NEW ORLEANS 22–24 March 2018 RSA 2018 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 22–24 March Orleans, New RSA 2018 Annual Meeting, Mapa de Cuauhtlantzinco (detail); © 2017 The Latin American Library, Tulane University. Tulane Library, The Latin American (detail); © 2017 de Cuauhtlantzinco Mapa Mapa de Cuauhtlantzinco (detail); © 2017 The Latin American Library, Tulane University. Tulane Library, The Latin American (detail); © 2017 de Cuauhtlantzinco Mapa The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting Program New Orleans 22–24 March 2018 Front and back covers: Mapa de Cuauhtlantzinco (detail); © 2018 The Latin American Library, Tulane University. Contents RSA Executive Board .......................................................................5 RSA Staff ........................................................................................6 RSA Donors in 2017 .......................................................................7 RSA Life Members ...........................................................................9 RSA Patron Members..................................................................... 10 Sponsors ........................................................................................ 11 Program Committee .......................................................................11 Discipline Representatives, 2015–17 ...............................................11 Registration and Book Exhibition ...................................................13 Professional Conduct ......................................................................15 Policy on Recording and Live Broadcasting...................................... 15 Business Meetings........................................................................... 16 Plenaries, Awards, and Special Events .............................................17 Full Program Thursday 9:00–10:30....................................................................... 19 11:00–12:30..................................................................... 36 2:00–3:30......................................................................... 54 4:00–5:30 ........................................................................ 71 Friday 9:00–10:30....................................................................... 88 11:00–12:30................................................................... 105 2:00–3:30....................................................................... 121 4:00–5:30 ...................................................................... 137 Saturday 9:00–10:30..................................................................... 153 11:00–12:30................................................................... 168 2:00–3:30....................................................................... 183 4:00–5:30 ...................................................................... 198 Index of Participants ....................................................................212 Index of Sponsors .........................................................................234 Index of Session Titles .................................................................. 237 Floor Plans ..................................................................................252 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 Richard Freedman, Chair, Digital and Multimedia Susan Forscher Weiss, Chair, Membership Ingrid A. R. De Smet, Chair, Publications Christopher Carlsmith, Chair, Research Fellowships Jessica Lynn Wolfe, Renaissance Quarterly, Articles Editor W. David Myers, 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, Program Assistant Colin S. Macdonald, Managing Editor, Renaissance Quarterly Joseph Bowling, Production Editor, Renaissance Quarterly Maura Kenny, Book Reviews Manager, Renaissance Quarterly Stephen Spencer, Editorial Associate, Renaissance Quarterly 6 Renaissance Society of America Fund Donors in 2017 Anonymous Jennifer E. Jones Teodolinda Barolini Timothy Kircher Susannah F. Baxendale Evelyn Lincoln Mirka M. Benes Corinna Salvadori Lonergan Carla Bernardini Catherine H. Lusheck JoAnne G. Bernstein Bridget Gellert Lyons Bonnie Blackburn Colin S. Macdonald Angelika Bönker-Vallon Steven W. May Celeste A. Brusati Emily Mayne Angela Campbell Penelope McCarthy C. Jean Campbell John F. McDiarmid Stephen J. Campbell Frederick J. McGinness Christopher Carlsmith Ann E. Moyer Evan Carmouche Edward W. Muir Clare Carroll Chandra Mukerji Lisa Marie Chaufty Lucy Munro Raz D. Chen-Morris Christina S. Neilson Stanley Chojnacki Sara M. Nelson Claudia Cieri Via Mary Ann O’Donnell Kathleen M. Comerford Brian W. Ogilvie Joseph Connors Joseph M. Ortiz Salvatore Giovanni Conte Fiammetta Papi François Cornilliat Mary Pardo Jodi Cranston Luciano Piffanelli Markus I. Cruse Peter G. Platt Catherine Mary Curtis Mary Quinlan-McGrath Jennifer Mara DeSilva Sheila J. Rabin Misia Dudley Vivian S. Ramalingam William Eamon Karen Reeds William Engel Nathalie E. Rivere de Carles Margaret A. Flansburg Carol Robertson Richard Freedman Tracy E. Robey Lowell Gallagher Andrea Aldo Robiglio Alessandro C. Garganigo Diana Robin James S. Grubb Herman Roodenburg Nathalie Claire Hester Louise T. Sarasohn James J. Hines Francesca Canadé Sautman Deborah Howard Monika A. Schmitter Ann Rosalind Jones Debora Shuger 7 William Shullenberger Mara R. Wade James L. Shulman Carol Warshawsky Jeffrey Chipps Smith Genevieve Warwick Pamela H. Smith Susan Forscher Weiss Carolyn Smyth Sarah Werner Matteo Soranzo R. C. Wilde Maria Galli Stampino Thomas Willette Brian D. Steele Jessica Lynn Wolfe M. Julee Tanner Noa Yaari Nicholas Terpstra Cathy Yandell Elizabeth M. Tobey Patricia Zalamea Koichi Toyama Gabriella Bruna Zarri Terence O. Tunberg Carla Zecher James Grantham Turner Qiong Zhang Catherine Turrill-Lupi Rebecca Zorach Virginia Mason Vaughan 8 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 9 Renaissance Society of America Patron Members in 2017 Maryan W. Ainsworth Farah Karim-Cooper Michael J. B. Allen Sara E. Kay Teodolinda Barolini William J. Kennedy Laura Bass Wallace Kirsop Elizabeth Bemis Wolfram Koeppe Ann M. Blair Maggie Lopez Cianciullo Nancy Bogen John K. Lydecker Danielle Carrabino Robert Macdonald Christopher Celenza David R. Marsh Lisa Marie Chaufty Maria-Isabel Martinez-Mira Paolo Cherchi Joan A. McClure Tom Conley Susan R. McKillop Brian P. Copenhaver Tamara Morgenstern Carla D’Arista Shin Moriya Natalie Zemon Davis Sugio Moriya Frederick A. de Armas Edward Muir Christy Desmet Heather R. Nolin Hester Diamond Brian W. Ogilvie Martin Elsky Maria Pietrogiovanna Francisco Javier Escobar Albert Rabil Jr. Borrego Sr. Timothy J. Raylor Sonia H. Evers Anne Réach-Ngô Unn Falkeid Joshua S. Reid Nathan Flis Manuel Rivero Rodríguez Sr. Peter Fogliano Sarah G. Ross Antonia K. Fondaras Deanna M. Shemek Mary E. Frank Robert B. Simon Jesus Garcia Sanchez Nigel Smith Paul Gehl Pamela H. Smith James S. Grubb Brian D. Steele Joan E. Hartman Lorenzo Storai Katie Jakobiec Whitney B. Taylor Jennifer E. Jones Alan Thomas Norman Jones Philippe Vilon Pamela M. Jones Susanne L. Wofford Cristle Collins Judd William Worthen Mark Jurdjevic Jaime E. Yordan 10 Sponsor Tulane University Event Sponsors The Latin American Library, Tulane University New Orleans Museum of Art SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 Program Committee Glen E. Carman Linda L. Carroll Paul Cohen John Decker Darin Hayton Holly Hurlburt David Kidger Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank James A. Knapp Michael Kuczynski Fernando Loffredo Hassan Melehy Camille Serchuk 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 Mary Nyquist, Comparative Literature Angela Dressen, Digital Humanities William E. Engel, Emblems 11 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 Șahin, 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