by adapalmer | Oct 14, 2016 | Programs
In Spring 2017, the university’s Special Collections Research Center exhibit space hosted an exhibit on “Tensions in Renaissance Cities” curated by a team of University of Chicago graduate students and other program associates. Led by Ada Palmer...
by adapalmer | Oct 14, 2016 | Programs
Political Science Professor and Social network analyst John Padgett has created a unique and massive database of information related to Renaissance Florentine social connections and business practices. Drawing on primary archival sources and working over twenty years,...
by adapalmer | Oct 6, 2016 | Programs
Ada Palmer regularly teaches an Italian Renaissance history course (HIST 22900). The highlight of this course is the simulation of a Renaissance papal election. Each student in the course plays a unique character: some cardinals vying for the papal throne, some...
