Harvard English's own Kathryn Wagner will speak on “The Shepherds’ Gloria: Reception of Latin Liturgy and the Figure of the ‘Lewed’ Listener in the Mystery Plays.” 

The MHW will host Professor Intisar Rabb for a conversation on "The State of the Field in Medieval Islamic Studies." The event will take place in person in the Robinson Lower Library, but can also be attended via Zoom.

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A two-day workshop on digital editing for Medieval Studies with Dr. Sarah Lang (University of Graz), sponsored by the Medieval Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop and the Committee on Medieval Studies.

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In anticipation of director David Lowery's visit to Harvard on 22 November, please join us for a screening of Lowery's The Green Knight (2021), a provocative retelling of the late medieval English romance Gawain and the Green Knight. Sponsored by the Committee on Folklore and Mythology, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the English Department Graduate Medieval Colloquium, and the Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop.

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D. Vance Smith (Princeton University), The African Map of Europe: The Brut and Balliol College Colonialism. Co-sponsored by the GSAS English Department Medieval Colloquium and the Committee on Medieval Studies. Please note that due to current university Covid-19 restrictions, attendance at this event is limited to Harvard faculty, students, and on-campus affiliates Read more about English Department Graduate Medieval Colloquium

Yingxue Wang (History of Art and Architecture), "'The Iridescent Effect': Beetle Wings in Early Medieval East Asian Material Culture”

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A conversation with David Lowery, writer and director of The Green Knight (2021), on the making of the film and the process of adopting and adapting a medieval story for modern audiences. Moderated by Ahmed Seif (Department of English), with panelists Daniel Donoghue (Department of English), Sean Gilsdorf (Medieval Studies), Aarya Kaushik '24 (Department of English), and Nicholas Watson (Department of English). Presented by the Standing Committee on Medieval... Read more about "In Stori Stif and Stronge": A Conversation with David Lowery

The workshop is based in Harvard NELC, but is open to all interested students from across campus. Under the subheading “Scribes, Texts, and Libraries in the Ancient World” it brings together students (and faculty) working on ancient book culture in the ancient Mediterranean, Asia, and North Africa until ca. year 1000 C.E. As a GSAS workshop, we will primarily be a student-facing forum in which participants present their work and discuss it with each other. 

Maureen Miller (University of California, Berkeley), Reconsidering the 'Documentary Revolution' in Medieval Italy. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to Sama Mammadova (smammadova@g.harvard.edu) for the Zoom link.

Eric Driscoll (Harvard University) will present a talk entitled: "So as to make it an island:" Isthmos Walls and the Geographical Imaginary of the Pelopponese. Register Here for Zoom link

The John Duffy Society promotes the interests of graduate students in the Department of Classics who have traditionally been under-represented by sponsoring and co-sponsoring events...

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The Premodern Race Seminar is an interdisciplinary discussion group on race in Classics, Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies. Readings will be precirculated. Open to Harvard faculty, graduate students and senior undergraduates.

Meeting theme: Defining ethnicity and race in ancient and medieval archeology.

To register for the seminar, follow this link: http://forms.gle/eaUkCRY33U6gymbS9
Please email Henry Gruber at hgruber@g.harvard.edu...

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The Premodern Race Seminar is an interdisciplinary discussion group on race in Classics, Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies. Readings will be precirculated. Open to Harvard faculty, graduate students and senior undergraduates.

Meeting theme: Romantic Nationalism, Fascism, and the creation of a "Latin" Middle Ages.

To register for the seminar, follow this link: http://forms.gle/eaUkCRY33U6gymbS9
Please email Henry Gruber at hgruber...

Read more about Premodern Race Seminar

The Premodern Race Seminar is an interdisciplinary discussion group on race in Classics, Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies. Readings will be precirculated. Open to Harvard faculty, graduate students and senior undergraduates. Meeting theme: Romantic Nationalism, Fascism, and the creation of a "Latin" Middle Ages.

To register for the seminar, follow this link: http://forms.gle/eaUkCRY33U6gymbS9
Please email Henry Gruber at hgruber@g.harvard.edu...

Read more about Premodern Race Seminar

The Premodern Race Seminar is an interdisciplinary discussion group on race in Classics, Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies. Readings will be precirculated. Open to Harvard faculty, graduate students and senior undergraduates

To register for the seminar, follow this link: http://forms.gle/eaUkCRY33U6gymbS9
Please email Henry Gruber at hgruber@g.harvard.edu with any questions.

Meeting theme: Black Athena revisited:...

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