BERLIN 26–28 March 2015 RSA 2015 Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 26–28 March Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting Program Berlin, Germany 26–28 March 2015 Schaffhausen, Glasfenster mit Szenen der Münzherstellung (Schaffhausen, Stained glass window depicting the minting of coins), 1565. Photo credit: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Contents RSA Executive Board .......................................................................5 Acknowledgments ............................................................................. 6 Registration and Book Exhibition ...................................................12 Business Meetings........................................................................... 14 Plenaries, Awards, and Special Events .............................................15 Program Summary Thursday ................................................................................. 18 Friday ..................................................................................... 38 Saturday ................................................................................. 59 Full Program Thursday 8:30–10:00....................................................................... 76 10:15–11:45 .................................................................... 99 1:15–2:45 ...................................................................... 126 3:00–4:30 ...................................................................... 151 4:45–6:15 ...................................................................... 176 Friday 8:30–10:00..................................................................... 202 10:15–11:45 .................................................................. 228 1:15–2:45 ...................................................................... 253 3:00–4:30 ...................................................................... 279 4:45–6:15 ...................................................................... 306 Saturday 8:45–10:15 .................................................................... 331 10:30–12:00................................................................... 357 2:00–3:30....................................................................... 382 3:45–5:15 ...................................................................... 407 Index of Participants ....................................................................434 Index of Sponsors .........................................................................469 Index of Panel Titles .................................................................... 472 Room Charts ...............................................................................497 Maps and Floor Plans ..................................................................526 The Renaissance Society of America, Executive Board Joseph Connors, President Pamela H. Smith, Vice President Edward Muir, Past President James S. Grubb, Treasurer Ann E. Moyer, Executive Director Mary Quinlan-McGrath, Chair, Associate Organizations and International Cooperation Anthony J. Cascardi, Chair, Constitution Robert G. La France, Chair, Development Michael Ullyot, Chair, Electronic Media Susan Forscher Weiss, Chair, Membership Craig Kallendorf, Chair, Publications Christopher Carlsmith, Chair, Research Grants Nicholas Terpstra, Renaissance Quarterly, Articles Editor Sarah Covington, Renaissance Quarterly, Book Reviews Editor Clare Carroll, Counselor Martin Elsky, Counselor Debora Shuger, Counselor Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Counselor George Labalme, Jr., Honorary Member 5 Acknowledgments Conference Organizers Patrick Baker, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Johannes Helmrath, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin R enaissance Society of America Erika Suffern, Associate Director, Publications and Conferences Tracy E. Robey, Assistant Director, Communication and Outreach Maura Kenny, Registration and Volunteer Coordinator Colin S. Macdonald, Production Assistant Joseph D. E. Bowling, Copyeditor Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Computer- und Medienservice Forschungsabteilung Institut für Deutsche Literatur Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften Institut für Klassische Philologie Institut für Kulturwissenschaften Institut für Philosophie Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Juristische Fakultät Kultur-, Sozial-, und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät Nordeuropa Institut Philosophische Fakultät II Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Veranstaltungsservice Winckelmann-Institut Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Olbertz, University President Prof. Dr. Peter Frensch, Vice President for Research Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal, Dean, Kultur-, Sozial-, und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät 6 Prof. Dr. Peter Burschel, Director, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften Prof. Dr. Helga Schwalm, Dean, Philosophische Fakultät II Dr. Holger Brohm Susanne Cholodnicki Detlef Damis Prof. Dr. Iris Därmann Dr. Nikolaus Dietrich Carmen Dimke Birgit Dummin Christian Faust Moritz Füser Dr. Agnes Henning Dr. Melanie Hertel-Terbach Dr. Steffen Hofmann Hans-Christoph Keller Prof. Dr. Wolfram Keller Prof. Dr. Charlotte Klonk Kerstin Krull Dagmar Oehler Frank Olzog Dr. Stefan Schlelein Lisa-Sophia Schlüter Dr. Ingmar Schmidt Marion Schulz Karin Segeritz Marc Winkelbrandt Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz Prof. Dr. Michael Eissenhauer, Director General, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz Prof. Dr. Bernd W. Lindemann, Director, Gemäldegalerie, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 7 Dr. Julien Chapuis, Deputy Director, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Prof. Dr. Bernhard Weisser, Director, Münzkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Bernd Rottenburg, Wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen, Generaldirektion – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin The Program Committee Tracy E. Cooper Bernd Renner Martin Elsky Jeffrey Chipps Smith Kenneth Gouwens Pamela H. Smith Deborah L. Krohn Bethany Wiggin Ann E. Moyer Participating Associate Organizations American Boccaccio Association American Cusanus Society Amici Thomae Mori (Moreana) Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History (ATSAH) Bibliographical Society of America Center for Early Modern Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Ohio State University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto (CRRS) Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (CREMS) at Queen Mary Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick, UK Centro Cicogna Cervantes Society of America Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Pre-Modern Europe Chemical Heritage Foundation 8 Duke University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Early Modern Image and Text Society (EMIT) Early Modern Women Research Network, University of Newcastle, Australia (EMWRN) Epistémè Erasmus of Rotterdam Society European Architectural History Network (EAHN) Fédération Internationale des Sociétés et des Instituts pour l’Étude de la Renaissance (FISIER) Group for Early Modern Cultural Analysis (GEMCA) Grupo de estudios sobre la mujer en Espana y las Americas (GEMELA) Hagiography Society Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel Historians of Netherlandish Art Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University, UK International Margaret Cavendish Society International Sidney Society International Spenser Society Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University Italian Art Society Iter John Donne Society Medici Archive Project (MAP) Medieval and Renaissance Studies Association in Israel Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Purdue Medieval-Renaissance Colloquium at Rutgers University Milton Society of America New England Renaissance Conference (NERC) New York University Seminar on the Renaissance Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society Prato Consortium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Princeton Renaissance Studies 9 Renaissance English Text Society (RETS) Renaissance Studies Certificate Program, CUNY, The Graduate Center Renaissances: Early Modern Literary Studies at Stanford University Research Group in Early Modern Religious Dissents and Radicalism (EMoDiR) Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Roma nel Rinascimento Societas Internationalis Studiis Neolatinis Provehendis / International Association for Neo-Latin Studies Société Française d’Etude du Seizième Siècle (SFDES) Society for Court Studies Society for Emblem Studies Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (SMRP) Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry 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) Southeastern Renaissance Conference Toronto Renaissance Reformation Colloquium (TRRC) UCL Center for Editing Lives and Letters (CELL) Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Discipline Representatives, 2012–14 Ricardo Padrón, Americas Karen-edis Barzman, Art and Architecture Tracy E. Cooper, Art and Architecture John Paoletti, Art and Architecture Andrew Pettegree, Book History Timothy Kircher, Classical Tradition Jessica Wolfe,