T&S Society
THE T&S SOCIETY
The T&S Society is a scholarly and social organization serving JHU graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, as well as JHU and Baltimore-area faculty interested in the premodern and early modern periods and their subsequent historical reception.
The T&S Society was established in 1923 by Sir William Osler and revitalized through generous support from the Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance, the Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe, and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at JHU.
FALL 2026 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. All T&S events have been co-sponsored by the Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe, and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.
New Jewels in the Crown: Recent Acquisitions of Early Books at the Sheridan Libraries
EARLE HAVENS, Stern Center, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, September 11, 4:00 PM
John Work Garrett Library, Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 North Charles Street (free parking, gather at the Gift Shop)
This presentation will be followed by a 5:00 PM Garden Party and Croquet Match on the grounds of Evergreen
Lorenzo Pignoria: A Global Historian in Renaissance Padua?
JACKSON HARTIGAN, History Department, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, September 18, 4:00 PM Lecture
Bloomberg Student Center, Room 216
A Florilegium of Global Imagery: Mercantile Education and Scholastic Book Culture in the Cocharelli Codex
YUEFENG WU, History of Art Department, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, October 23, 4:00 PM Lecture
Bloomberg Student Center, Room 216
Conservation Conversations: Behind the Scenes at the Sheridan Libraries Rare Book Conservation & Preservation Lab
LEIB CELNIK, History of Science and Technology Department, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, November 13, 4:00 PM Lecture
Brody Learning Commons Conservation Lab, C-Level
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact sterncenter@jhu.edu.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
FALL 2026 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. All T&S events have been co-sponsored by the Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe, and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.
New Jewels in the Crown: Recent Acquisitions of Early Books at the Sheridan Libraries
EARLE HAVENS, Stern Center, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, September 11, 4:00 PM
John Work Garrett Library, Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 North Charles Street (free parking, gather at the Gift Shop)
This presentation will be followed by a 5:00 PM Garden Party and Croquet Match on the grounds of Evergreen
Lorenzo Pignoria: A Global Historian in Renaissance Padua?
JACKSON HARTIGAN, History Department, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, September 18, 4:00 PM Lecture
Bloomberg Student Center, Room 216
A Florilegium of Global Imagery: Mercantile Education and Scholastic Book Culture in the Cocharelli Codex
YUEFENG WU, History of Art Department, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, October 23, 4:00 PM Lecture
Bloomberg Student Center, Room 216
Conservation Conversations: Behind the Scenes at the Sheridan Libraries Rare Book Conservation & Preservation Lab
LEIB CELNIK, History of Science and Technology Department, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, November 13, 4:00 PM Lecture
Brody Learning Commons Conservation Lab, C-Level
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact sterncenter@jhu.edu.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
Paolo Veronese, The Wedding at Cana, oil on canvas, 1563, Louvre
REGULAR EVENTS
Regular monthly meetings are held either at the Stern Center at the Evergreen Museum and Library, or at the Milton Eisenhower Library and the T&S Room (Gilman Hall, Room #388) on the Homewood campus during the academic year (September to December, February to May). These meetings will normally convene on Fridays, with a talk related to the rare books collections at JHU (4:00-5:00 pm), followed by receptions in the T&S Room (5:00-6:00 pm). Those responsible for a particular regular meeting will consult with the Stern Center Director and Stern Center Postdoctoral Fellow to select and consult materials in advance of the program in which they will discuss with the rest of the Society.
The semester-long poster outlining all T&S events will be sent out at the beginning of each term. Interested participants need only RSVP in advance to allow for correct calibration of space capacity and food/drink requirements, via email to sterncenter@jhu.edu.
PAST MEETINGS
PAST MEETINGS
SPRING 2026 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. In addition to this semester-long event poster, individual notices are sent out via e-mail prior to each event to potential attendees. All T&S events have been co-sponsored by the Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe, and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.
The Function of Writing in Ancient Greek and Latin Poetry
MARTIN MICHALAK, Stern Center, JHU
Friday, February 20, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
Colonization Not Mysterious: The Making of Early Maryland
ISABELLE AVCI, History Department, JHU
Friday, March 6: Isabelle Avci, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
Enter the Raven: Gothic Literature in Early Baltimore Print Culture
ANNA MAY KATZ, History Department, JHU
Friday, April 17, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
A Monument among the Miniatures: The Ancient Poet Martial and Collecting in the Long 19th Century
RYAN WARWICK, Classics Department, Haverford College
Friday, April 24, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact sterncenter@jhu.edu.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
SPRING 2026 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. In addition to this semester-long event poster, individual notices are sent out via e-mail prior to each event to potential attendees. All T&S events have been co-sponsored by the Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe, and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.
The Function of Writing in Ancient Greek and Latin Poetry
MARTIN MICHALAK, Stern Center, JHU
Friday, February 20, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
Colonization Not Mysterious: The Making of Early Maryland
ISABELLE AVCI, History Department, JHU
Friday, March 6: Isabelle Avci, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
Enter the Raven: Gothic Literature in Early Baltimore Print Culture
ANNA MAY KATZ, History Department, JHU
Friday, April 17, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
A Monument among the Miniatures: The Ancient Poet Martial and Collecting in the Long 19th Century
RYAN WARWICK, Classics Department, Haverford College
Friday, April 24, 4:00 PM Lecture
Macksey Seminar Room 2043, Brody Learning Commons
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact sterncenter@jhu.edu.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
Paolo Veronese, The Wedding at Cana, oil on canvas, 1563, Louvre
FALL 2025 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. In addition to this semester-long event poster, individual notices are sent out via e-mail prior to each event to potential attendees.
New Jewels in the Crown: Recent Acquisitions of Early Books at the Sheridan Libraries
EARLE HAVENS, Stern Center Director
Friday, September 19, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
John Work Garrett Library, Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 North Charles Street (free parking, gather at the Gift Shop). This presentation will be followed by a 5:00 pm Garden Party and Croquet Match on the grounds of Evergreen
Catullus, Lost and Found: On the Arrangement, Recovery, and Publication of His Poems
MARTIN MICHALEK, Stern Center Postdoctoral Fellow
Friday, October 24, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
Hidden in Plain Sight: Treasures from the Medieval Manuscripts Collection at Johns Hopkins University
JJ LOPEZ-HADDAD, PHD CANDIDATE, Department of History Friday
November 7, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
“Here Lyeth the Way to Colcas”: Allusions to the Argonauts in Late Renaissance and Early Modern Arctic Texts
KATHRYN STUTZ, PHD CANDIDATE, Department of Classics Friday
November 21, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact sterncenter@jhu.edu.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
FALL 2025 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. In addition to this semester-long event poster, individual notices are sent out via e-mail prior to each event to potential attendees.
New Jewels in the Crown: Recent Acquisitions of Early Books at the Sheridan Libraries
EARLE HAVENS, Stern Center Director
Friday, September 19, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
John Work Garrett Library, Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 North Charles Street (free parking, gather at the Gift Shop). This presentation will be followed by a 5:00 pm Garden Party and Croquet Match on the grounds of Evergreen
Catullus, Lost and Found: On the Arrangement, Recovery, and Publication of His Poems
MARTIN MICHALEK, Stern Center Postdoctoral Fellow
Friday, October 24, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
Hidden in Plain Sight: Treasures from the Medieval Manuscripts Collection at Johns Hopkins University
JJ LOPEZ-HADDAD, PHD CANDIDATE, Department of History Friday
November 7, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
“Here Lyeth the Way to Colcas”: Allusions to the Argonauts in Late Renaissance and Early Modern Arctic Texts
KATHRYN STUTZ, PHD CANDIDATE, Department of Classics Friday
November 21, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact sterncenter@jhu.edu.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
Giorgio Vasari, Six Tuscan Poets, oil on panel, 1543-44, Minneapolis Institute of Art
FALL 2024 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. In addition to this semester-long event poster, individual notices are sent out via e-mail prior to each event to potential attendees.
Non Semper Eadem: Recent Rare Book Acquisitions for the Tudor & Stuart Club Collection
EARLE HAVENS, Director, Stern Center for the History of the Book, JHU
Friday, September 20, 4:00 pm: T&S Society Annual Autumn Lawn Party
Evergreen Museum & Library (4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore)
This event will be held on the ground of Evergreen and will consist of a lawn party with hors d’oeuvres, refreshments, and croquet!
The Forgotten Goślicki: Ideal Senatorship and the Reception of Polish Renaissance Thought
VÁCLAV ZHENG, PhD Candidate, Department of History, JHU
Friday, October 4, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
Non Solum Armis: The Political Visions of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo
RACHEL WILLIAMS, PhD Candidate, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, JHU
Friday, November 1, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
Use and Reuse: Garrett Manuscript 17 and the Long Afterlife of Medieval Liturgical Manuscripts
J.J. LOPEZ HADDAD, PhD Candidate, Department of History, JHU
Friday, December 13, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact Earle Havens, earle.havens@jhu.edu, Stern Center Director and Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Sheridan Libraries.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
FALL 2024 T&S SOCIETY MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all T&S Society talks will be followed by a free hors d’oeuvres and refreshments reception in the T&S Room, Gilman Hall Room 388. RSVPs are required for all events by noon on the day prior to the event; you may do so by emailing sterncenter@jhu.edu. In addition to this semester-long event poster, individual notices are sent out via e-mail prior to each event to potential attendees.
Non Semper Eadem: Recent Rare Book Acquisitions for the Tudor & Stuart Club Collection
EARLE HAVENS, Director, Stern Center for the History of the Book, JHU
Friday, September 20, 4:00 pm: T&S Society Annual Autumn Lawn Party
Evergreen Museum & Library (4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore)
This event will be held on the ground of Evergreen and will consist of a lawn party with hors d’oeuvres, refreshments, and croquet!
The Forgotten Goślicki: Ideal Senatorship and the Reception of Polish Renaissance Thought
VÁCLAV ZHENG, PhD Candidate, Department of History, JHU
Friday, October 4, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
Non Solum Armis: The Political Visions of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo
RACHEL WILLIAMS, PhD Candidate, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, JHU
Friday, November 1, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
Use and Reuse: Garrett Manuscript 17 and the Long Afterlife of Medieval Liturgical Manuscripts
J.J. LOPEZ HADDAD, PhD Candidate, Department of History, JHU
Friday, December 13, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Brody Learning Commons,
Macksey Seminar Room, 2043
For additional information about the T&S Society, please contact Earle Havens, earle.havens@jhu.edu, Stern Center Director and Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Sheridan Libraries.
Information about Stern Center events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
John Everett Millais, Isabella, 1848-49, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK; an illustration of the episode “Lisabetta e il testo di bassilico” in Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decamerone (1349-53)
Spring 2024
The Plea for Promotion: Maros Muñoz de Sanbria and New Spain’s Ecclesiastical Job Market
AMRISH NAIR, PhD Candidate, Department of History, JHU
Friday, February 16, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
The Moor Street Hamlet: A Staged Reading
Directed by NEAH LEKAN, PhD Student, Department of English, JHU
Thursday, February 29, 4:00 pm: Performance
Co-sponsored by the Department of English
The First Folio: Shakespeare for All Time?
EVE HOUGHTON, PhD Candidate, Department of English, Yale University
Friday, March 8, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
A Visit to an Art Gallery of Antiquity: The Imagines of Philostratus
ELENA CLAUDI, PhD Candidate, Department of Classics, University of Warwick
Friday, April 12, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Forging Women in the Italian Renaissance
GIULIA M. CIPRIANI, PhD Candidate, PhD Candidate, Department Modern Languages & Literatures, Italian Section, JHU
Friday, April 26, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
For additional information about the T&S Society, please email: sterncenter@jhu.edu. Information about T&S Society events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
Spring 2024
The Plea for Promotion: Maros Muñoz de Sanbria and New Spain’s Ecclesiastical Job Market
AMRISH NAIR, PhD Candidate, Department of History, JHU
Friday, February 16, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
The Moor Street Hamlet: A Staged Reading
Directed by NEAH LEKAN, PhD Student, Department of English, JHU
Thursday, February 29, 4:00 pm: Performance
Co-sponsored by the Department of English
The First Folio: Shakespeare for All Time?
EVE HOUGHTON, PhD Candidate, Department of English, Yale University
Friday, March 8, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
A Visit to an Art Gallery of Antiquity: The Imagines of Philostratus
ELENA CLAUDI, PhD Candidate, Department of Classics, University of Warwick
Friday, April 12, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Forging Women in the Italian Renaissance
GIULIA M. CIPRIANI, PhD Candidate, PhD Candidate, Department Modern Languages & Literatures, Italian Section, JHU
Friday, April 26, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
For additional information about the T&S Society, please email: sterncenter@jhu.edu. Information about T&S Society events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
Francesco Podesti, Torquato Tasso reading from his Gerusalemme liberate at the court of Ferrara, Private Collection (Rome), 1841/42.
Fall 2023
History of the T&S Society and Rare Book Collection
DANIEL T. MCCLURKIN, Stern Center and Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellow, JHU
Friday, September 22nd, 4:00 pm:
T&S Opening Meeting and Celebration
Giambattista Vico Annotated: A Newly Discovered Authorial Revision of La Scienza Nuova
MARTINA FRANZINI, PhD Student, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, Italian Section, JHU
Friday, October 6th, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Lord Byron and the Perils of Publishing
MARTIN MICHALEK, PhD Candidate, Department
of Classics, JHU
Friday, November 17th, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Printing on the Ice: Early Modern Frost Fair Ephemera at JHU
EARLE HAVENS, Director, Stern Center, and
Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Friday, December 8th, 4:00 pm: T&S Holiday Celebration
Fall 2023
History of the T&S Society and Rare Book Collection
DANIEL T. MCCLURKIN, Stern Center and Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellow, JHU
Friday, September 22nd, 4:00 pm:
T&S Opening Meeting and Celebration
Giambattista Vico Annotated: A Newly Discovered Authorial Revision of La Scienza Nuova
MARTINA FRANZINI, PhD Student, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, Italian Section, JHU
Friday, October 6th, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Lord Byron and the Perils of Publishing
MARTIN MICHALEK, PhD Candidate, Department
of Classics, JHU
Friday, November 17th, 4:00 pm: Regular Meeting
Printing on the Ice: Early Modern Frost Fair Ephemera at JHU
EARLE HAVENS, Director, Stern Center, and
Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Friday, December 8th, 4:00 pm: T&S Holiday Celebration
For additional information about the T&S Society, please email: sterncenter@jhu.edu. Information about T&S Society events is also available on the Sheridan Libraries website: jhu.libcal.com.
Jan Cornelis Woudanus, Leiden University Library, after Willem van Swanenburgh and Johannes Cornelisz van’t Woud (Leiden, 1610)
