Past Events

2022 Jan 18

Brandeis University Jewish Studies Colloquium

12:30pm to 1:30pm
Location:
Zoom presentation
David Shyovitz (Northwestern University), Soul Food and Salvation in Medieval Ashkenaz: The Ambrosian Bible's 'Heavenly Banquet' Revisited. This talk will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please click... Read more about Brandeis University Jewish Studies Colloquium
2022 Jan 14

Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Zoom presentation
Ann Marie Yasin (University of Southern California), Architectural Restoration and the Sensory Experience of Time in Late Antiquity; response by Kimberly Bowes (University of Pennsylvania). Sponsored by the Yale Department of Classics and Yale Department of the History of Art. This lecture will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please click here to register. Read more about Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture
2021 Dec 13

MIT Ancient and Medieval Studies Colloquium

5:15pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Zoom presentation
Shane Bobrycki (University of Vienna), Plague, War, Migration, Climate Change, Sex, and the Demographic Riddle of the Early Middle Ages. This talk will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please click here to register. Read more about MIT Ancient and Medieval Studies Colloquium
2021 Dec 07

Sex, Love, and Marriage in the Middle Ages: The Final Cut!

12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location:
Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room)
Hollywood meets Medieval in this special lunchtime event sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, as Harvard students pitch their television treatments of medieval sex, love, and marriage to a celebrity panel of judges. Who will prevail? Come for lunch, stay to find out!

The pitches: Sacred Heart, prod. Jenna Garofolo (RLL), Kendall Jean '24, and Madison McCoy '25; Unholy Confessions, prod. Jordyn Duby '25, Jodie Kuo '25, and Jacquelyn Dunn (HDS); All or Nun, prod. Saskia Fisher '24, Mira Kingsbury-Lee '24, and Julia Ward '25
... Read more about Sex, Love, and Marriage in the Middle Ages: The Final Cut!
2021 Dec 03

Consuming the Soul: Visions of Hell between Dante and Sargent

2:30pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Zoom event
A virtual exploration of Sargent's visual masterpiece Hell through Dante's Commedia, organised in honor of Smith College Emeritus Professor Alfonso Procaccini and featuring presentations by Marco Piana (Smith College) and Danielle Carrabino (Smith College Museum of Art). Sponsored by the Smith College Department of Italian Studies and the Smith College Museum of Art. This event will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please click... Read more about Consuming the Soul: Visions of Hell between Dante and Sargent
2021 Dec 03

Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Zoom presentation
Ioanna Rapti (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris), Stories for a King: Images and Narratives at the Holy Cross of Aght’amar; response by Christina Maranci (Tufts University). Sponsored by the Yale Department of Classics and Yale Department of the History of Art. This lecture will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; click here to register. Read more about Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture
2021 Dec 02

Medieval English Colloquium

5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Barker Center 221

Harvard English's own Kathryn Wagner will speak on “The Shepherds’ Gloria: Reception of Latin Liturgy and the Figure of the ‘Lewed’ Listener in the Mystery Plays.”
2021 Nov 30

Boston Byzantine Music Festival Lecture Series

2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location:
Zoom event
Roland Betancourt (University of California Irvine), The Sound of the Lectionary: Chant, Architecture, and Salvation in Byzantium. Sponsored by the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture. This lecture will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please click... Read more about Boston Byzantine Music Festival Lecture Series
2021 Nov 23

Medieval History Workshop

4:15pm
Location:
Robinson Lower Library (and on Zoom)
The MHW will host Professor Intisar Rabb for a conversation on "The State of the Field in Medieval Islamic Studies." The event will take place in person in the Robinson Lower Library, but can also be attended via Zoom.
Read more about Medieval History Workshop
2021 Nov 22

"In Stori Stif and Stronge": A Conversation with David Lowery

5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room)
A conversation with David Lowery, writer and director of The Green Knight (2021), on the making of the film and the process of adopting and adapting a medieval story for modern audiences. Moderated by Ahmed Seif (Department of English), with panelists Daniel Donoghue (Department of English), Sean Gilsdorf (Medieval Studies), Aarya Kaushik '24 (Department of English), and Nicholas Watson (Department of English). Presented by the Standing Committee on Medieval... Read more about "In Stori Stif and Stronge": A Conversation with David Lowery

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