Medievalists near and far are invited to join the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies for food, drink, and conversation as we celebrate the beginning of a new academic year! The reception will be followed by Wonder(s), the opening meeting of the...
Wonder(s): a roundtable discussion chaired by Nicholas Watson (Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English, Harvard University) and featuring Larisa Grollemond (Associate Curator of Manuscripts, The Getty Museum), Michelle Karnes (Professor of English...
Gruffudd Antur (University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth), Lewys Glyn Cothi: Revisiting the Manuscripts of a Welsh Pencerdd.
Author Alexander Kulik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) discusses his new book Jews in Old Rus': A Documentary History with Michael Flier (Harvard University), Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (Northwestern University), Antony Polonsky (Museum of the History of...
Sara McDougall (John Jay College, CUNY) discusses her new book Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor (Princeton University Press, 2026) with Irit Kleiman (Boston University).
Susan Phillips (Northwestern University) discusses her new book Learning to Talk Shop: Mercantile Mischief and Popular Pedagogy in Premodern England (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Co-sponsored by the English Medieval Colloquium, the Medieval...
Dan Smail (Department of History), A Life Beyond Mediterranean Slavery. Co-sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served; please RSVP by Friday, 18 September.
Medieval Movie Mavens: join us for pizza and cinematic fun at the first Medieval Movie Night, featuring A Knight's Tale (2001). Geoffrey Chaucer meets Heath Ledger meets Queen in a timeless tale of jousting, family feuds, and rollicking romance, all set...
... a bi-weekly festive gathering, in which those pursuing graduate studies of things medieval join together in commensural union. And drink. Proudly presented by the Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop and the English Medieval Colloquium.
Rachel Smith (Villanova University), Technologies of Entanglement: Writing, Confession, and Compassion in the Life of Ida of Nivelles (c. 1231).
Jordan Vanderpool (Romance Languages and Literatures), New Manuscript Evidence Related to Gonzalo de Berceo's Source for His Vida de Santa Oria.
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.
