Upcoming Medieval Studies Committee Events

2024 Mar 20

Mapping Past Societies (MAPS): Data Science Meets the Human Past

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium

Mapping Past Societies (MAPS) replaces and expands the acclaimed Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations (DARMC), which attracted more than a million visits a year. MAPS is a free and public tool that enables users to peer into the human past with cutting-edge data analytics: this includes geospatial coverage of historical societies in Afro-Eurasia, North Africa and the overseas Spanish Colonial Latin America, with a rich selection of data in health, environmental, economic, and social themes.

This special event—chaired by Henry Gruber (University...

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2024 Mar 21

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Context: LGBTQ+ Activism, Christian Traditions of Care, and Queer Medievalisms

(All day)

Location: 

The Braun Room, Swartz Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue

An intersectional, interdisciplinary conference drawing together religious studies, queer studies, the history of Christian social care, LGBTQ+ activism in the community, and ‘popular medievalisms’. Keynote lecture on 21 March, 5:00 pm, by Miles Pattenden (University of Oxford) and...

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Undergrad symposium 2024

Undergraduate Symposium: Call for Submissions

February 28, 2024
The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies is pleased to announce its forthcoming Undergraduate Symposium in Premodern Studies, which will take place on Friday, 19 April in the Barker Center's Thompson Room. This event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Degrees in History & Literature, the Department of Classics, Early Modern World at Harvard, and the Ancient Studies Program. Contributions are welcome from Harvard College students of papers (fifteen to twenty minutes in length) in any discipline, dealing with any topic in ancient, medieval, and early modern studies. We particularly... Read more about Undergraduate Symposium: Call for Submissions
Harvard medievalist honored by University of Antwerp

Harvard medievalist honored by University of Antwerp

March 30, 2023
Daniel Lord Smail, Frank B. Baird Professor of Medieval History, has been awarded the degree of Doctor in Arts honoris causa by the University of Antwerp, in recognition of his outstanding work in the fields of medieval urban history and material cultural studies. Professor Smail is the author of numerous books, including The Consumption of Justice: Emotions, Publicity, and Legal Culture in Marseille, 1264-1423 (Cornell University Press, 2003), ... Read more about Harvard medievalist honored by University of Antwerp
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