Rhetoric and Tradition: A Celebration of Peter Mack

Woods-Scawen Lecture Theatre, University of Warwick Arts Centre, and the Faculty of Arts Building, November 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025


Photograph of Peter Mack in front of a bookshelfThis celebration is co-sponsored and jointly funded by the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance and the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies (Warwick), the Society for Renaissance Studies (SRS) and the Warburg Institute.

Speakers include: Jennifer Richards, Rita Copeland, Larry Green, Manfred Kraus, Paul Botley, Henry Woudhuysen, Andrew Hadfield, Graeme Macdonald, Rebecca Earle, David Morley, Jeremy Treglown, Paul Hills and members of Peter’s family.


Schedule:

10.30-11 Coffee

11-11.30 Welcome

11.30-1.30 Roundtable, responses to Peter Mack’s work (Chair Ingrid de Smet)

1.30-2.30pm lunch

2.30-4pm Plenary Lecture (Brian Cummings)

4-4.30 Coffee

4.30-5.30 Reading and discussion of Peter Mack’s essays

5.30-6.30 Wine Reception

Costs are £25 each, £10 for student concessions. However, payment will not be requested until later in the year (August). This fee includes lunch, coffee and wine reception.

Rhetoric and Tradition: A Celebration of Peter Mack
Location: Woods-Scawen Lecture Theatre, University of Warwick Arts Centre, and the Faculty of Arts Building
Start Date: November 1, 2025
Start Time: 10:00 am
End Date: November 1, 2025
End Time: 6:30 pm
Ticket Price: £25/£10
Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/events/conferences/petermack/