Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance

02/03/2026

Announcing a call for proposals for the 2026-2027 Gillespie Curatorial Fellowship in Shakespeare and the Book and Renaissance of the Earth Fellowship!..
Calling all artists, designers, readers, and book nerds! Do you ever see yourself in stories of the past? Have you ever imagined a career at a library, museum, or gallery? Apply for a Gillespie Fellowship Curatorial Fellowship to craft a rare book exhibit, collaborate with experts, and gain extraordinary professional experience...
How did early moderns imagine their relationship with the natural world? Did they practice sustainability in ways we can repurpose today? What might you bring to exploring these questions? Moving between a rare book library and outdoor living laboratory, Renaissance of the Earth Fellows research the early modern past in pursuit of reshaping our environmental future and build lasting research and collaborative networks across campus and the Five Colleges...
Links in bio for more!

03/24/2023

News on Caravaggio from faculty Monika Schmitter:

What will happen to this villa and its unique collection of 16th- and 17th-century ceiling paintings?

01/07/2022

We share the sad news of the passing of Arthur F. Kinney, Founding Director of the Renaissance Center & Founding Editor of ELR.

Arthur F. Kinney, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English, died on Dec. 25, 2021, at the age of 88. Born the son of a steelworker and a school teacher in Cortland, New York, Kinney went on to serve as a faculty member at UMass Amherst for 50 years, retiring in 2016 as the Thomas W. Copeland Prof...

11/10/2021

Today! Join us at 4pm for a Visiting Scholar Lecture by Nathaniel Leonard, titled "What is Metatheatre? Exploring the-Play-within-the-Play, Cultural Performance, and Genre on the Early Modern English Stage." This is a virtual talk, register using the link below!

https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pfuqgpjMtHd2FdPtXvSKwUHoRdMf-6SBp

10/20/2021

Tomorrow at 4: Join Ken Botnick of emdash design for a virtual Five College Seminar in Book History. Ken will share his design and print processes for his Diderot Project. Visit the link below to register for the talk.
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsc-6qpjsiGNZpFRfySH8SEJXlSGLwpAzA

10/14/2021

Today at 4: Gigi Barnhill, “Print Making Processes in Nineteenth-Century American Books” a Five College Seminar in Book History. this talk will be held over Zoom, use the link below to register!

https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcud-2tpzIrHtxppW5z5F79UNeF720WhiaJ

04/22/2021

Join us for the 2021 Dan S. Collins Lecture "Imagining Human Rights in Early Modernity" with Sharon Achinstein on 4/30 @ 2pm!
For more info & to RSVP, visit: https://www.umass.edu/renaissance/

03/17/2021

Join us for a virtual lecture, "'A Continual Tavern in My House': Food and Venetian Diplomacy in Early Modern Istanbul" with Eric Dursteler on 3/25 at 6pm. For more info visit: https://umass.edu/renaissance/event/dursteler

03/08/2021

Join us for a Virtual Workshop--The Refinery: Caravaggio in Conversation on 3/19 @ 4pm!

For more info & to RSVP, visit:
https://www.umass.edu/renaissance/event/refinerycaravaggio

10/05/2020

Join us 10/17 @ 1pm for Grounded Knowledge: Preservation, a virtual workshop with local orchardist Matt Kaminsky, Gnarly Pippins & Dr. Marissa Nicosia, Cooking in the Archives.

Space is limited. For more info & to RSVP visit http://umass.edu/renaissance/groundedknowledge

08/02/2020

Thank you to Milk & Honey Herbs, Haylie Swenson, and all of our participants for a great conversation about bees, hives, and herbal honey yesterday at the inaugural Grounded Knowledge Workshop!

07/20/2020

Something new is abuzz! Join us 8/1 @ 1pm for Grounded Knowledge: Bees, a virtual workshop with Local Herbalist Jade Alicandro Mace Milk & Honey Herbs & Dr. Haylie Swenson
Folger Shakespeare Library.

Space is limited. For more info & to RSVP visit http://umass.edu/renaissance/groundedknowledge