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1997 - 1998 Calendar

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Fall 1997

October

  • Thursday, October 2: Kaufmann Auditorium, 4:30 pm. William Sayers, professor of English at George Washington University, will be giving a lecture entitled "Of Ships and Sails and Words: Norse-derived seafaring terminology in medieval Irish and Anglo-Norman literature, its artistic use and value for archaeology." Sponsored by Quodlibet.
  • Friday, October 17: Olin Library Room 106, 4:30 pm. Melissa Bernstein from the University of Rochester will give a lecture entitled "Hypermedia and Medieval Studies: The Electronic Sermo Lupi ad Anglos." Sponsored by Quodlibet.
  • Thursday, October 23:Goldwin Smith 122, 4:30 pm. Medieval Studies Mellon Seminar. Nils Nadeau from Medieval Studies will give a presentation entitled "Through a Diversity and Novelty of Sounds": The Singing of Scripture in the Old Spanish ("Mozarabic") Rite.
  • Thursday, October 30: Goldwin Smith 22, 4:30 pm. Martha Bayless from the University of Oregon will be giving a lecture entitled " The Devil in the Latrine: Sin and Excrement in Medieval Culture." Sponsored by Quodlibet.

November

  • Thursday, November 13: 142 Goldwin Smith, 4:30 pm. Eleonore Stump, a Cornell graduate, will present the Becker Lecture, entitled: "Aquinas on the Anatomy of the Intellect."
  • Tuesday, November 18: A.D. White House, 4:30 pm. As part of "La Quinzaine Francaise, Cornell's First Annual French Festival," Alain Boureau will give a lecture entitled "Frenchness Throughout History: Does 'Laicity' Originate in the Middle Ages?" Boureau is one of France's most distinguished medievalists and currently Directeur d'etudes and the Director of the Center for Historical Research at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He is also a former Cornell Society for the Humanities fellow.

December

  • Thursday, December 4 5:00 pm, Risley Hall. Medieval Poetry Reading. Sponsored by Quodlibet.
  • Tuesday, December 9: Goldwin Smith 122 4:30 pm. Medieval Studies Mellon Seminar. Sachi Shimomura, from the English Department, will present a paper entitled "From Doomsday to Romance: Fair vs. Foul, or A Case of Political Incorrectness in Middle English Literature". Mark Hazard, also of the English Department, will present a paper entitled "Ghostwriting Christ's Autobiography: Nicholas of Lyra and the Gospel of John."

Spring 1998

January

  • Sunday, January 25: Barnes Hall, 2:30 pm. As a preamble to the Anonymous Four concert (see below), Judith Peraino, Assistant Professor in the Music Department, will present "Virgins, Mystics, and Music: Hildegard von Bingen and the Feast of Saint Ursula."
  • Sunday, January 25: Sage Chapel, 4:00 pm. Anonymous Four, one of the most popular and critically acclaimed medieval music vocal ensembles, will present a concert: "Eleven Thousand Virgins," focussing on Hildegard of Bingen. Tickets ($24/28; students $19/25.50) are on sale at the Lincoln Hall Ticket Office.
  • Thursday, January 29: Goldwin Smith 22, 4:30 pm. Geraldine Heng, a Cornell Ph.D. who now teaches English at the University of Texas, Austin, will present a talk entitled "Cannibalism, the First Crusade, and the Genesis of Medieval Romance." Sponsored by the Department of English and the Medieval Studies Program.

February

  • Monday, February 2: Goldwin Smith 177 (German Studies Lounge), 4:30 pm. The Renaissance Colloquium will hold its monthly roundtable with reception and free (for students) supper. Chara Armon, graduate student in History, will field discussion of her "St. Joseph: Pater, Servus, Dominus." Copies of Chara's substantial paper are available for your perusal in the Comp. Lit. office G. S. 143 in the mailbox labeled "Renaissance Colloquium."
  • Thursday, February 12: A.D. White House, 4:30-6:30 pm. The History Department's graduate European colloquium will feature Robin Fleming. All medievalists are welcome to attend. Prof. Fleming's topic will be Community and Memory in 11th-century England. Copies of her paper will be available for photocopying in McGraw 450.
  • Saturday, February 28: A.D. White House. 9 am to 5:30 pm. Medieval Studies Student Colloquium. Graduate student medievalists from a variety of Cornell departments will give papers. Featuring a keynote address by Paul Strohm of Indiana University. Sponsored by GPSAFC. (Click here for the program.)

March

  • Monday, March 2: Goldwin Smith 258, 4:30 pm. Renaissance Colloquium. David S. Powers of the History Department will field discussion of his recent paper, "Power and the Sacred in Renaissance Florence, 1375-1460."
  • Thursday, March 26: Goldwin Smith 122, 4:30 pm. Medieval Studies Mellon Seminar. Kara Doyle and Elisa Mangina, both of Medieval Studies, will present dissertation material. Chaired by Diane Cady, English Department.

April

  • Thursday, April 2: 4:30 pm; Venue TBA. James Barrett will present a paper. Sponsored by Quodlibet.

May

  • Sunday, May 3: A.D. White House. Time TBA. Medieval Studies and the GPSAFC present Didascalicon, a one-day mini-conference of international medieval scholars.