The Premodern Colloquium is a reading group that has been meeting for thirty years in the home of Tom Green (Law School, History) by whom it was founded as a forum for discussion of new work in the history of law. In recent years it has evolved into a wide-ranging multidisciplinary group. Typically discussions focus on works-in-progress by local and visiting scholars or dissertation chapters presented by our own students. Discussions tend to be intense and lively, but people who present work also find the experience to be friendly and helpful. We especially welcome graduate students to our regular meetings, both as discussants and as presenters of dissertation work in progress.
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Semester Offerings: Winter 2012
JANUARY 22 Thomas Willette History of Art, University of Michigan
“Giotto’s Allegorical Painting of the Kingdom of Naples: Why the Renaissance Didn’t Happen There”
FEBRUARY 19 Katherine French History, University of Michigan
Shannon McSheffrey History, Concordia University, Montreal
“Household Goods and Household Violence in Late Medieval London: The Murder of Isabel Watson”
MARCH 11 Miriam Bodian History, University of Texas / U-M Frankel Center
“Jews in Early Modern Amsterdam: Non-Calvinists and the Fiction of ‘Private Worship’”
APRIL 1 Alison DeSimone School of Music, University of Michigan
“England’s Safety in Italian Airs: Mrs. Tofts, Signora de l'Epine, and the Politics of Rivalry on the London Stage”
