Albert Upton Professor of English Wendy Furman-Adams recently presented at the Renaissance Society of America (RSA) annual conference in Toronto, Canada. The RSA is the largest international learned society devoted to the study of the era 1300-1700.
Reme Bohlin ’11 and Mary Helen Truglia ’11, who both received degrees in English from Whittier, organized Furman-Adams’ session—an experience the professor said made this year’s conference exceptionally memorable. The alumnae also presented alongside Furman-Adams on the study of gender and time in early modern literature.
Bohlin and Truglia are in the process of completing their Ph.D.s in renaissance literature. They are also teaching undergraduate classes and are assistant directors of writing programs at their respective universities. They plan to complete their doctorate programs in the next two years and seek positions in academia thereafter.
"The session was well attended and enthusiastically embraced,” said Furman-Adams. “I could barely contain my pride as I presented alongside my former students and witnessed them speaking and handling questions like the seasoned professionals they have become."
Following the conference, Shannon Jaime ’11, who is in the process of completing her Ph.D in nineteenth-century literature at the University of Rochester, joined Furman-Adams, Bohlin, and Truglia for a visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
