Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

Designated Emphasis

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Fall 2024 Events

October 30, 5pm (Dwinelle 6331)

Roundtable with Jonas Roelens (University of Ghent) and Thomas W. Laqueur (UC Berkeley), around Jonas Roelens, Citizens and Sodomites: Persecution and Perception of Sodomy in the Southern Low Countries (1400-1700)

November 7, 5pm (Wheeler 300)

"The Principal Ruffian," a talk by Professor Rachel Eisendrath (Barnard). 

November 13, 5pm (Dwinelle 6331)

Arielle Saiber (Jonhs Hopkins), A Psychedelic Renaissance: Contemporary Psychopharmacology Meets Premodernity

November 15-16 (Berkeley-Stanford Symposium)

Braudel’s La Méditerranée (1949): Paradigms and Possibilities after 75 Years

(2 day conference: Friday 15 at Stanford CMEMS and Saturday 16 the Townsend Center)

November 20, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m (Institute of South Asian Studies (10 Stephens Hall)

Tamara Sears (Rutgers University), Wilderness Urbanisms: On Politics, Nature, and Travel in the Peripheries of Premodern India

Welcome to the Designated Emphasis in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies’ website. Our D.E. builds on UC Berkeley’s traditional strengths in this period, and develops them in new and exciting ways. We hope this site is a useful resource to help you plan courses, attend talks and conferences, or simply keep posted on what we’re doing in our exciting program. Don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions about our D.E. or the events we sponsor.

Executive Committee