Committee on Medieval Studies

2024 Mar 20

Mapping Past Societies (MAPS): Data Science Meets the Human Past

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium

Mapping Past Societies (MAPS) replaces and expands the acclaimed Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations (DARMC), which attracted more than a million visits a year. MAPS is a free and public tool that enables users to peer into the human past with cutting-edge data analytics: this includes geospatial coverage of historical societies in Afro-Eurasia, North Africa and the overseas Spanish Colonial Latin America, with a rich selection of data in health, environmental, economic, and social themes.

This special event—chaired by Henry Gruber (University...

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2024 Mar 21

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Context: LGBTQ+ Activism, Christian Traditions of Care, and Queer Medievalisms

(All day)

Location: 

The Braun Room, Swartz Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue

An intersectional, interdisciplinary conference drawing together religious studies, queer studies, the history of Christian social care, LGBTQ+ activism in the community, and ‘popular medievalisms’. Keynote lecture on 21 March, 5:00 pm, by Miles Pattenden (University of Oxford) and...

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2024 Feb 22

Bibendum/Gebeorscipe: A Medieval Social Hour

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Medieval Studies Library (Widener D)
Bibendum/Gebeorscipe: a Medieval Graduate Social Hour. Co-sponsored by the English Department Medieval Colloquium and the Medieval Graduate Interdiscplinary Workshop. 

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