Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

Designated Emphasis

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Welcome to REMS

Spring 2025 Events

March 6 | 5 pm | Wheeler Hall, Room 300 

Milton and the Majesty of Darkness, Ethan Guagliardo (University of British Columbia)

March 14 | 5:00-6:30 pm | 370 Dwinelle Hall

Humans: A Monstrous History, Surekha Davies
Cosponsored by the Department of Italian Studies and History of Art

March 15 | 9:30-12:30 and 2-5 pm | Social Sciences Building, Room 749

Guicciardini's Dialogue at 500: a Workshop on Renaissance Political Thought: Natasha Piano (UCLA) and Mark Jurdjevic (York University, Toronto). 

March 18, 4-6 pm | Howison Library | (Philosophy Hall 305)

Why read Spinoza's Ethics? A conversation with John Carriero (UC Berkeley), Josefine Klingspor (Stanford), Russ Leo (Princeton), and Samuel Newlands (Notre Dame) 

April 15 | 4 pm | Wheeler 330 

Alison Peterman (University of Rochester): Title TBA

April 22-24 | Toll Room | Alumni House

Annabel Brett (Cambridge), Tanner Lectures: The Times of Possibility

For more information, please see: Annabel Brett, 2025 Tanner Lectures, The Time of Possibility.

May 3 

Graduate Conference organized by the REMS Graduate Working Group Human Nature, the Passions, and Early Modern Politics. 

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.

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