The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies

2022 Jun 24

(Bio)archaeological Approaches to Disease and Death in Early Medieval France

3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location:
Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South lower level (also via Zoom webinar)
A roundtable discussion on an ongoing pioneering international investigation of anomalous burials in early medieval Gaul, and the evidence they provide about the so-called "Justinianic Plague". Featuring presentations by Philippe Blanchard (INRAP), Isabelle Catteddu (INRAP Grand Ouest), Valérie Delattre (Université de Bourgogne), Michael McCormick (Harvard University), Claude Raynaud (CNRS), Solenn Troadec (Harvard University), and Marie-Cécile Truc (Université de Caen). Sponsored by the Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM) and the... Read more about (Bio)archaeological Approaches to Disease and Death in Early Medieval France
2022 May 24

Medieval History Graduate Workshop

12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location:
Zoom presentation
James Barrett (University of Cambridge and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim), Ecological Globalization and the Medieval Trade of Walrus Ivory. This talk will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please contact workshop coordinators Sama Mammadova or Reed Morgan to register. Read more about Medieval History Graduate Workshop
2022 May 12

Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past

3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location:
Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South lower level (also via Zoom webinar)
Post-Pandemic Update: What has the Science of the Human Past Discovered Lately? Introduced by Michael McCormick, with presentations by Christina Warriner, Jason Ur, Michael Isakov, Daniel Lord Smail, Gabriel Pizzorno, Solenn Troadec, Alexander More, David Reich, and Margaret Andrews. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past and the Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean. Note that this is a hybrid event; those wishing to attend virtually can register... Read more about Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past
2022 May 10

Medieval History Graduate Workshop

5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Robinson Hall Lower Library and Zoom
Solenn Troadec (Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past), The Archaeology of Death: Burial Places, Graves, and Bodies. Note that this talk is a hybrid event; to attend virtually, please contact workshop organizers Sama Mammadova or Reed Morgan.
2022 May 04

English Department Medieval Colloquium

5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Barker Center 133 (the Thompson Room)
James Simpson (Harvard University) and Leah Whittington (Harvard University), The Dark Age (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries): A Debate. Co-sponsored by the English Department Medieval Colloquium and Renaissance Colloquium.
2022 May 03

Celtic Languages and Literatures Lecture

5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Kates Room, Warren House
Deborah Hayden (Maynooth University), Medical Learning in the Medieval Irish Classroom. Read more about Celtic Languages and Literatures Lecture
2022 May 03

Medieval Studies graduate Latin exam

1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location:
Barker Center 120

The Spring seating of the Medieval Studies graduate Latin translation exam; successful completion of this exam satisfies the language proficiency requirement of the graduate secondary field in Medieval...
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2022 Apr 30

Harvard-Yale Medieval History Conference

(All day)
Location:
Linsly-Chittenden Hall 102, Yale University
A day-long symposium featuring presentations by Yale and Harvard graduate students, and a keynote address by Hussein Fancy (Yale University). Read more about Harvard-Yale Medieval History Conference
2022 Apr 29

A Medieval Life in Modern Circumstances

4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location:
CGIS Knafel room K262 (the Bowie-Vernon Room)
A book talk on Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian: Eulogist for a Falling Homeland by author William E. Granara, Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment, Professor of Comparative Literature, and Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Co-sponsored by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Committee for... Read more about A Medieval Life in Modern Circumstances
2022 Apr 29

Beyond TEI: Digital Editions with XPath and XSLT for the Web and in LaTeX

Fri - Sat, Apr 29 to Apr 30, 9:00am - 5:50pm
Location:
Emerson Hall 307
A two-day workshop on digital editing for Medieval Studies with Dr. Sarah Lang (University of Graz), sponsored by the Medieval Graduate Interdisciplinary Workshop and the Committee on Medieval Studies.

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English Department Medieval Colloquium

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Celtic Languages and Literatures Lecture

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Medieval Studies graduate Latin exam

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