HUMS 4902
Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment
An interdisciplinary seminar on a selected topic in the humanities from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. The topic will vary from year to year.
2026
Topics
- Renaissance queens have long fascinated the reading public, but their political power and
- exploration of the three queens’ textual and visual productions including speeches, published
- scandalous marriage to Thomas Seymour after Henry’s death.
- accounts of her political skills and successes.
- Through an examination of her public speeches, private letters, portraits, proclamations, poems
Readings
- from $ 40 minimum to $130 maximum Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence, ed. Janel Mueller. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Available electronically via the library, or reserve, or through a book
2017
Readings
- Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence, ed. Janel Mueller. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Available on reserve or through a book store of your choice.
- Philippa Gregory’s The Taming of a Queen (August 2015)
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program. Seminar three hours a week.