Renaissance Women: Courtly Power and Influence

May 1996

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Phebe Craig, continuo, soloist harpsichord

Natalie Zemon Davis, History, Princeton

John Fleagle, troubadour performer

Rona Goffen, Art History, Rutgers U

Ann Rosalind Jones, Comparative Literature, Smith College

Shira Kammen, strings

Susan Rode Morris, soprano

James & Kathleen Myers, PEERS

Theodore Rabb, History, Princeton

Sally Scully, San Francisco State U

Laura Stortoni, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Valerie Raleigh Thornhill, Italian

Nancy Vickers, French, Italian, Comp Lit, USC

Harlem Renaissance: New York in the Twenties

February 1996

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Margie Baker, vocalist

Bill Bell, piano

Barbara Christian, African American Studies, UC Berkeley

Elbert Peewee Claybrook, jazz performer

Douglas Daniels, Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Belva Davis, newscaster, KRON

Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper, English, Spelman College

Richard Powell, Art History, Duke U

Olly Wilson, Music, UC Berkeley

The Light of Provence: Cezanne, Van Gogh and Matisse

October 1995

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Leo Braudy, English, USC

T. J. Clark, Art History, UC Berkeley

James Herbert, Art, UC Irvine

John Merriman, History, Yale

Sally Scully, History, San Francisco State U

Allen & Barbara Shearer, singers

Debora Leah Silverman, Cultural History, UCLA

Age of Cathedrals: Soaring Stone and the Quest for Light

May 1995

Venue

Grace Cathedral, Friday and Herbst Theatre, Saturday

Presenters

Michael Camille, U of Chicago

Madeline Caviness, Tufts U

William Clark, City U of New York

Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices

Alan Jones Dean, Grace Cathedral

Thomas Forrest Kelly, Musicology, Harvard

Allan Temko

Imagining Ireland: Poet’s Vision and Patriot’s Dream

March 1995

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Angela Bourke, University College, Dublin

Nicholas Grene, Trinity College, Dublin

Deirdre Herbert, actress

Declan Kiberd, University College, Dublin

Nuala Ni Dhohnaill, poet

David Norris, Trinity College, Dublin

Robert Tracy, UC Berkeley

Venice and Amsterdam: World Powers at Sea

October 1994

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

Elisabeth Gleason, U of San Francisco

Elisabeth Leguin, cello

Anthony Newcomb, UC Berkeley

Peter Pierson, Santa Clara U

David Rosand, Art History, Columbia U

Simon Schama, History, Columbia U

Johan Snapper, UC Berkeley

The Classical Ideal: The Enduring Light of Ancient Greece

May 1994

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

George Anastaplo, Law, Loyola U, Chicago

Jeffrey Bihr, director

Eva Brann, Dean, St. John’s College, Annapolis

Shirley Gillham, actress

Alexander Nehamas, Philosophy, Princeton

Harrison Sheppard, Philhellene essayist

Marion TRUE, Curator of Antiquities, The J. P. Getty Museum

Siena: Art and Society in a Renaissance Republic

March 1994

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Louise George Clubb, Italian, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Ensemble Alcatraz

Sonia Evers, Art History

Alessandro Falassi, Anthropology, UCLA

John Fleagle, strings

Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp

Kit Higginson, soloist

Shira Kammen, strings

Lauro Martines, History, UCLA

Peter Maund, percussion

Randolph Starn, History, UC Berkeley

Valerie Raleigh Thornhill, Yorkshire Center Visual Arts

Galileo’s Universe: Science, Art and Music in the Renaissance

October 1993

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Mario Biagioli, History of Science, UCLA

Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

David Bowles, cello

Victor Coelho, Music History, U of Calgary

Roger Hahn, History, UC Berkeley

Nicholas McGegan, harpsichord, Director, Philharmoia Baroque

Theodore Rabb, History, Princeton

David Tayler, lute, baroque guitar

Valerie Raleigh Thornhill, tours

Albert Van Helden, History, Rice U

Lisa Weiss, violin

Shakespeare’s England

May 1993

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Michael Addison, Artistic Director, CA Shakespeare Festival

M J. B. Allen, UCLA

Philip Brett, UC Riverside

Ann Cook, Vanderbilt U

Alan Nelson, UC Berkeley

Judith Nelson, soprano

Stephen Orgel, Humanities, Stanford

Buchanan Sharp, UC Santa Cruz

Michael Warren, UC Santa Cruz

The Glory of the Ottoman Empire: Suleyman the Magnificent

March 1993

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Esin Atil, Smithsonian Institution

Munir Nurettin Beker, music

Walter Denny, Art History, U Massachusetts, Amherst

Alan Fisher, Director, Center for Integrative Studies, Michigan State

Talat Halman, Turkish, New York University

Gulru Necipoglu, Humanities, Harvard

Richard Reinhardt

Thomas Jefferson at 250: The Legacy of an American Genius

January 1993

Venue

SF Opera House, free

Presenters

William Edwards, Sociology, U of San Francisco

Gregory Freidin, Russian Literature Humanities, Stanford

Cley Jenkinson, Actor, Rhodes Scholar

Daniel P. Jordan, Executive Director, Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Monticello

Clara Sue Kidwell, Native American Studies, UC Berkeley

Lizzetta Lefalle-Collens, Curator, African American History

Jan Lewis, History, Rutgers U

Dell Upton, Architecture, UC Berkeley

Garry Wills, History, Northwestern

Maochun Yu, History, UC Berkeley

Spain and the New World: A Collision of Cultures

October 1992

Venue

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Presenters

Francisco Alarcon, Spanish, UC Davis

Jan Carew, African-American, Third World, Northwestern

Michael Coe, Anthropology, Yale

Ensemble Alcatraz

Grant Jones, Anthropology, Davidson College

Clara Sue Kidwell, Native American Studies, UC Berkeley

William McNeill, History, U of Chicago

Peter Pierson, History, Santa Clara U

Stuart Schwartz, Latin American History, U of Minnesota

Norman Thrower, Geography, UCLA

San Francisco 1906-1939: Recovering the Lost City

May 1992

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Gray Brechin, author

Goodtime Washboard

Gladys Hansen, SF City Architect

Therese Heyman, Oakland Museum

Wiliam Isset, San Francisco State U

Richard Reinhardt, author, journalist

Kevin Starr, historian

Manet’s Paris: The First Modern City

March 1992

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Alexander String Quartet

Susanna Barrows, UC Berkeley

Charles Bernheimer, U of Pennsylvania

Robert Herbert, Mount Holyoke College

D. Kern Holoman, UC Davis

Jo Burr Margadant, Santa Clara U

Anthony Sutcliff, U of Leicester

Dickens’s London: Heart of Victoria’s Britain

October 1991

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Murray Baumgarten, UC Santa Cruz

Dickens Players

John Jordan, UC Santa Cruz

Sylvia Manning, USC

Joss Marsh, Stanford

The Golden Age of Venice: Image and Illusion in the Renaissance

May 1991

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Olivier Bernier, author

Chamber Choir UC Berkeley

Christy Junkerman, Fellow, Stanford

Douglas Lewis, curator, National Gallery

Edward Muir, Louisiana State U

Loren Partridge, Art History, UC Berkeley

The Enchantment of Prague: 1600–1750

March 1991

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Beverly Heisner, U of South Carolina

Lee Hendrix, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Hillel Kieval, U of Washington

Robert Lindell, Vienna

Nicolette Mout, Leiden U, Netherlands

Theodore Rabb, History, Princeton

Gonzalo Ruiz, oboe

Michael Sand, violin

Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord