Louis Martz Lecture

Inaugurated in 2006, the Louis L. Martz Lectureship will be used to invite a distinguished speaker to "Exploring the Renaissance: An International Conference" each year. An honorarium of $1,000 will be offered to the invited lecturer. The Louis L. Martz Lectureship rotates among the various affiliate societies who constitute "Exploring the Renaissance."

PREVIOUS LECTURERS

2008: Sarah Blake McHam (Rutgers U), on "Inscriptions in Renaissance Art: Pliny Creates Cultural Capital" (March 7, 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri)

2007: Annabel Patterson (Yale U), on "Marvell at the Heart of Parliamentary History" (March 9, 2007 in San Antonio, Texas)

2006: Susan Doran (Christ Church College, Oxford U), "Elizabeth I and Her Favourites: The Case of Walter Raleigh" (March 10, 2006 in Houston, Texas)

2005: Frank Ardolino (University of Hawaii), on "The Induction of Sly: The Influence of The Spanish Tragedy on the Two Shrews" (March 4, 2005 in Malibu, California)

2004: Kate Narveson (Luther College), "Godly Gentility as Spiritual Capital: The Appeal of Hall's Meditations in Early Stuart England" (April 2, 2004 in Austin, Texas)