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GRADUATE PROGRAM SPRING 2007 SEMINAR Professor Christopher S. Celenza of the Department of German & Romance Languages & Literatures will be convening the spring 2007 Seminar in Italian Studies. The seminar's theme will be "The Italian Renaissance in Context". Seminar speakers will include some of Italy's leading historians and literary scholars, as well as younger scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. Themes to be addressed include the history and histiography of humanism; the editing of Renaissance Latin texts; the philosophy of the long fifteenth century; inter-state relations in Italy; Italy's relations with other early modern polties; and the institutional structures of intellectual life in early modern Italy. Click here to download the Seminar Schedule For February & March 2007 (pdf file). Click here to download the Seminar Schedule For April through June 2007 (pdf file). PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The graduate programs at Villa Spelman reflect two major research emphases: 1) Each fall semester the Social Theory and Historical Inquiry Seminar provides an opportunity for graduate students to pursue research and discussion on a variety of topics in history and the social sciences, under the supervision of a resident Johns Hopkins professor. Eminent scholars from Italy, Europe, and the U.S. are frequent guest speakers. 2) The seminar in Italian Studies, held every spring semester since 1981, is hosted by the Johns Hopkins faculty member in residence. Graduate students in Florence for the term pursue research for their Ph.D. dissertation and participate in weekly discussions of work in progress by invited speakers, both scholars of note and outstanding younger scholars. The seminar is known throughout Florence and much of Italy as a venue for rigorous scholarship, and these presentations are well attended by both Florentine scholars and international visitors to Florence. As members of the seminar, Johns Hopkins graduate students also present their work-in-progress to this discerning audience. Johns Hopkins graduate students attending the seminar in Italian Studies benefit from various forms of fellowship support while attending the seminar including Singleton fellowships administered by the Director of the program. Eligibility is determined by the nature of the students' research project, not by departmental affiliation; all JHU graduate students pursuing topics related to Italian culture are invited to apply. |
