University Guild Program: Richard III in Literature

Please
attend the University Guild program…..Richard
III in Literature
with Professor Glenn Sucich,
PhD, Senior Lecturer in English, Northwestern University on Monday, March 3, 2014, at 1:30 pm in Scott
Hall, Guild Lounge, 601 University Place, on
Northwestern University’s beautiful campus.  

Since
Shakespeare's famous depiction of Richard III as a "the slave of nature
and the son of hell" (1.3.228), the last Plantagenet king has become
almost synonymous with tyranny and political treachery.  His reputation as the king who killed anyone
and everyone, including his own nephews, to gain the throne has, for centuries,
been the subject of films, novels, and biographies, almost all of which follow
Shakespeare in portraying Richard as a ruthless politician whose physical
deformities were the outward expression of his inward corruption.  The recent discovery of Richard's remains,
however, has raised new questions about the veracity of these claims, as well
as about the motives that have given rise to them.  In this talk, we will explore the history and
literature surrounding one of England's most notorious kings.  In particular, we will consider whether
Richard's reputation as the embodiment of evil owes anything to fact, or
whether it is yet another example of the ways in which history is written by
the winners. 

Professor Glenn Sucich is a Weinberg College Adviser and Senior
Lecturer in English.  He earned his B.A. in History from the University of
California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University. 
Since joining the faculty of Northwestern's English Department in 2005, he has
taught classes on Milton, Shakespearean comedy and tragedy, the history of
hell, the genre of epic, and the relationship among magic, science, and
religion during the Early Modern period in Europe.  In 2009, he received
the WCAS Arts and Sciences Alumni Teaching Award and has been selected multiple
times to the Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll.  His
research focuses on the intersection of Early Modern religion and natural
philosophy, particularly in the work of John Milton and his
contemporaries.  He has published articles on Milton, the poet Samuel
Butler, and the Early Modern physician and natural philosopher William
Harvey.  When he's not working with students at Northwestern, he enjoys
spending time with his wife and three sons in and around their home in Chicago.

Next University
Guild Program:  American Beauty: 
100 Years of Cosmetics with Leslie Goddard, Actress, Historian, Author, on
Monday, March 17th, at 1:30 pm.   

Remember
Fire and Ice lipstick? What about rubber girdles and cake mascara? From
squeezing into corsets to smearing their skin with cosmetics, American women
have gone to amusing and sometimes horrifying lengths in their quest for
beauty. Travel through more than a century of magazine ads, photographs, and
vintage memorabilia to learn the fascinating stories behind such female
enhancements.  Web site:  http://www.lesliegoddard.info/

The University Guild’s Annual Membership is $50.  Membership is open to all in the
community.  Guests are welcome and cost
is $2.00 per program.   The purpose
of the University Guild is to bring to the membership of the Guild the
intellectual resources of the University, to promote the interests of the
University, to work for the collection and exhibition of the objects of art,
and to advance the development and appreciation of the fine arts in the
University and in Evanston.  The University Guild also gives scholarships
to students at Northwestern University.