Dear Seminar Participants,

We are pleased to announce the Fall 2009 programs for the Columbia University Seminar in the Renaissance. We are also pleased to announce that meetings will be held in the newly renovated Faculty House, with drinks at 5:45, buffet dinner at 6:30, and the program at 7:30.

September 8
Jean Howard, Columbia. "Shakespeare Among His Contemporaries: Tragic Practice on the Early Modern Stage."

October 13
Maria Ruvoldt, Fordham. "Michelangelo's Open Secrets: Gifts for Tomasso de'Cavalieri and Networks of Exchange."

November 10
Phillip Usher, Barnard. "From Marriage to Massacre: The Louvre in 1572."

December 8
Karl Apphun, New York University. Title to be announced.

We look forward to a pleasant and profitable year.

Sincerely,