Italian Cultural Institute Lecture Series

I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I was unaware that such a thing as the Italian Cultural Institute existed in Louisville. I still don't know much about them since I couldn't find a website for them but I do know they're sponsoring a very interesting sounding lecture series at the Speed Museum. The next in this series is next Thursday March 13, 2008 and will feature Dr. Christopher Fulton, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Louisville. Dr. Fulton will be discussing the city of Florence during the Renaissance.

Italian Culture Institute Lecture Series
Florence during the Renaissance
Thursday March 13, 2008
6PM
Free and open to the public

Speed Museum
2035 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40208

If you want to totally follow me down a rathole I'll tell you that when I was a history major in college I thought that studying anything related to Medieval Europe was tedious and boring. Then I took a class with Dr. Blake Beattie that changed everything. It was a great class, Dr. Beattie a fantastic instructor and a switch in my brain was flipped. After the class I became a person who wanted to discuss the Avignon Papacy, Innocent III and any other manner of things relating to Medieval Europe. And now I'm totally wanting to go to a lecture about Florence during the Renaissance. Thank you Dr. Beattie. If you're a student at the University of Louisville and get an opportunity to take a class with Dr. Beattie sign up now.