Art Markets and Cultural Exchanges: New Perspectives on the Renaissance

Michael North is Professor of History at the University of Greifswald in Germany. He is the 2010-2011 Fulbright Chair in German Studies at UCSB.
Professor North’s research and teaching interests include the Holy Roman Empire, the growth of consumer culture in early modern Europe, the development of German nationalism, and the conceptualization of the Baltic region as a borderland. He is the author of Material Delight and the Joy of Living: Cultural Consumption in the Age of Enlightenment in Germany (Ashgate, 2008) and Artistic and Cultural Exchanges between Europe and Asia, 1400-1900 (Ashgate, 2010).

A light lunch will be served.

Sponsored by The Medieval Studies Program, Renaissance Studies, and the Department of History. For more information contact Ed English (english(at)history.ucsb.edu).

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