Calendar of Events

Over the last 50 years, the belief that civic republicanism originated with the reception of Aristotelianism in the early Italian renaissance has flipped into the opposite claim that modern constitutionalism is due to the reception of Plato and Platonism in the Italian humanist movement. What difference does it make whether republicanism is Aristotelian or Platonic? […]

This week-long celebration of the essay genre brings together scholars and practitioners of the form for a range of lectures, conversations, and experimental activities. To celebrate the release of The Cambridge History of the American Essay, this series of events pays tribute to the richness and variety of the essayistic spirit across centuries, continents, and cultures. […]

This two-day event fosters graduate-led research and discussions in the humanities on the ethical, symbolic, and cultural meanings of the womb across traditions and epochs. The womb has long been a site where competing values around autonomy, gender, sexuality, and power converge. Participants will explore how womb-related knowledge—spanning literature, philosophy, the history of medicine, religion, art, music, and […]