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)

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.