Medieval Studies @ Harvard

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Lori Bondioli (Department of History), The Case for a Medieval Islamic Commercial Revolution. Co-sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies.