris Leopoldine Prosperetti Stanley Chojnacki Mary Quinlan-McGrath Kathleen M. Comerford Sheila J. Rabin Joseph Connors Vivian S. Ramalingam François Cornilliat Andrea Aldo Robiglio Alan Cottrell Herman Roodenburg Markus I. Cruse Stephanie Shirilan Helen Cushman William Shullenberger Elena Dahlberg James L. Shulman Jennifer Mara DeSilva Jeffrey Chipps Smith Christy Desmet Pamela H. Smith Lara A. Dodds Maria Galli Stampino William Eamon Brian D. Steele Noam and Ilana Flinker Alison G. Stewart Joseph E. Germano John E. Stumbo The Gladys Krieble Delmas Nicholas Terpstra Foundation in recognition James Grantham Turner of Joseph Connors Catherine Turrill-Lupi Kathrin Gollwitzer-Oh Harry Vredeveld James S. Grubb Mara R. Wade Isobel Grundy Susan Forscher Weiss in honor Joan E. Hartman of Richard Goldthwaite Deborah Howard Loren Whittaker Fredrika H. Jacobs Bronwen Wilson Ronald A. Javitch Ronald G. Witt Cynthia Klestinec Linda Wolk-Simon Dorothy Ko Eve Wolynes Catherine H. Lusheck Carla Zecher 7 Renaissance Society of America Life Members Lilian Armstrong Arthur F. Kinney Constance T. Blackwell Judith C. Kohl Melissa M. Bullard Walter Kreyszig William J. Connell Susanne Lepsius Chickford Bobbie Darrell Germain Marc’hadour Luc Deitz G. Mallery Masters John B. Dillon James F. O’Gorman William E. Engel Richard H. Peake Jr. Creighton E. Gilbert Emil Polak Thelma Greenfield Cynthia M. Pyle Paul F. Grendler Gary M. Radke James Hankins Paul Rich Richard Harrier Anne Rolet Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann Peter L. Rudnytsky Ralph Keen Wesley Trimpi Margaret L. King Carol Warshawsky 8 Renaissance Society of America Patron Members in 2016 Maryan W. Ainsworth Megan D. Harris Michael J. B. Allen Sally Anne Hickson Albert Russell Ascoli Ronald A. Javitch Teodolinda Barolini Jennifer E. Jones Laura R. Bass Norman L. Jones Elizabeth Bemis Cristle Collins Judd Bruce A. Boucher Mark Jurdjevic Christopher Celenza Farah Karim-Cooper Tracy E. Cooper William J. Kennedy Brian P. Copenhaver Gayle Loving Virginia Cox Tamara Morgenstern Gabriela Cultrera John Marc Mucciolo Brian A. Curran Edward Muir Natalie Zemon Davis Brian W. Ogilvie Christy Desmet Mary Pardo Hester Diamond Maria Pietrogiovanna Olga Anna Duhl Anne Lake Prescott Helga Luise Duncan Nathalie E. Rivere de Carles Steven A. Epstein Andrea Aldo Robiglio Margaret J. M. Ezell Victoriano Roncero López Maryann Feola James M. Saslow Peter Fogliano Henry Shephard Antonia K. Fondaras Pamela H. Smith Mary E. Frank James B. South Jesus Garcia Sanchez Brian D. Steele Anthony Grafton Catherine Tinsley Tuell Hanna Holborn Gray Ronald G. Witt James S. Grubb 9 Sponsors Art Institute of Chicago DePaul University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Loyola University Chicago College of Arts and Sciences The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Northwestern University Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Samuel H. Kress Foundation University of Chicago Department of Art History University of Illinois at Chicago University of Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters University of Notre Dame School of Architecture Program Committee Christy Anderson Glen E. Carman Stephanie S. Dickey Kathryn A. Edwards Angi Elsea Bourgeois A. Katie Harris Elizabeth Horodowich James A. Knapp Robert G. La France Hassan Melehy Courtney Quaintance Stefano Villani Carla Zecher, Chair Discipline Representatives, 2015–17 Alejandra B. Osorio, Americas Christy Anderson, Art and Architecture Karen-edis Barzman, Art and Architecture Tracy E. Cooper, Art and Architecture Andrew Pettegree, Book History Kathy Eden, Classical Tradition 10 Jessica Lynn Wolfe, Comparative Literature Angela Dressen, Digital Humanities William E. Engel, Emblems James A. Knapp, English Literature Richard C. McCoy, English Literature Karen Nelson, English Literature Hugh Roberts, French Literature Anne-Laure Van Bruaene, Germanic Literature Dana E. Katz, Hebraica Susan Byrne, Hispanic Literature Megan C. Armstrong, History Eric R. Dursteler, History Mary R. Laven, History Emily O’Brien, Humanism Kaya S¸ ahin, Islamic World Eleanora Stoppino, Italian Literature Johann Sommerville, Legal and Political Thought Monica Azzolini, Medicine and Science Janie Cole, Music Susanna de Beer, Neo-Latin Literature Robert Henke, Performing Arts and Theater David A. Lines, Philosophy Tamar Herzig, Religion Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler, Rhetoric Sarah G. Ross, Women and Gender Participating Associate Organizations American Boccaccio Association American Cusanus Society Andrew Marvell Society Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History (ATSAH) Bibliographical Society
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