Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the 41st meeting of the Medieval and Renaissance Forum, featuring a keynote address by Deirdre Larkin, former Managing Horticulturist at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens. Paper and session submission deadline is 15 January 2019; please direct abstracts and contact information to Dr. Robert G. Sullivan, Assistant Forum Director.

Ludger Lieb (University of Heidelberg), A Fascination with Writing on Things: The Materiality of Texts in the Middle Ages. Sponsored by the Houghton Library and the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. CANCELLED Read more about Houghton Library George Parker Winship Lecture

Katrin Kogman-Appel (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster), A Jewish Look at World Politics: The Catalan Mappamundi (Majorca, 1375). Co-sponsored with the Mahindra Humanities Center Cartography Seminar. CANCELLED Read more about Center for Jewish Studies-Medieval Studies Lecture in Medieval Jewish Culture and Society