Event Archive

An archive of previous and past events.

November 7-9, 2025: WINDYCON 51

DoubleTree By Hilton Chicago (Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, Illinois 60523) Get Directions

Windycon is Chicagoland’s longest running science fiction convention. Windycon 51 will be held on November 7-9, 2025, at the DoubleTree By Hilton Chicago (Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, Illinois […]

7 Nov
2025

Seattle Worldcon 2025

Ada Palmer will be a panelist at Worldcon 2025. Seattle Worldcon is happening August 13-17, 2025.

13 Aug
2025

Polcon 2025

Ada Palmer will be at Polcon 2025. Polcon is happening July 4-6, 2025.

4 Jul
2025

Ada Palmer Signing at Naperville B&N

Ada Palmer is signing at the new Naperville Barnes & Noble The event will be on Sunday, May 18, 2025 5:00 PM CT More information is available here.

18 May
2025

Inventing the Renaissance at Volumes Bookcafe

Volumes Bookcafe 1373 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 —

Ada Palmer is discussing Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age. She will be joined in conversation with author Mary Anne Mohanraj. The event will be at Volumes […]

3 Apr
2025

Moderating ABUNDANCE

UIC Dorin Forum 1213 S Halsted St Chicago, IL 60607 —

Ada Palmer is the moderator for the Chicago Abundance book tour with Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. Their latest book, Abundance, asks us to rethink big problems that seem mired […]

1 Apr
2025

Inventing the Renaissance at the Co-op

Seminary Co-op 5751 S Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637 —

Ada Palmer is discussing Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age. She will be joined in conversation by Gary K. Wolfe. A Q&A and signing will follow the […]

29 Mar
2025

RSA 2025 Boston

Renaissance Society of America (RSA) and Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) are hosting a joint conference for their 71st Annual Meeting, in Boston, Massachusetts. Ada Palmer will present at a […]

20 Mar
2025

Chicon 8 (Worldcon 2022)

Worldcon is coming to my home city! Delighted to be both attending and helping to coordinate between the convention and my university!

1 Sep
2022

"Warm, generous, and inviting," Inventing the Renaissance provides a witty and irreverent journey through the fantasies historians have constructed about the supposed Dark Ages and golden Renaissance, and exposes the terrible yet often tender reality beneath.