Blurred Boundaries: Defining "The West" in Medieval Studies: a panel discussion exploring the variety and complexity of "western-ness" in medieval European, Middle Eastern, and Eurasian societies, and how notions of "west" and "east" were assumed, maintained, and transgressed across the medieval world. Chaired by Stephen Mitchell (Harvard University), with presentations by Read more about Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Daniel Donoghue (English): Two Questions: Could Medieval Readers Shut Up? Did Ambrose Astonish Augustine? Please RSVP to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu). Read more about MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

Adam Afterman (Tel Aviv University), The Rise of the ‘Holy Spirit’ in Thirteenth- to Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah. Professor Afterman's visit is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the MHC Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar, and the Read more about Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Charlemagne’s Ghost: Legacies, Leftovers, and Legends of the Carolingian Empire, the 44th annual New England Medieval Conference, with keynote address by Simon Maclean (University of St. Andrews). Paper proposals due by 1 June 2017. For more information, please visit the New England Medieval Consortium website. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lesley University, and the Harvard University Committee

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A roundtable discussion marking the publication of Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe (Routledge, 2017), with presentations by Florin Curta (University of Florida), Inés Garcia de la Puente (Boston University), Donald Ostrowski (Harvard University), and Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University). Co-sponsored by the Early Slavic Studies Seminar of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Read more about Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe: A Roundtable

A two-day symposium exploring the process by which scholars came to see "Byzantium" as distinct from its Roman predecessor and medieval contemporaries, the scholarly practices and contemporary concerns that shaped how early modern scholars studied the "Byzantine" past, and how the historical context of Byzantium’s emergence continues to shape the discipline of Byzantine studies today.

Keynote address on Thursday, 26 October (5:00 pm) by Anthony Grafton (Princeton University), followed by a public reception. Sessions all day Friday, featuring presentations by Shane

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