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Upcoming Events & Announcements

November 3 -- Catherine Brown, University of Michigan, "Remember the Hand: Early Iberian Scribes and the Articulate Codex," Guerlac Room, A. D. White House, 4:30 p.m. Co-sponsored with the Department of Romance Studies.

November 5 -- Quodlibet: Mark Amodio, Vassar College, "Embodied Texts and Entexted Bodies: Performance and Performative Poetics In and Of Beowulf," 4:30 pm in G22 Goldwin Smith Hall.

November 12 -- Celia Chazelle, College of New Jersey, "Why is This Feast Different from All Other Feasts? The Eucharist in Early Medieval Europe," 4:30 pm in 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.

December 9 -- Readings in Medieval Literatures, Guerlac Room, A. D. White House, 7:30 p.m.

 


2006 - 2007 Calendar

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FALL 2006

September

  • September 7 - Proseminar: Virginia Cole, Olin Library, "Medieval Research in the Age of the Internet," 106 Olin Library, 4:30 pm.
  • September 21 - Robert Mills, King's College, London, "Queer Eye for the Saint Guy: Pelagius and His Passions," 4:30 pm, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • September 22 - Informal colloquium for graduate students with Robert Mills, 11:00 am, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • September 22 - MSSC planning meeting, 3:45 pm, 144 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • September 22 - Susanna Throop, University of New Hampshire, "Vengeance and the Crusades: Justice, Religion, and Holy War," 4:30 pm, 142 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • September 25 - Brett Whalen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "Reform and Crusade: Latin Christendom's Borders of Belief, ca. 1050-1100," A.D. White room 110; European History Colloquium, paper available ahead in 450 McGraw Hall.
  • September 28 - Proseminar: Paul Hyams, History, "Squeezing Gold from Dross: The so-called 'Inquest of Sheriffs,' 1170," 162 Goldwin Smith Hall, 4:30 pm.

October

  • October 12 - Proseminar: David Powers, Near Eastern Studies, "From Nuzi to Medina: The Birth Hour of Islam,"
    • 4:30 pm, 162 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • October 19 - Quodlibet: Nancy Wicker, University of Mississippi, "A Dearth or a Surfeit of Women in Viking Age Scandinavia?" 4:30 PM, 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.

November

  • November 2 - Proseminar: Carin Ruff, "Approaches to Grammatical Metalanguage," 4:30 pm, 162 Goldwin Smith.
  • November 9 - Proseminar: Andy Galloway & Tom Hill, English, "Source Study in Old and Middle English: How do we do it now, and what is it good for?" 4:30 pm, 162, Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • November 30 - Quodlibet: Ronald E. Surtz, Princeton University, "Can a Holy Woman Be Chubby?" 4:30 pm, Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.

December

  • December 5 - Celebration of Medieval Readings, 4:00 pm, Big Red Barn.
  • December 7 - Mellon Seminar: Curtis Jirsa, "Langland's Poetics: Convention and Allusion in Piers Plowman's Prologue," 4:30 pm, 162 Goldwin Smith Hall.

SPRING 2007

February

  • February 7 - Beowulf and medieval music: Benjamin Bagby's informal discussion with medievalists, 4:30 pm, 236 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • February 8 - Benjamin Bagby's rendition of "Beowulf" with medieval harp accompaniment, 8:00 pm, Barnes Hall, free.
  • February 9 - "Beowulf & Grendel" film, Cornell Cinema, 7:15 pm, Uris Hall Auditorium.
  • February 13 - Proseminar: Samantha Zacher, English, "Answering the Awkward Question: Interviewing with Beowulf," 4:30 pm, 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • February 22 - Proseminar: Masha Raskolnikov, English, and Cary Howie, Romance Studies, "Thinking in the Middle," 4:30 pm, 162 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • February 24 - 17th annual Medieval Studies Student Colloquium, 10:30-5:30, A. D. White House. Program.

March

  • March 6 - Proseminar: Scott MacDonald, "Doing Philosophy with Medieval Texts," 4:30 pm, 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • March 8 - Mellon Seminar on Poverty, 4:30 pm, 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • March 12 - Dorothy Gilbert, "A Reading and Discussion of New Translations of the Lais of Marie de France," 4:30 pm, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • March 27 - Proseminar: Eric Rebillard, "The Late Antique Explosion, or The Difficulties of Historical Periodization," 4:30 pm, 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.

April

  • April 5 - Quodlibet: Fred Cheyette, "Feudalism: A Memoir and an Assessment," 4:30 pm, 142 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • April 10 - Proseminar: Carol Kaske, "How to Use Biblical Commentaries in Interpreting Texts," 4:30 pm, 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • April 12 - Éamonn Ó Carragáin, University College Cork, Ireland, "Poetry and the Visual Images in the Age of Bede: The Ruthwell Cross and The Dream of the Rood," 4:30 pm, 103 Rockefeller Hall.
  • April 19 - Mellon Seminar: Jen Watkins, grad, 4:30 pm, 156 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • April 24 - Proseminar: Cynthia Robinson, "'Ibeering' the Retablo de Miraflores: What Does It Mean to Be A Van der Weyden in Spain?" 4:30 pm, G19 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • April 26 - Mellon Seminar: Cary Howie (Romance Studies) and Paul Hyams (History) on Fabliaux, 4:30 pm, 162 Goldwin Smith Hall.

May

  • May 2 - HIST 656 Presentations, "Topics in Medieval Historiography," 12:00-2:30; 4:00-8:30, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • May 5 - A read-through of student papers being presented at Kalamazoo (on May 10-13 at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies) will be held from 2:00-6:00 pm, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • May 18 - Second Annual North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Medieval Icelandic Studies, 11:30 am to 7:00 pm. Sessions will be held in 236 Goldwin Smith Hall, with breaks and refreshments in 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
  • May 19 - Second Annual North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Medieval Icelandic Studies, 8:30 am to 7:00 pm. Sessions will be held in 236 Goldwin Smith Hall, with breaks and refreshments in 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.