Online or in-person sessions by temple member Michael Levin. You DO NOT need to attend all 3 sessions. Dr. Michael J. Levin was born and raised in Philadelphia PA. He graduated from Vassar College in 1990, and received his Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies from Yale University in 1997. He first came to the University of Akron in 1999, and received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of History in 2005. He will begin his appointment at the rank of full professor in the 2024-25 academic year. Dr. Levin is the author of Agents of Empire: Spanish Ambassadors in Sixteenth-Century Italy (Cornell University Press, 2005). Dr. Levin’s research and teaching focus on Renaissance Europe, with a special interest in Spain, Italy, and diplomatic/ political history. His teaching features an interdisciplinary approach, combining art, literature, philosophy, and religion with the study of history. He has also taught courses on the history of anti-Semitism since 2019.