Please join the Keough-Naughton Institute and the Department of English for a lecture by Professor Daniel Carey entitled "Renaissance Travel: A Cultural History."
Lecture Abstract
The development of a secular understanding of the purpose of travel in the early modern period led to the identification of new goals and new risks associated with the activity. In this lecture, Daniel Carey considers the advice delivered to travelers and the paradoxes that characterize it. The observational priority was potentially offset by the threat of a destabilized identity for those who ventured abroad. The talk will explore a range of contexts for thinking about Renaissance travel, including the history of science, the relationship between European and exotic travel, issues of belief and credibility, satire on travellers, and writing practices.
Speaker Biography
Daniel Carey is Established Professor of English at the University of Galway. He was Director of the Moore Institute from 2014-23. He is author of Locke, Shaftesbury, and Hutcheson: Contesting Diversity in the Enlightenment and Beyond, and editor of The Postcolonial Enlightenment, Asian Travel in the Renaissance, and other books. He is Secretary of the Royal Irish Academy.
Daniel Carey is a visiting fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for the spring 2025 semester.
Originally published at irishstudies.nd.edu.