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Browse upcoming classes, discussions, readings, tours, performances, and more. Unless otherwise indicated, all programs are free with advance registration.

Poet and sociologist Eve L. Ewing discusses race and literature in Chicago during a Newberry public program.

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Inventing Mexico: Maps, Manuscripts, and Materiality, 1521-1921

Taught by Delia Cosentino and Emmanuel Ortega

Jan 17-May 04, 2023

2:00pm-5:00pm

At the Newberry - Baskes Boardroom

Event—Scholarly Seminars

Maximilian Scholz, Florida State University

Premodern Studies Seminar

Feb 10, 2023

1:00pm-2:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Exploring Early Modern Maps

Led by Jim Akerman (Newberry Library, emeritus)

Feb 17, 2023

9:30am-4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Scholarly Seminars

Johanna Schuster-Craig, Michigan State University

German Studies Seminar

Feb 17, 2023

3:00pm-4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Scholarly Seminars

Jermaine Thibodeaux, University of Oklahoma & Steven Reich, James Madison University

Labor History Seminar

Feb 17, 2023

3:30pm-5:00pm

Online

Event—Scholarly Seminars

Thomas Dikant

American Literature Seminar

Feb 22, 2023

5:30pm-7:30pm

At the Newberry - Rettinger Hall

Event—Scholarly Seminars

Esther Cyna, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, Paris-Saclay & Taylor Desloge, Connecticut College

History of Capitalism Seminar

Feb 24, 2023

11:00am-1:00pm

Online

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Crowdsourcing and Collaboration

Led by Cassander Smith (University of Alabama) and Kristina Bross (Purdue University)

Mar 17, 2023

9:30am-4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Mapping the Early Modern Spanish World

Led by Jesús Escobar (Northwestern University)

Weekly on Thursdays, Mar 30 - Jun 01, 2023

1:00pm-4:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Refashioning the Seventeenth-Century Self

Led by Megan Heffernan (DePaul University) and Rebecca L. Fall (Newberry Library)

Apr 21, 2023

9:30am-4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

Hands-On with Interactive Books

Led by Juliet Sperling (Washington University) and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library)

May 26, 2023

9:30am-4:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

2023 Institute in Spanish Paleography

Directed by J. Michael Francis (University of South Florida)

Jul 10-Jul 21, 2023

At the Newberry

Event—Exhibition

A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print

Sep 09-Dec 30, 2022

Handwriting didn't disappear with the invention of the printing press. Or the typewriter. Or the Internet. It evolved.

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