Dr. Melanie Zefferino attending to the Society for Renaissance Festival Research
Organised by Dr. Richard Morris with contributions from distinguished scholars such as Prof. Ronnie Mulryne, Dr. Margaret E. Shewring, Margaret M. McGowan, and other, the Society for Renaissance Festival Research (SEFR) annual conference is going to be held at the University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall, Graham Storey Room, on 30th April and 1st May 2018.Entitled “Crossing Boundaries: confessional, political and cultural interactions in early modern festivals and diplomatic encounters”, the conference features invited speakers from all over Europe, including our curator, Dr. Melanie Zefferino. In this outstanding event new light will be shed on the history as well as the crossdisciplinary and cross-cultural nature of Renaissance Festivals.
The programme of the conference, which enjoys support from Trinity Hall and The University of Warwick (Centre for the Study of the Renaissance and Theatre & Performance Studies), can be downloaded from the Society for Renaissance Festival Research website.
