Events

Elizabeth Honig, Professor of Art History, UC Berkeley, assisted by Micha Lazarus and Elizabeth McFadden
“Teaching through Interdisciplinary Research: ‘Elizabethan Renaissance’”
Nov 16, 2012, Co-sponsored by the Early Modern Research Cluster

Dr. Steve Hindle’s Talk on Oct 10 Kicks Off an Exciting Year for the Mellon Initiative

Haytley, “Montagu Family at Sandleford Priory,” c. 1762

On Oct 10, the Mellon Initiative kicked off its second year with an engaging talk by Steve Hindle, current W.M.Keck Director of Research at the Huntington Library and former Professor of History at Warwick University. Dr. Hindle’s talk, titled “Representing Rural Society: Labor and the Landscape in an Eighteenth Century Conversation Piece”explored the labor relations of the gentry and the land laborers of a mid-eighteenth century English manor as represented by Edward Haytley’s  ‘Montagu Family at Sandleford Priory” (c.1762). Dr. Hindle’s talk drew faculty and graduate students from such departments as History, English, Political Science, and Art History. Following his talk, Dr. Hindle joined the audience for a reception and dinner.

Earlier in the day, Dr. Hindle led a workshop for graduate students titled “Crafting a Persuasive Research Proposal for Research Libraries.” Dr. Hindle offered insights about how to write successful research proposals for undertaking archival work at research libraries in general and the Huntington Library in particular, where Dr. Hindle is the head of research. We warmly thank Dr. Hindle for his visit to UC Davis.

Dr. Hindle beginning his talk at UC Davis on Oct 10.

Political Science Speaker Series at UC Davis to Focus on The Scottish Enlightenment

The Davis Political Theory Forum and the Department of Political Science is pleased to announce a speaker series “The Scottish Enlightenment in Scotland and Abroad” for the 2012-13 academic year.  The speaker series is made possible by a generous donation from the Jack Miller Center.  All of the events will take place at 12:00 in 691 Kerr Hall.

January 11: Richard B. Sher (Department of History, New Jersey Institute of Technology/Rutgers University-Newark): “Books, the Book Trade, and the Transatlantic Scottish Enlightenment”

February 15: Ryan Patrick Hanley (Department of Political Science, Marquette University): “Freedom in the Scottish Enlightenment”

March 18: Jennifer Pitts (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago): “The Scottish Enlightenment and Global History”

April 26: Daniel Kapust (Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin): “Cicero and Smith”

May 10: Michael Zuckert (Department of Political Science, Notre Dame University): TBA

June 10: Samuel Fleischacker (Department of Philosophy, University of  Illinois, Chicago): “The Rhetoric of Smith’s Wealth of Nations”