Medieval Studies @ Harvard

Upcoming Medieval Studies Committee Events

Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop

October 5, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
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485 Broadway, room 422

Jordan Vanderpool (Romance Languages and Literatures), New Manuscript Evidence Related to Gonzalo de Berceo's Source for His Vida de Santa Oria.

Bibendum/Gebeorscip

October 8, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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The Medieval Studies Library (Widener D, third floor)

Hwaet! Join us, graduate pursuers of knowledge medieval, for food and drink and mutual support. Proudly presented by the Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop and the English Medieval Colloquium.

MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

October 13, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Barker Center 133 (the Plimpton Room)

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 6 OCTOBER

Bárbara Arango Serrano (Universidad Computense de Madrid; Visiting Doctoral Fellow in Medieval Studies), “My Wound Precedes Me”: Mystical Bodies and Apophatic Hypertrophy. Co-sponsored by the Standing...

Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

October 14, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Barker Center 133 (the Plimpton Room)

Jack Tannous (Princeton University), The End of Prophecy and the Seal of the Prophets. Co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of World Religions.

Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

October 15, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
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CMES room 102, 38 Kirkland Street

Jack Tannous (Princeton University), From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language. Co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of...

Medieval Studies-Art History joint lecture

October 19, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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485 Broadway, lower lecture hall

Krisztina Ilko (Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard  Art Museums), Bringing Medieval Lordship into Play: The Symbolic and Material Values of Chess Sets as Votive Offerings, c. 900–1350. Co-sponsored by the Committee...

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