ACCESSORIZING THE RENAISSANCE BODY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University is pleased to announce an upcoming conference organized by Bella Mirabella:"Accessorizing the Renaissance Body" in which scholars consider the varied social, cultural, political and gendered roles and uses of accessories in the Renaissance. The conference will bring together the work of people who study material life and culture, with those who write about the stage and drama, about the body, and about print in early modern culture.
The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
715 Broadway, First Floor, New York, NY 10003
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Session I: Working with Accessories
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Chair: Richard McCoy
Natasha Korda: “Stiff and Starchy Accessories: Froes, Rebatoes and Other ‘Outlandish
Comodityes’”
Beth Holman: “Papal Dress and Accessories in the Renaissance”
Adam Smyth: “Functional Ornaments: Early Modern Scissors”
Session II: Renaissance Erotics
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Chair: Juliet Fleming
Anne Jones: “Busks and Bodices: The Bound Renaissance Body”
Will Fisher: “‘Had it a codpiece, ’twere a man indeed’: The Codpiece as a Constitutive
Accessory”
Elizabeth Blake: “Renaissance Dildos and Accessories: The Functions of Early Modern Strap-Ons”
Break: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Session III: Dressing Up
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Chair: Virginia Cox
Evelyn Welch: “Perfumed Buttons and Scented Gloves: Smelling Things in Renaissance
Italy”
Karen Raber: “Chains of Pearls: Gender, Property, Identity”
Bella Mirabella: “Embellishing Herself with a Cloth: The Double Life of the Handkerchief”
Eugenia Paulicelli: “From the Sacred to the Secular: The Gendered Geography of Veils in
Italian Cinquecento Fashion”
Session IV: Taking Accessories Seriously
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Chair: Georgina Dopico
Jane Tylus: “The Garment of Translation”
Karen Newman: “Accessories and the Sartorial Economy of Secondariness”
Joseph Loewenstein: “Hamlet's Mourning Garment”
Response: 6:00 p.m.
Peter Stallybrass
Reception: 6:30 p.m.
